Acts 21:33-40 Then the commander came up and seized him; he ordered him to be bound with a couple of chains, and asked "Who is he?" and "What has he done?"

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ³³ Then the commander came up and seized him; he ordered him to be bound with a couple of chains, and asked "Who is he?" and "What has he done?" ³⁴ Some of the crowd roared one thing, some another, and as he could not learn the facts owing to the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken to the barracks. ³⁵ By the time he reached the steps, he had actually to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd, ³⁶ for the whole mass of the people followed shouting, "Away with him!" ³⁷ Just as he was being taken into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, "May I say a word to you?" "You know Greek!" said the commander. ³⁸ "Then you are not the Egyptian who in days gone by raised the four thousand assassins and led them out into the desert?" ³⁹ Paul said, "I am a Jew, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, the citizen of a famous town. Pray let me speak to the people." ⁴⁰ As he gave permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people. A great hush came over them, and he addressed them as follows in Hebrew.