18She kept this up for many days! So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very hour.
19But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place to the rulers,
20and bringing them before the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or do.”
22The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off of them and ordered a beating with rods.
23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely;
24who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25Well about midnight Paul and Silas were singing hymns to God in prayer; and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16
Acts 16:18-25