Acts 16:18-25

¹⁸And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

²⁰And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

²¹Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

²²And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

²³And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

²⁴And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

²⁵But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;