²² When he finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized from his gestures and his silence that he must have seen a vision in the sanctuary.

⁶² So they used gestures to ask the baby’s father what he wanted to name him.

⁴⁰ The commander agreed, so Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people to be quiet. Soon a deep silence enveloped the crowd, and he addressed them in their own language, Aramaic.^[a]

³³ The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward and told him to explain the situation. He motioned for silence and tried to speak.

¹⁷ He motioned for them to quiet down and told them how the Lord had led him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers what happened,” he said. And then he went to another place.

²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to him to ask, “Who’s he talking about?”