Aug.
5
Ezra
4-6
Ezr
4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the
children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God
of Israel;
Ezr
4:2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers'
houses, and
said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do;
and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of
Assyria, who brought us up here.
Ezr
4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of
fathers' houses
of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a
house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the
God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
Ezr
4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of
Judah, and troubled them in building,
Ezr
4:5 and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose,
all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius
king of Persia.
Ezr
4:6 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote
they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezr
4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and
the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the
writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character,
and set forth in the Syrian language.
Ezr
4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter
against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezr
4:9 then wrote
Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their
companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites,
the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites,
the Dehaites, the Elamites,
Ezr
4:10 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar
brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of
the country beyond the River, and so
forth.
Ezr
4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the
king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.
Ezr
4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are
come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad
city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
Ezr
4:13 Be it known now to the king that if this city is built, and the
walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in
the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
Ezr
4:14 Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not
appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent
and informed the king;
Ezr
4:15 that search may be made in the book of the records of your
fathers: so you shall find in the book of the records, and know that
this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces,
and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for
which cause was this city laid waste.
Ezr
4:16 We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls
finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.
Ezr
4:17 Then
sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the
scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and
in the rest of the country
beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.
Ezr
4:18 The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before
me.
Ezr
4:19 I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this
city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that
rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Ezr
4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have
ruled over all the country
beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
Ezr
4:21 Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this
city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.
Ezr
4:22 Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow
to the hurt of the kings?
Ezr
4:23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in
haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and
power.
Ezr
4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem;
and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of
Persia.
Ezr
5:1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of
Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the
name of the God of Israel prophesied
they to them.
Ezr
5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son
of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at
Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
Ezr
5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the
River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to
them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this
wall?
Ezr
5:4 Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men
were who were making this building.
Ezr
5:5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they
did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and
then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
Ezr
5:6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the
River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who
were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
Ezr
5:7 they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius
the king, all peace.
Ezr
5:8 Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of
Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great
stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with
diligence and prospers in their hands.
Ezr
5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you
a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
Ezr
5:10 We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might
write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
Ezr
5:11 Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of
the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was
built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and
finished.
Ezr
5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to
wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away
into Babylon.
Ezr
5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king
made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezr
5:14 The gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and
brought into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out
of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name
was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Ezr
5:15 and he said to him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its
place.
Ezr
5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the
house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until
now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
Ezr
5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search
made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether
it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this
house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us
concerning this matter.
Ezr
6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the
house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Ezr
6:2 There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a
record:
Ezr
6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a
decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be
built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations
be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty
cubits;
Ezr
6:4 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber:
and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
Ezr
6:5 Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem,
and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple
which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put them
in the house of God.
Ezr
6:6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River,
Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond
the River, you must stay far from there.
Ezr
6:7 Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of
the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its
place.
Ezr
6:8 Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of
the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's
goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with
all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.
Ezr
6:9 That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and
lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also
wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who
are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
Ezr
6:10 that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of
heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Ezr
6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word,
let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and
fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
Ezr
6:12 and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow
all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter the
same, to destroy this house of God which
is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all
diligence.
Ezr
6:13 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai,
and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did
accordingly with all diligence.
Ezr
6:14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They
built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of
Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and
Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Ezr
6:15 This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,
which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Ezr
6:16 The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this
house of God with joy.
Ezr
6:17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred
bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering
for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the
tribes of Israel.
Ezr
6:18 They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in
their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it
is written in the book of Moses.
Ezr
6:19 The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the
fourteenth day
of the first month.
Ezr
6:20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves
together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all
the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests,
and for themselves.
Ezr
6:21 The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity,
and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness
of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
Ezr
6:22 and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for
Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of
Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house
of God, the God of Israel.
Aug.
6
Ezra
7-8
Ezr
7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of
Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of
Hilkiah,
Ezr
7:2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Ezr
7:3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
Ezr
7:4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
Ezr
7:5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the chief priest;
Ezr
7:6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the
law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the
king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his
God on him.
Ezr
7:7 There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the
priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the
Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Ezr
7:8 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the
seventh year of the king.
Ezr
7:9 For on the first day
of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first
day of the
fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his
God on him.
Ezr
7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do
it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
Ezr
7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes
gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of
the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:
Ezr
7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of
the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
Ezr
7:13 I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and
their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their
own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
Ezr
7:14 Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to
inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your
God which is in your hand,
Ezr
7:15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his
counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation
is in Jerusalem,
Ezr
7:16 and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the
province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of
the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is
in Jerusalem;
Ezr
7:17 therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money
bulls, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink
offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God
which is in Jerusalem.
