the God of Israel made choice of our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourn'd in Egypt, from whence he conducted them by the terror of his arm.

which made Paul say, "may God strike thee, thou plaister'd wall: you sit to judge me according to law, and in defiance of the law you order me to be struck!"

this done, all hands aloft they frapp'd the ship tought with her cables, and for fear of striking upon the sands, they struck the main sail, and so drove.

struck with astonishment and admiration, they said to one another, are not these men who are speaking, all Galileans?

Now when they heard this, their hearts were struck with remorse, and they said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, men and brethren, what shall we do?

at these words Ananias fell down dead upon the spot: which struck the minds of all that heard of it with great dread.

the proconsul seeing the fact, embraced the faith, being struck with admiration of the christian doctrine.