MLV(i)
33 Now the commander drew near and grabbed him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he is doing.
34 But some in the crowd were crying one thing, some another thing, and when he was not able to know the certainty of who he was because of the uproar, he commanded him to be led into the encampment.
35 But when he came upon the steps, it befell him to be bore by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
36 for the multitude of the people was following after, crying out, Take him away.
37 But when Paul is about to be led into the encampment, he says to the commander, Is it legal for me to speak to you?
And he said, Do you know Greek? 38 Are you not then the Egyptian who before these days unsettled the city, and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?
39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, indeed a man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city, and I beseech of you, permit me to speak to the people. 40 Now having permitted him, Paul, standing upon the steps, beckoned with the hand to the people, and when there became much silence, he was shouting to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
37 But when Paul is about to be led into the encampment, he says to the commander, Is it legal for me to speak to you?
And he said, Do you know Greek? 38 Are you not then the Egyptian who before these days unsettled the city, and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?
39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, indeed a man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city, and I beseech of you, permit me to speak to the people. 40 Now having permitted him, Paul, standing upon the steps, beckoned with the hand to the people, and when there became much silence, he was shouting to them in the Hebrew language, saying,