Acts 21:33-40

Lamsa(i) 33 Then the chief captain came near him and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. Then he inquired, Who is he and what has he done? 34 And some of the mob cried against him one thing, some another: and because of their confusion he was unable to know what was true, so he commanded him to be taken to headquarters. 35 And when Paul reached the stairs, the soldiers bore him because of the violence of the people. 36 For a great many people followed after, crying, and saying, Away with him. 37 And as Paul was about to be led into headquarters, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to you? The captain said, Can you speak Greek? 38 Are you not that Egyptian who some time ago created disturbances and led out into the desert four thousand malefactors? 39 But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in CiliÆcia, a citizen of a well-known city: I beg you, permit me to speak to the people. 40 And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with his hand to them. And when they were quiet, he spoke to them in the Hebrew (Aramaic) tongue and said to them.