40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

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40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(A) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

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When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(A) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said:

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