Acts 21:32-40

32At once he 1took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the 2commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the 3commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be 4bound with 5two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. 34But among the crowd 6some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the 7facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into 8the barracks. 35When he got to 9the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the 10mob; 36for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, “11Away with him!”

37As Paul was about to be brought into 12the barracks, he said to the 13commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38Then you are not 14the Egyptian who some 15time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out 16into the wilderness?” 39But Paul said, “17I am a Jew of Tarsus in 18Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.” 40When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on 19the stairs, 20motioned to the people with his hand; and when there 21was a great hush, he spoke to them in the 2223Hebrew dialect, saying,