Acts 16:20-24
16:20 When
they had brought them
before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion.
They are
Jews
16:21 and are advocating
customs that are not lawful for us to accept
or practice,
since we are
Romans.”
16:22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
16:23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
16:24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.