33 When the commander arrived, he arrested Paul and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Only then did he begin to ask who Paul was and what he had done.
34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing, others shouted something else. Because of the commotion, he couldn’t learn the truth, so he ordered that Paul be taken to the military headquarters.
35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers in order to protect him from the violence of the crowd.
36 The mob that followed kept screaming, "Away with him!"
37 As Paul was about to be taken into the military headquarters, he asked the commander, "May I speak with you?" He answered, "Do you know Greek?
38 Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists into the desert some time ago?"
39 Paul replied, "I’m a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please, let me speak to the people."