Acts 16:19-25

19But when her masters saw that their hope of 1profit was suddenly gone, they seized 2Paul and Silas and 3dragged 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 4are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are 5Romans.” 22The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their 6robes off them and proceeded to order 7them to be 8beaten with rods. 23When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding 9the jailer to guard them securely; 2410and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in 11the 12stocks.

25Now about midnight 13Paul and Silas were praying and 14singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;