39 But Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people.” 40 So when[a] he permitted him,[b] Paul, standing there on the steps, motioned with his[c] hand to the people. And when there[d] was a great silence, he addressed them[e] in the Aramaic language, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“permitted”)
  2. Acts 21:40 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 21:40 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Acts 21:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  5. Acts 21:40 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation