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And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar,
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who immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down unto them; and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.
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Then the chief captain came near, and took him and commanded that he be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was and what he had done.
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And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude. And when he could learn nothing with certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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And when Paul came upon the stairs, so it was that he had to be borne by the soldiers because of 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 about to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, "May I speak unto thee?" And he said, "Canst thou speak Greek?
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Art not thou that Egyptian who prior to these days madest an uproar and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men who were murderers?"
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But Paul said, "I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people."
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And when he had given him leave, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with his hand unto the people. And when there fell a great silence, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying: