And they were amazed and perplexed [over this] and began saying to one another, "What does all this mean?"

[Deut. 18:19 says], 'And it will be [at that time] that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be completely destroyed [spiritually] from among [God's] people.'

However, the Highest [i.e., God] does not live in a house made by human beings, as the prophet said [Isaiah 66:1ff],

They said, "Cornelius, a [military] man in charge of one hundred soldiers, [and] a man who does what is right, [and] who respects God and who has a good reputation among all the Jews [who know him], was urged by God through a holy angel to have you come to his house so he could hear you speak [about salvation, See 11:14]."

Then Peter began to speak. He said, "I perceive that God truly does not show favoritism toward anyone,

but that whoever respects Him and does what is right, whatever country he may be from, is acceptable to Him.

Beware that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in hand-made temples.

Then, all of them [Note: This "all" could refer to the Greeks, the Jews or the Roman officers. Since the text does not specify, it seems most reasonable to suggest it was the Romans] grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the court of justice. But Gallio showed no interest in the whole affair.

When the town clerk had quieted down the crowd, he said, "You people of Ephesus, who among you does not know that the city of Ephesus is caretaker of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell down from the sky?

For it does not seem reasonable for me to send a prisoner [to Rome] without indicating what the [formal] charges are against him."