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30 And the whole city was excited, and there was a commotion of the people: and taking Paul, they dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were closed. 31 And seeking to kill him, the report went up to the chiliarch of the band, that all Jerusalem is in commotion; 32 who immediately, taking soldiers and centurions, ran to them: and they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul. 33 Then the chiliarch, having come nigh, took Paul, and commanded that he should be bound with two chains; and was making inquiry who he might be, and what he had done. 34 And they continued to cry aloud in the multitude, some one thing, and some another: and he, being unable to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded that he should be led into the castle. 35 Then when he was on the threshold, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the mob; 36 for the multitude of the people were following, crying out, Take him away. 37 And Paul, being about to be led into the castle, says to the chiliarch, Is it lawful for me to say something to thee? And he said, Do you speak Greek? 38 Are you not that Egyptian who before these days rising up and leading away into the desert four hundred men of daggers? 39 But Paul said, I am indeed a Jewish man, a Tarsean, a citizen of Cilicia, no mean city: but, I pray you, permit me to speak to the people. 40 And he permitting, Paul, standing on the threshold, beckoned with his hand to the people: and there being great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying: Acts 21:30-40, Godbey New Testament. Public domain.
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