They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be?”

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.

As the commander of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, as to what could come of this.

Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

and everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.

“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be examined with the scourge, so he could discover the reason they were shouting against him like this.

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from serving him.

But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.