Acts 21:31-40
31 aAnd as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of bthe cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 cHe at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him dto be bound ewith two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. 34 fSome in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into gthe barracks. 35And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, 36for the mob of the people followed, crying out, h“Away with him!”Paul Speaks to the People
37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38Are you not ithe Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out jinto the wilderness?” 39Paul replied, k“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.” 40And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, lmotioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in mthe Hebrew language, ▼▼Or the Hebrew dialect (probably Aramaic)
saying: Acts 23:26-30
26“Claudius Lysias, to ohis Excellency the governor Felix, pgreetings. 27 qThis man was seized by the Jews and rwas about to be killed by them swhen I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, thaving learned that he was a Roman citizen. 28And udesiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council. 29I found that he was being accused vabout questions of their law, but wcharged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. 30 xAnd when it was disclosed to me ythat there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, zordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”
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