18And this she did for many days. But Paul, being greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out in that very hour.
19And when her masters saw that the hope of their profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, and dragged them to the marketplace before the rulers.
20And bringing them to the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city;
21and they are proclaiming customs which are not lawful for us to receive or to do, since we are Romans.”
22And the crowd rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore their clothes and ordered men to beat them with rods.
23And when they laid many strokes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the prison keeper to keep them securely;
24who, having received such a command, cast them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16
Acts 16:18-25