Acts 21:37

And when he was just ready to be carried into the fortress, Paul said to the military tribune, May I be permitted to speak a word to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

In Context

36For a multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him!

38Art not thou certainly that Egyptian who some time since raised a sedition, and led out into the desert four thousand cutthroats?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the heathen.

Acts 19:30But though Paul wished to go in to the people, the disciples would not permit him.

Acts 21:34Then some among the multitude bellowed out one thing, and some another: so unable to know the certainty of the case because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.

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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