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37 just as he was entring into the castle, Paul said to the officer, may I be favour'd with a word? you can speak Greek then, said he? 38 are not you the Egyptian, who lately made an insurrection at the head of four thousand banditti in the desart? 39 Paul replied, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of that famous city: and I beg you would give me leave to speak to the people: which being granted, 40 Paul then standing upon the stairs made a sign with his hand to the people, who being very silent, he rais'd his voice, and thus address'd them in the Hebrew tongue: Acts 21:37-40, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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