Acts 21:34-40

34But among the crowd 1some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the 2facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into 3the barracks. 35When he got to 4the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the 5mob; 36for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, “6Away with him!”

37As Paul was about to be brought into 7the barracks, he said to the 8commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38Then you are not 9the Egyptian who some 10time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out 11into the wilderness?” 39But Paul said, “12I am a Jew of Tarsus in 13Cilicia, 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 14the stairs, 15motioned to the people with his hand; and when there 16was a great hush, he spoke to them in the 1718Hebrew dialect, saying,