But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”

Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.

As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

But someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”