Acts 21
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Acts 21:34-40

34But amongG1722 the crowdG3793, 1someG243 were shoutingG2019 one thing and someG243 anotherG243, and when he couldG1410 not findG1097 outG1097 the 2factsG804 becauseG1223 of the uproarG2351, he orderedG2753 that 3Paul be broughtG71 into 4the barracksG3925. 35WhenG3753 Paul gotG1096 to 5the stairsG304, it cameG4819 aboutG4819 that he was carriedG941 by the soldiersG4757 becauseG1223 of the violenceG970 of the 6mobG3793; 36for the multitudeG4128 of peopleG2992 kept followingG190 them, shoutingG2896, “7AwayG142 with him!”

37As PaulG3972 wasG3195 aboutG3195 toG3195 be broughtG1521 into 8the barracksG3925, he saidG3004 to the commanderG5506, “MayG1832 I sayG3004 somethingG5100 to you?” And he saidG5346, “Do you knowG1097 GreekG1676? 38ThenG686 you are not 9the EgyptianG124 who someG3778 10timeG2250 agoG4253 stirredG387 upG387 aG387 revoltG387 and ledG1806 the fourG5070 thousandG5070 menG435 of the AssassinsG4607 out 11into the wildernessG2048?” 39But PaulG3972 saidG3004, “12I amG1510 a JewG2453 ofG5018 TarsusG5018 in 13CiliciaG2791, a citizenG4177 of noG3756 insignificantG767 cityG4172; and I begG1189 you, allowG2010 me to speakG2980 to the peopleG2992.” 40When he had givenG2010 him permissionG2010, PaulG3972, standingG2476 on 14the stairsG304, 15motionedG2678 to the peopleG2992 with his handG5495; and when there 16was a greatG4183 silenceG4602, he spokeG4377 toG4377 them in the 1718HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, sayingG3004,

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 21:34 Acts 19:32 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 21:34 Lit certainty ↩
  3. 3. Acts 21:34 Lit he ↩
  4. 4. Acts 21:34 Acts 21:37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 21:35 Acts 21:40 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 21:35 Lit crowd ↩
  7. 7. Acts 21:36 Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 22:22 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 21:37 Acts 21:34; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 21:38 Acts 5:36 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 21:38 Lit days ↩
  11. 11. Acts 21:38 Matt 24:26 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 21:39 Acts 9:11; 22:3 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 21:39 Acts 6:9 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 21:40 Acts 21:35 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 21:40 Acts 12:17 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 21:40 Lit occurred ↩
  17. 17. Acts 21:40 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
  18. 18. Acts 21:40 John 5:2; Acts 1:19; 22:2; 26:14 ↩

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