Acts 21:30-40

30Then the whole city was provoked and 1the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they 2dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. 31While they were intent on killing him, a report came up to the commander of the 3Roman 4cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32He immediately 5took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to 6the crowd; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be 7bound with 8two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. 34But among the crowd, 9some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the 10facts because of the uproar, he ordered that 11Paul be brought into 12the barracks. 35When Paul got to 13the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the 14mob; 36for the multitude of people kept following them, shouting, “15Away with him!”

37As Paul was about to be brought into 16the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38Then you are not 17the Egyptian who some 18time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out 19into the wilderness?” 39But Paul said, “20I am a Jew of Tarsus in 21Cilicia, 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 22the stairs, 23motioned to the people with his hand; and when there 24was a great silence, he spoke to them in the 2526Hebrew dialect, saying,