Acts 22:2

Acts 22:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
• New International Version (NIV)When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:
• New Living Translation (NLT)When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.

Context of Acts 22:2

1“Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.” And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said: 3“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today. 4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

Acts 22:2 word by word

ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς, μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν.¶ Καὶ φησίν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when they heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• he spakeπροσφωνέωprosphōneō · to call to/summonG4377
• in the Hebrewὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in the HebrewἙβραΐςHebrais · HebrewG1446
• tongueδιάλεκτοςdialektos · languageG1258
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• they keptπαρέχωparechō · to furnish occasionG3930
• the moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
• silenceἡσυχίαhēsuchia · quietnessG2271
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• he saithφημίphēmi · to assertG5346

Cross-references for Acts 22:2

• Acts 21:40So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

Commentaries on Acts 22:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2When they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue - He had probably been traduced by the Jews of Asia as a mere Gentile, distinguished only by his virulence against the Jewish religion; which virulence proceeded from his malice and ignorance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Hebrew tongue - See the notes on Acts 21:40.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23). He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302. when they heard ... the Hebrew tongue--(See on Ac 21:40). they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:2

• Hebrew
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Antonia
• Hence
• James
• Persecute
• Scourge
• Uncondemned
• Acts of the Apostles
• Felix; Antonius
• Paul, the Apostle
• Tongue

Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings