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Acts 21:37

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And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

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Acts 21:37 in other translations

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?”
He said, “Do you know Greek?

Acts 21:37 · World English Bible

Acts 21:37 in context

  1. 35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;
  2. 36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.
  3. 37And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?
  4. 38Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?
  5. 39But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.