³⁴ Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,^(A) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(B)

¹⁰ The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.^(A)

³² The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another.^(A) Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

¹⁶ But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks^(A) and told Paul.

²⁴ the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(A) He directed^(B) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.

Paul Speaks to the Crowd^(A)

³⁷ As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,^(B) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

³⁰ The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.^(A) So the next day he released him^(B) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin^(C) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

²⁶ But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write.

³² The next day they let the cavalry^(A) go on with him, while they returned to the barracks.^(B)