¹⁵ Then the priest Jehoiada^(A) ordered the commanders of hundreds^(B) in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the Lord’s temple.”^(C)

¹⁹ When her owners realized that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas^(A) and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

²¹ For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and were trying to kill me.