After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, “Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.’

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”

So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.