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and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city.
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They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
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The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
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And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
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Having received this charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
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and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened.
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When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."
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And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
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and brought them out and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?"