Acts 21:34-40

New International Version

³⁴ Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,^(A) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^{(B) 35} When Paul reached the steps,^(C) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. ³⁶ The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”^(D)

Paul Speaks to the Crowd^(E)

³⁷ As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,^(F) 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^(G) some time ago?”^(H)

³⁹ Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus^(I) in Cilicia,^(J) 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^(K) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic^[a]:^(L)