| 19 | But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers; |
| 20 | and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city. |
| 21 | They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." |
| 22 | The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. |
| 23 | And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. |
| 24 | Having received this charge, he put 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 | 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. |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." |
| 29 | And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, |
| 30 | and brought them out and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" |
| 31 | And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." |
| 32 | And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. |
| 33 | And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family. |
| 34 | Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God. |