Acts 16:19-22 ▼

19 When her owners realized that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

20 Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

21 and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice.”

22 The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.