Acts 21:32-40
New American Standard Bible
32 He immediately (A)took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to [a]the crowd; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be (B)bound with (C)two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. 34 But among the crowd, (D)some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the [b]facts because of the uproar, he ordered that [c]Paul be brought into (E)the barracks. 35 When Paul got to (F)the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the [d]mob; 36 for the multitude of people kept following them, shouting, “(G)Away with him!”
37 As Paul was about to be brought into (H)the barracks, he *said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38 Then you are not (I)the Egyptian who some [e]time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out (J)into the wilderness?” 39 But Paul said, “(K)I am a Jew of Tarsus in (L)Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.” 40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on (M)the stairs, (N)motioned to the people with his hand; and when there [f]was a great silence, he spoke to them in the [g](O)Hebrew dialect, saying,
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- Acts 21:32 Lit them
- Acts 21:34 Lit certainty
- Acts 21:34 Lit he
- Acts 21:35 Lit crowd
- Acts 21:38 Lit days
- Acts 21:40 Lit occurred
- Acts 21:40 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
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