²⁰ and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, ²¹ and they ^(A)are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are ^(B)Romans.”

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

²² The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their ^[a]robes off them and proceeded to order ^[b]them to be ^(C)beaten with rods. ²³ When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ^(D)the jailer to guard them securely; ^24 [c]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^(E)the ^[d]stocks.

²⁵ Now about midnight ^(F)Paul and Silas were praying and ^(G)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; ²⁶ and suddenly ^(H)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ^(I)all the doors were opened, and everyone’s ^(J)chains were unfastened.