JPS_ASV_Byz(i)
39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.
40 And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people, and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,
22 1 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defense which I now make unto you.
2 And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet; and he saith,