A woman went into her kitchen to find a burglar loaded down with a bunch
of stuff he was stealing from her kitchen. Not having any kind of weapon to
scare him off, she raised her hand and said "Acts 2:38," and proceeded to
quote scripture.
The burglar froze in place and didn't move. The woman called 911, the
police arrived and were amazed to find the burglar still frozen where he
stood.
"What did you say to him that kept him from moving?" they asked the
woman.
She told them that she had simply said Acts 2:38 and quoted scripture.
The police chuckled and escorted the burglar out to the patrol car. "Why
did the woman's quoting scripture scare you so much?" they asked.
"Scripture?" said the burglar, "I thought she said she had an ax and two
38's!"