19. But when her masters saw that the hope of profit was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20. And when they brought them to the chief authorities, they said, “These men are throwing our city into an uproar! Being Jewish,
21. they advocate customs which are not permitted for us to accept or practice, being Romans.”
22. Then the crowd joined in the attack on them. So the chief authorities ripped their clothes off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely.
24. Having received this charge, he threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25. But about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26. Suddenly there was such a great earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors were unlocked, and everyone’s chains came loose.
27. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had escaped.