Acts 21:37-39

International Standard Version

Paul Speaks in His Own Defense

³⁷ Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the tribune, “May I say something to you?”

The tribune^[a] asked, “Oh, do you speak Greek? ³⁸ You’re not the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led 4,000 assassins into the desert, are you?”

³⁹ Paul replied, “I’m a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Please let me speak to the people.”