Acts 22:2

Moreover, hear[ing] that he-sounds-toward to{same} to{the Hebrew dialect}, they-have-aside/present more quiet-ia, and he-is-asserting,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

In Context

1"Men, brothers, and fathers, hear of{me} of{the defense} toward you emphatically-now."

3"On-one-hand, I am-being [a] Judean man having-been-begotten in to{Tarsus} of{the Cilicia}; on-the-other-hand, having-been-nourished-up/anew in to{the city, the-same} beside the feet [of-]Gamaliel, having-been-child-ed/disciplined/instructed/educated according-to [the] precision of{the paternal law}, [a] zealot originating-under/undertaking of{the God} according-as all you are-being today,

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Cross References

Acts 21:40Moreover, of{same upon-turn[ing]}, the Paul, having-stood upon of{the steps-up/stairs} shakes-according-to to{the hand} to{the people}. Moreover, of{much refrain-from-speaking[noun] become}, he-sounds-toward to{the Hebrew dialect}, saying,

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:2-3

Paul's First Defence. 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) Paul had, in the last verse of the foregoing chapter , gained a great point, by commanding so profound a silence after so loud a clamour. Now here observe, I. With what an admirable composure and presence of mind he addresses himself to speak. Never was poor man set upon in a more tumultuous manner, nor with… Read the whole commentary →

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