Acts 21:30-40

³⁰And all the city was aroused; and there was a mob forming among the people, and taking hold of Paul they were dragging him outside the temple; and immediately the doors were shut.

³¹And seeking to kill him, a report went up to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem had been stirred up,

³²who immediately having taken along soldiers and centurions, ran down among them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

³³And the commander, approaching, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he was inquiring who he might be and what he had done.

³⁴But others among the crowd were crying out one thing and some another; and because he was unable to ascertain the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

³⁵But when he arrived at the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.

³⁶For the multitude of the people was following, calling out, “Take him away!”

³⁷Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “Is it permitted for me to speak to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?

³⁸Are you not then the Egyptian who rose up before these days, and led forth the four thousand men of the assassins into the wilderness?”

³⁹But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city; and I request of you, permit me to speak to the people.”

⁴⁰And permitting him, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,