Bible: Acts 16:20-24
16:20 When 1 they had brought them 2 before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion. 3 They are 4 Jews 16:21 and are advocating 5 customs that are not lawful for us to accept 6 or practice, 7 since we are 8 Romans.”
16:22 The crowd joined the attack 9 against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes 10 off Paul and Silas 11 and ordered them to be beaten with rods. 12 16:23 After they had beaten them severely, 13 they threw them into prison and commanded 14 the jailer to guard them securely. 16:24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell 15 and fastened their feet in the stocks. 16
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