¹⁹ But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.^{(A) 20} When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men, these Jews, are disturbing our city^{(B) 21} and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to adopt or observe.” ²² The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.^{(C) 23} After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely.^{(D) 24} Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.^(E)