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And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;
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and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
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and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.
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And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].
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And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
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who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.
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And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.
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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.
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And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.
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But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.
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And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.