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33 Then the captain of a thousand, having drawn near, took him, and commanded to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he might be, and what he had done. 34 And other cried what other in the crowd: and not being able to know certainly for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the camp. 35 And when he was upon the steps, it happened, he was borne by the soldiers for the violence of the crowd. 36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Take him away. 37 And being about to be brought into the camp, Paul says to the captain of a thousand, Is it lawful for me to speak anything to thee? and he said, Hast thou knowledge in Greek? 38 Art not thou then the Egyptian, who before these days having risen up, and having brought into the desert four thousand men of murderers? 39 And Paul said, I am truly a man a Jew, a Tarsean of Cilicia, a citizen of no undistinguished city: and I beseech of thee to give way for me to speak to the people. 40 And having given way, Paul standing upon the steps, shook with the hand to the people. And being much silence, he spake in the Hebrew dialect, saying, Acts 21:33-40, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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