Acts 16:19

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

1. The owners of this slave girl saw their gravy train coming to a halt. Their profit was gone. They would make no more money from this girl.

2. They seized Paul and Silas and brought them to the authorities - the city rulers.

3. Instead of rejoicing that this girl was healed, they were angry that their income was lost.

4. In Philippi, a Roman colony, there were councils of men to sit in judgment on civil matters.