Acts 21:33-40
33Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him ato be bound bwith two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. 34 cSome 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 dthe 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, e“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 fthe Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out ginto the wilderness?” 39Paul replied, h“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, imotioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in jthe Hebrew language, ▼▼Or the Hebrew dialect (probably Aramaic)
saying: Acts 23:33
33When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
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