Everyone saw him walking around and praising God.
The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than 40 years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.
“What can we do with these men? Everyone in Jerusalem knows about this miracle, and we cannot say it didn't happen.
When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they yelled out in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have turned into humans and have come down to us!”
Jesus' words made his enemies ashamed. But everyone else in the crowd was happy about the wonderful things he was doing.