Acts 21:35-22:1

New King James Version

³⁵ When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob. ³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, ^(A)“Away with him!”

Addressing the Jerusalem Mob^(B)

³⁷ Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?”

He replied, “Can you speak Greek? ^38 (C)Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”

³⁹ But Paul said, ^(D)“I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no ^[a]mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.”

⁴⁰ So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and ^(E)motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the ^(F)Hebrew language, saying,

Paul’s Defense at Jerusalem

22 “Brethren^(G) and fathers, hear my defense before you now.”