Acts 21:37

Paul Permitted to Address the Crowd

37 And [as he] was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the military tribune, "Is it permitted for me to say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?

Acts 21:37 In-Context

35 And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,
36 for the crowd of people was following [them], shouting, "Away with him!"
37 And [as he] was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the military tribune, "Is it permitted for me to say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?
38 Then you are not the Egyptian who before these days raised a revolt and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
39 But Paul said, "I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people."

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was about to") which is understood as temporal
  • [b]. Or "headquarters"
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