And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own dialect.

So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, Whatever would this wish to be?

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they understood that they were with Jesus.

For there is no omen against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob and of Israel, Oh, what the Mighty God has done!

I am like a wonder to many, but You are my strong refuge.

Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of Hosts who dwells in Mount Zion.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who are sitting before you; for they are men of significance. For, behold, I will bring forth My Servant, the BRANCH.

when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you is believed.

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

And they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers Jacob, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

And they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

And they began to beg Him to depart from their borders.

However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.

Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, Is not this he who sat and begged?

Some said, This is he. Others said, He is like him. He said, I am he.

Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder toward the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind everyone who calls on Your name.

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

But I saw none of the other apostles except Jacob, the Lord's brother.

Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

But they were hearing only, He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.