36 For the mob of people followed, crying out, “Away with him!”
37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?”He replied, “Do you know how to speak Greek?
38 Are you not the Egyptian who in past days caused an uproar and led the four thousand men of the Sicarii out into the wilderness?”
39 Paul said, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no common city. I beg of you, permit me to speak to the people.”
40 When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,