Acts 16:22-24
22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
After the loss of both profit and religious control, the mob had Paul and Silas beaten and thrown jail with a command to keep close watch on them. So they were put away from walls and their feet were clamped down so they could not escape. The fear of the truth that the gospel held made the people and rulers so angry that they did all they could to shut them up. Those whose deeds were evil and were bound in broken and blind wills could not see, but God's word cannot be bound to the ones He chooses to unbind the sinful wills of.
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