Acts 16:16-24 - Paul And Silas Imprisoned
16 Once as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had the gift of magical fortune-telling, and continued to make great profits for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 This girl kept following Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, and they are proclaiming to you a way of salvation." 18 She kept this up for a number of days. Because Paul was so much annoyed by her, he turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her." And that very moment it came out.
19 But as the owners saw that the hope of their profit-making was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the public square, before the authorities, 20 and brought them to the chiefs of the police court. They said, "These men are Jews; they continue to make great disturbance in our town 21 and to advocate practices which it is against the law for us Romans to accept or observe."
22 The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, and the chiefs of the police court had them stripped and flogged. 23 After flogging them severely, they put them into jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch on them. 24 Because he had such strict orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.