36 For the multitude of the people were following and crying out, 'Take him away!'
37 And as Paul was beginning to be brought into the fortress, he said to the tribune, 'Is it permissible for me to say something to you?' And he said, 'You know Greek?
38 So then, are you not that Egyptian who before these days incited a rebellion and led out into the desert four thousand murderous men?'
39 But Paul said to him: 'I am a man, indeed a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a well-known city. So I petition you, permit me to speak to the people.'
40 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned with his hand to the people. And when a great silence occurred, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:
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