When all the people saw him jumping up and down and heard him glorifying God,
Since the members of the council couldn’t come up with a crime they could punish them for, they threatened them once more and let them go. All the people praised God, thrilled over the miraculous healing of the crippled man.
“What should we do with these men? Everyone in Jerusalem can clearly see that they’ve performed a notable sign and wonder—we can’t deny that.
When the crowds saw the miracle Paul had done, they shouted in their own language, “The gods have come down to us as men!”
When they heard this, his critics were completely humiliated. But the crowds shouted with joy over the glorious things Jesus was doing among them.