A very pious, elderly Christian woman, living alone, was awakened by noises one night. She confronted a burglar in her living room.
Immediately she shouted: “Stop! Acts 2:38!”
[Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.]

The burglar froze, unable to move. The woman called the police.
As a police officers was leading the handcuffed burglar away, he asked, “I don't understand why you just stood there and didn't run away. All that old lady did was yell a scripture from the Bible to you.”

“Scripture?” the burglar answered, “I thought she said she had an axe and two 38s!”