Right away those who were about to question him left. Even the officer was alarmed. He realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.
The commander came up and arrested Paul. He ordered him to be held with two chains. Then he asked who Paul was and what he had done.
Then the officer said, “I had to pay a lot of money to become a citizen.” “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
Women received back their dead. The dead were raised to life again. There were others who were made to suffer greatly. But they refused to be set free. They did this so that after death they would be raised to an even better life.