After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.