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Andsomecried one thing, some another,among the multitude:and when he couldnotknow the certaintyfor the tumult, he commandedhim to be carriedinto the castle.
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Andwhen he cameupon the stairs, so it was, that he was borneof the soldiersfor the violence of the people.
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For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
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And as Paul was to beledinto the castle, he said unto the chief captain,May*Ispeak*untothee*? Whosaid, Canst thou speakGreek?
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ArtnotthouthatEgyptian, which beforethesedays madest an uproar, and leddest outinto the wilderness four thousandmen that were murderers?
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ButPaulsaid, Iam* a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of nomeancity:and, I beseechthee,sufferme to speakunto the people.
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And when he had givenhimlicence, Paulstoodon the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people.And when there was made a greatsilence, he spake unto them in the Hebrewtongue,saying,