^{21 Ref} And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

^{22 Ref} For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

^{23 Ref} And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.