Acts 16:19-24

19 But when her masters saw that their hope of ¹profit was gone, they seized ²Paul and Silas and ³dragged them into the market place before the authorities,

20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

21 and ⁴are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being ⁵Romans."

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

22 The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be ⁶beaten with rods.

23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ⁷the jailer to guard them securely;

24 and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ⁸the stocks.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 16:16; Acts 19:25
• 2. Acts 15:22, 40; Acts 16:25, 29
• 3. Acts 8:3; Acts 17:6; Acts 21:30; James 2:6
• 4. Esther 3:8
• 5. Acts 16:12
• 6. 2 Corinthians 11:25; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
• 7. Acts 16:27, 36
• 8. Job 13:27; Job 33:11; Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 29:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "gone out"
• [b]. Or "outer garments"
• [c]. Lit "to beat with rods"
• [d]. Lit "who"
• [e]. Lit "wood"