19. When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the public square before the local authorities.
20. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These people are Jews and are disturbing our city
21. and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
22. The crowd joined in the attack on them, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely.