⁹ All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.

²¹ The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God

¹⁶ “What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it.

¹¹ When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in their local dialect, “These men are gods in human form!”

¹⁷ This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

¹¹ “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

¹² And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”