Acts 16:16-24 - Paul And Silas Imprisoned
16 Once as we were on our way to the praying place a slave-girl met us who had the gift of ventriloquism, and made her masters a great deal of money by her fortune-telling. 17 This girl would follow Paul and the rest of us, crying out, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, and they are making known to you a way of salvation." 18 She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly.
19 But when her masters saw that their hopes of profits were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the public square, to the authorities, 20 and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town. 21 They are advocating practices which it is against the law for us as Romans to adopt or observe."
22 The crowd also joined in the attack on them, and the magistrates had them stripped and beaten. 23 After beating them severely, they put them in jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch of them. 24 He, having had such strict orders, put them into the inner cell, and fastened their feet in the stocks.