36 They were all coming after him and screaming, “Kill him!”
37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the fort, he spoke to the commander: “May I say something to you?”“You speak Greek, do you?” the commander asked.
38 “Then you are not that Egyptian fellow who some time ago started a revolution and led 4,000 armed terrorists out into the desert?”
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people.”
40 The commander gave him permission, so Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand for the people to be silent. When they were quiet, Paul spoke to them in Hebrew: