Act 4:21, 5:13, 40-41, 14:11-20, 16:20-22, 39, 28:4-10, 1Cor 4:10-13 | ESV | STEP | And when they had further threatened them, they let them go , finding no way to punish them , because of the people , for all were praising God for what had happened .

21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, ^abecause of the people, for all were praising God ^bfor what had happened.

Acts 5:13

13 None of the rest dared join them, but ^cthe people held them in high esteem.

Acts 5:40-41

40 and ^dwhen they had called in the apostles, ^ethey beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 Then they left the presence of the council, ^frejoicing that they were counted worthy ^gto suffer dishonor for ^hthe name.

Acts 14:11-20

11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ⁱ“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” 12 Barnabas they called ^jZeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of ^kZeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^lwanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^mtore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, 15 “Men, ⁿwhy are you doing these things? We also are men, ^oof like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^pyou should turn from these ^qvain things to ^ra living God, ^swho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations he ^tallowed all the nations ^uto walk in their own ways. 17 Yet ^vhe did not leave himself without witness, for he ^wdid good by ^xgiving you rains from heaven and ^yfruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^zfood and ^aagladness.” 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 ^abBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^acthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

Acts 16:20-22

20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21 They ^adadvocate customs that are not lawful for us ^aeas Romans to accept or practice.” 22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders ^afto beat them with rods.

Acts 16:39

39 So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and ^agasked them to leave the city.

Acts 28:4-10

4 When ^ahthe native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ^ai“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, ^ajJustice ^{▼▼Or justice} has not allowed him to live.” 5 He, however, ^alshook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, ^amthey changed their minds and ^ansaid that he was a god.

7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. 8 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and ^aoprayed, and ^apputting his hands on him, healed him. 9 And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. 10 They also honored us greatly, ^{▼▼Greek honored us with many honors} and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

10 ^arWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^asyou are wise in Christ. ^atWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^auwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^avbuffeted and ^awhomeless, 12 and we ^axlabor, working with our own hands. ^ayWhen reviled, we bless; ^azwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^baWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^bbthe refuse of all things.