19 But her masters, seeing that the hope of their profit went away, apprehended Paul and Silas, and they brought them to the rulers at the courthouse.
20 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: 'These men are disturbing our city, since they are Jews.
21 And they are announcing a way which is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, since we are Romans.'
22 And the people rushed together against them. And the magistrates, tearing their tunics, ordered them to be beaten with staffs.
23 And when they had inflicted many scourges on them, they cast them into prison, instructing the guard to watch them diligently.
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