Acts 16:18-24

18Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you 1in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very 2moment.

19But when her masters saw that their hope of 3profit was suddenly gone, they seized 4Paul and Silas and 5dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21and they 6are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are 7Romans.” 22The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their 8robes off them and proceeded to order 9them to be 10beaten with rods. 23When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding 11the jailer to guard them securely; 2412and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in 13the 14stocks.