Acts
Chapters 21:35-40
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35When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers.
36The crowd that followed kept shouting, ‘Get rid of him!’
37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, ‘May I say something to you?’‘Do you speak Greek?’ he replied.
38‘Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?’
39Paul answered, ‘I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.’
40After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all