They brought forward false witnesses who said, &#8220;This man does not stop saying things against this holy place<n id="1" /> and the law.<n id="2" />

&#8220;Look!&#8221; he said.<n id="1" /> &#8220;I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!&#8221;

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted<n id="1" /> in the Lycaonian language,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221;<n id="3" />

When<n id="1" /> they had brought them<n id="2" /> before the magistrates, they said, &#8220;These men are throwing our city into confusion.<n id="3" /> They are<n id="4" /> Jews

From one man<n id="1" /> he made every nation of the human race<n id="2" /> to inhabit the entire earth,<n id="3" /> determining their set times<n id="4" /> and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,<n id="5" />

So since we are God&#8217;s offspring, we should not think the deity<n id="1" /> is like gold or silver or stone, an image<n id="2" /> made by human<n id="3" /> skill<n id="4" /> and imagination.<n id="5" />

When they had stretched him out for the lash,<n id="1" /> Paul said to the centurion<n id="2" /> standing nearby, &#8220;Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen<n id="3" /> without a proper trial?&#8221;<n id="4" />

When the centurion<n id="1" /> heard this,<n id="2" /> he went to the commanding officer<n id="3" /> and reported it,<n id="4" /> saying, &#8220;What are you about to do?<n id="5" /> For this man is a Roman citizen.&#8221;<n id="6" />

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people<n id="1" /> by which we must<n id="2" /> be saved.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When they saw the boldness<n id="1" /> of Peter and John, and discovered<n id="2" /> that they were uneducated<n id="3" /> and ordinary<n id="4" /> men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

saying, &#8220;What should we do with these men? For it is plain<n id="1" /> to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign<n id="2" /> has come about through them,<n id="3" /> and we cannot deny it.

Before it was sold,<n id="1" /> did it not<n id="2" /> belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money<n id="3" /> not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart?<n id="4" /> You have not lied to people<n id="5" /> but to God!&#8221;p>

saying, &#8220;We gave<n id="1" /> you strict orders<n id="2" /> not to teach in this name.<n id="3" /> Look,<n id="4" /> you have filled Jerusalem<n id="5" /> with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man&#8217;s blood<n id="6" /> on us!&#8221;

He said to them, &#8220;You know that<n id="1" /> it is unlawful<n id="2" /> for a Jew<n id="3" /> to associate with or visit a Gentile,<n id="4" /> yet God has shown me that I should call no person<n id="5" /> defiled or ritually unclean.<n id="6" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that the rest of humanityi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>may seek the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>namely,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>all the Gentilesi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>I have called to be my own,i>b>&#8217;<n id="4" /> <b><i>says the Lord,i>b><n id="5" /> <i>who makes these thingsi>

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;These men are servants<n id="2" /> of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way<n id="3" /> of salvation.&#8221;<n id="4" />

But Paul said to the police officers,<n id="1" /> &#8220;They had us beaten in public<n id="2" /> without a proper trial<n id="3" /> &#8211; even though we are Roman citizens<n id="4" /> &#8211; and they threw us<n id="5" /> in prison. And now they want to send us away<n id="6" /> secretly? Absolutely not! They<n id="7" /> themselves must come and escort us out!&#8221;<n id="8" />

Then the man who was possessed by<n id="1" /> the evil spirit jumped on<n id="2" /> them and beat them all into submission.<n id="3" /> He prevailed<n id="4" /> against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

After the city secretary<n id="1" /> quieted the crowd, he said, &#8220;Men of Ephesus, what person<n id="2" /> is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper<n id="3" /> of the temple of the great Artemis<n id="4" /> and of her image that fell from heaven?<n id="5" />

Paul answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am a Jew<n id="2" /> from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.<n id="3" /> Please<n id="4" /> allow me to speak to the people.&#8221;