You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?"