| 33 | Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. |
| 34 | Some in the crowd shouted one thing, some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. |
| 35 | And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd; |
| 36 | for the mob of the people followed, crying, "Away with him!" |
| 37 | As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek? |
| 38 | Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?" |
| 39 | Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cili'cia, a citizen of no mean city; I beg you, let me speak to the people." |
| 40 | And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying: |