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All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks.
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But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul.
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As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, "Kill him! Kill him!"
37
When they got to the barracks and were about to go in, Paul said to the captain, "Can I say something to you?"
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I thought you were the Egyptian who not long ago started a riot here, and then hid out in the desert with his four thousand thugs."
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Paul said, "No, I'm a Jew, born in Tarsus. And I'm a citizen still of that influential city. I have a simple request: Let me speak to the crowd."
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Standing on the barracks steps, Paul turned and held his arms up. A hush fell over the crowd as Paul began to speak. He spoke in Hebrew.