Paul and Silas encounter a slave girl who makes money for her masters telling fortunes with her “spirit of divination.” She knows Paul’s mission

and lets everyone else know it. Paul gets annoyed and casts out her “spirit.” Her masters, having lost their revenue, have Paul and Silas thrown in jail. Paul and Silas preach their faith in prison by singing and praying. Then, after an earthquake opens the cells, the guard almost takes his life because he thinks his prisoners have escaped. However Paul, Silas, and the other prisoners remain. This act of obedience moves the guard to release them and have his entire family baptized.