Acts 21:33-40

CLV(i) 33 Then the captain, drawing near, got hold of him, and orders him to be bound with two chains. And he ascertained who he may be and what he has done." 34 Now they retorted in the throng, some this, others some other thing. Now, at his not being able to know for certain because of the tumult, he orders him to be led into the citadel." 35 Now when he came on the stairs, it befell that he was borne by the soldiers because of the violence of the throng, 36 for the multitude of the people followed, crying "Away with him!" 37 Besides, being about to be led into the citadel, Paul is saying to the captain, "Is it allowed me to say anything to you?Yet he averred, "Greek you know, " 38 consequently you are not the Egyptian who, before these days, raises an insurrection and leads out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins." 39 Yet Paul said, "I, indeed, am a Jewish man, a Tarsian of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Now I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people." 40 Now at his permitting it, Paul, standing on the stairs, gestures with his hand to the people. Now as there comes to be a vast hush, he shouts to them in the Hebrew vernacular, saying,