Acts 16:21-23

²¹They are teaching that we (inc) should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider to be correct or to obey!”

²²Many of the crowd joined those who were accusing Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the Roman authorities commanded soldiers to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them with rods/sticks.

²³So the soldiers beat Paul and Silas vigorously with rods. After that, they took them and shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.