while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"