Acts 21:37-40

Paul Speaks to the Crowd

37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?”

39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic^[a] :

Cross References

• 1. S ver 34
• 2. Matthew 24:26
• 3. Acts 5:36
• 4. S Acts 9:11
• 5. S Acts 6:9; Acts 22:3
• 6. S Acts 12:17
• 7. S John 5:2

Footnotes

• [a] Or possibly "Hebrew" ; also in 22:2