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Acts 21:38-40
Worldwide English (New Testament)
Acts 21:38-40
Worldwide English (New Testament)
37-38 ust as the soldiers were going to take Paul into their army house, he said to the officer, `May I tell you something?' `So, you speak the Greek language!' said the officer. `I thought you were the man from the country of Egypt who made trouble a while ago. I thought you were the one who led four thousand bad men into the desert.'
39 Paul said, `I am a Jew. I was born in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia. I belong to a great city. Please let me talk to these people.'
40 So the officer let him talk. Paul stood on the steps and put up his hand. Then all the people were very quiet. He talked to them in the Jews' language.
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Acts 21:38-40
New International Version
Acts 21:38-40
New International Version
38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(A) some time ago?”(B)
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(C) in Cilicia,(D) 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(E) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(F)
Footnotes
- Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
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