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37 And Paul being about to be led into the stronghold, says to the chief captain, “Is it permitted to me to say anything to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38 Are you not, then, the Egyptian who made an uprising before these days, and led the four thousand men of the assassins into the desert?” 39 And Paul said, “I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.” 40 And he having given him leave, Paul having stood on the stairs, beckoned with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying: Acts 21:37-40, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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