Acts 21:40

And he permitting, Paul, standing on the threshold, beckoned with his hand to the people: and there being great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

In Context

39But Paul said, I am indeed a Jewish man, a Tarsean, a citizen of Cilicia, no mean city: but, I pray you, permit me to speak to the people.

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Cross References

John 5:2And there is a pool at the sheep-market, called in Hebrew Bethzatha, having five porches.

John 19:17And He was bearing His cross. And He went out into a place called Calvary, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Acts 6:1And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts 13:16And Paul, rising up, and beckoning with his hand said; Israelitish men, and those fearing God, hear.

Acts 21:35Then when he was on the threshold, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the mob;

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:28-40

Paul Seized in the Temple; The Tumult at Jerusalem. 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they… Read the whole commentary →

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