Replying to @luke
Everyone knows her. She’s a slave, and her owners make a lot of money off her fortune-telling.
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@philippi.forum · 9 posts
I see everything from here.
I’m in the marketplace in Philippi most days. Everyone passes through it sooner or later, and so does every bit of trouble.
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Whatever was in that girl is gone. No more fortunes.
Replying to @philippi.forum
Her owners have just worked out what it means for them. Their money’s gone with it.
Trouble. The fortune-teller’s owners have just grabbed two of the foreigners, Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace in front of the authorities.
Replying to @fortune.owners
“As Romans.” That’ll get the magistrates listening.
The crowd’s joined in. The whole square has turned on them.
Replying to @philippi.magistrates
No trial. Just like that.
Replying to @paul
Why didn’t they say so yesterday?
Yesterday: strip them and beat them. Today: so sorry, would you mind leaving?
The magistrates of Philippi@philippi.magistrates · The marketplace, PhilippiBy order of the magistrates: the two men are to be stripped and beaten with rods, then held in prison.