Ezr
7:18 Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with
the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your
God.
Ezr
7:19 The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house
of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
Ezr
7:20 Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which
you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's
treasure house.
Ezr
7:21 I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it
be done with all diligence,
Ezr
7:22 to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures
of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths
of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
Ezr
7:23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done
exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be
wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Ezr
7:24 Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and
Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of
God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on
them.
Ezr
7:25 You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand,
appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are
beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach
him who doesn't know them.
Ezr
7:26 Whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it
be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to
imprisonment.
Ezr
7:27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a
thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh
which is in Jerusalem;
Ezr
7:28 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his
counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was
strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I
gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezr
8:1 Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses,
and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon,
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
Ezr
8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar,
Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
Ezr
8:3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and
with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
Ezr
8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and
with him two hundred males.
Ezr
8:5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him
three hundred males.
Ezr
8:6 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him
fifty males.
Ezr
8:7 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him
seventy males.
Ezr
8:8 Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with
him eighty males.
Ezr
8:9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two
hundred and eighteen males.
Ezr
8:10 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him
one hundred sixty males.
Ezr
8:11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him
twenty-eight males.
Ezr
8:12 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him
one hundred ten males.
Ezr
8:13 Of the sons of Adonikam, who were
the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah;
and with them sixty males.
Ezr
8:14 Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy
males.
Ezr
8:15 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and
there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the
priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezr
8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for
Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for
Elnathan, who were teachers.
Ezr
8:17 I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and
I told them what they should tell Iddo, and
his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should
bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
Ezr
8:18 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a
man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
Ezr
8:19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his
brothers and their sons, twenty;
Ezr
8:20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for
the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of
them were mentioned by name.
Ezr
8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we
might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way
for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezr
8:22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had
spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who
seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those
who forsake him.
Ezr
8:23 So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated
of us.
Ezr
8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
Ezr
8:25 and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his
counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had
offered:
Ezr
8:26 I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,
and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;
Ezr
8:27 and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two
vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
Ezr
8:28 I said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are
holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh,
the God of your fathers.
Ezr
8:29 Watch, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of
the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses
of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.
Ezr
8:30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the
silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to
the house of our God.
Ezr
8:31 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day
of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was
on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit
by the way.
Ezr
8:32 We came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Ezr
8:33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were
weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of
Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and
with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of
Binnui, the Levite;
Ezr
8:34 the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was
written at that time.
Ezr
8:35 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile,
offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all
Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats
for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Ezr
8:36 They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps,
and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people
and the house of God.
Aug. 5,
6
Acts 21
Act
21:1 When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail,
we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes,
and from there to Patara.
Act
21:2 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard,
and set sail.
Act
21:3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left
hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was
to unload her cargo.
Act
21:4 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said
to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Act
21:5 When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed
and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought
us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the
beach, we prayed.
Act
21:6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship,
and they returned home again.
Act
21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at
Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.
Act
21:8 On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and
came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist,
who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
Act
21:9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Act
21:10 As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus
came down from Judea.
Act
21:11 Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet
and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the
Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles.' "
Act
21:12 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place
begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Act
21:13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and
breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Act
21:14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The
Lord's will be done."
Act
21:15 After these days we took up our baggage and went up to
Jerusalem.
Act
21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us,
bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would
stay.
Act
21:17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us
gladly.
Act
21:18 The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the
elders were present.
Act
21:19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things
which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Act
21:20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him,
"You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews
of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
Act
21:21 They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews
who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to
circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
Act
21:22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will
hear that you have come.
Act
21:23 Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken
a vow.
Act
21:24 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their
expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will
know that there is no truth in the things that they have been
informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
Act
21:25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our
decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they
should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from
strangled things, and from sexual immorality."
Act
21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and
went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days
of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of
them.
Act
21:27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia,
when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and
laid hands on him,
Act
21:28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who
teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this
place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has
defiled this holy place!"
Act
21:29 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the
city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
Act
21:30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They
seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors
were shut.
Act
21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the
commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an
uproar.
Act
21:32 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to
them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped
beating Paul.
Act
21:33 Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded
him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he
had done.
Act
21:34 Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd.
When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he
commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
Act
21:35 When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by
the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
Act
21:36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out,
"Away with him!"
Act
21:37 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?
Act
21:38 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up
to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of
the Assassins?"
Act
21:39 But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a
citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the
people."
Act
21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the
stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great
silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
