20. They brought them before the magistrates and said, ‘These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
21. by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practise.’
22. The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
23. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
24. When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.