31 And as they were seeking ζητούντων zētountōn G2212 to kill ἀποκτεῖναι apokteinai G615 him , a representation came G305 to the chiliarch of the band that the whole G3650 of Jerusalem Ἰερουσαλήμ· Ierousalēm G2419 was in a tumult; 32 who , taking G3880 with him immediately G1824 soldiers στρατιώτας stratiōtas G4757 and centurions ἑκατοντάρχας hekatontarchas G1543 , ran down upon them . But they , seeing G3708 the chiliarch and the soldiers στρατιώτας stratiōtas G4757 , ceased G3973 beating τύπτοντες tuptontes G5180 Paul Παῦλον. Paulon G3972 . 33 Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold ἐπελάβετο epelabeto G1949 upon him , and commanded ἐκέλευσεν ekeleusen G2753 [ him ] to be G1510 bound G1210 with two δυσὶν dusin G1417 chains ἁλύσεσιν halusesin G254 , and inquired G4441 who he might be G1510 , and what he had done . 34 And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd ὄχλῳ. ochlō G3793 . But he , not being able δυναμένου dunamenou G1410 to know γνῶναι gnōnai G1097 the certainty on account διὰ dia G1223 of the uproar θόρυβον thorubon G2351 , commanded G2753 him to be brought G71 into the fortress. 35 But when ὅτε hote G3753 he got upon the stairs ἀναβαθμούς, anabathmous G304 it was so that he was borne G941 by the soldiers στρατιωτῶν stratiōtōn G4757 on account G1223 of the violence βίαν bian G970 of the crowd ὄχλου· ochlou G3793 . 36 For the multitude πλῆθος plēthos G4128 of the people λαοῦ laou G2992 followed ἠκολούθει ēkolouthei G190 , crying κράζοντες· krazontes G2896 , Away αἶρε aire G142 with him . 37 But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul Παῦλος Paulos G3972 says λέγει legei G3004 to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say G3004 something τι ti G5100 to thee? And he said G3004 , Dost thou know γινώσκεις; ginōskeis G1097 Greek ἑλληνιστὶ hellēnisti G1676 ? 38 Thou art not then that Egyptian Αἰγύπτιος Aiguptios G124 who before these days ἡμερῶν hēmerōn G2250 raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness ἔρημον erēmon G2048 the four τετρακισχιλίους tetrakischilious G5070 thousand G5070 men G435 of the assassins ? 40 And when he had allowed G2010 him , Paul Παῦλος Paulos G3972 , standing G2476 on the stairs ἀναβαθμῶν anabathmōn G304 , beckoned with his hand χειρὶ cheiri G5495 to the people λαῷ, laō G2992 ; and a great πολλῆς pollēs G4183 silence σιγῆς sigēs G4602 having been made , he addressed them in the Hebrew Ἑβραΐδι Hebraidi G1446 tongue, saying λέγων·¶ legōn G3004 , Read all of Acts 21 ← Acts 20 Acts 22 → Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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