All the people saw him walking and praising God.
As he said this, everyone who opposed him felt ashamed. But the entire crowd was happy about the miraculous things he was doing.
The crowds who saw what Paul had done shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come to us, and they look human.”
They said, “What should we do to these men? Clearly, they’ve performed a miracle that everyone in Jerusalem knows about. We can’t deny that.
The authorities threatened them even more and then let them go. Since all the people were praising God for what had happened, the authorities couldn’t find any way to punish Peter and John.