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19 Her owners realized that their hope for making money was gone. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the officials in the city center. 20 When her owners approached the legal authorities, they said, “These people are causing an uproar in our city. They are Jews 21 who promote customs that we Romans can’t accept or practice.” 22 The crowd joined in the attacks against Paul and Silas, so the authorities ordered that they be stripped of their clothes and beaten with a rod. 23 When Paul and Silas had been severely beaten, the authorities threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to secure them with great care. 24 When he received these instructions, he threw them into the innermost cell and secured their feet in stocks.

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19 When her autos owners kyrios saw · de · ho that hoti their autos hope elpis of ho profit ergasia was gone exerchomai, · ho they seized epilambanomai · ho Paul Paulos and kai · ho Silas Silas and dragged them into eis the ho marketplace agora before epi the ho rulers archōn. 20 And kai when they had brought prosagō them autos to the ho magistrates stratēgos, they said legō, “ These houtos · ho men anthrōpos are hyparchō Jews Ioudaios, and they are disturbing ektarassō our hēmeis · ho city polis 21 · kai by advocating katangellō customs ethos that hos are not ou lawful for us hēmeis to accept paradechomai or oude practice poieō, since we are eimi Romans Rhōmaios. 22 · kai The ho crowd ochlos joined synephistēmi in attacking them autos, and kai the ho magistrates stratēgos tore perirēgnymi the ho clothes himation off them autos and gave keleuō orders to beat rhabdizō them with rods . 23 And te when they had laid epitithēmi many polys stripes plēgē on them autos, they threw ballō them into eis prison phylakē, charging parangellō the ho jailer desmophylax to keep tēreō them autos securely asphalōs, 24 who hos, having received lambanō such toioutos a charge parangelia, put ballō them autos into eis the ho inner esōteros prison phylakē and kai fastened asphalizō · ho their autos feet pous in eis the ho stocks xylon.

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