Acts 22:2
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
4 I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- KJV
- (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- WEB
- When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
- ASV
- And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
- DARBY
- And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
- BLB
- And having heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he says,
- ÅB
- Da de hørte at han talte til dem på det hebraiske mål, holdt de seg enda mere stille. Han sier da:
- OTB
- Da de hørte ham tale til dem på hebraisk, ble de enda mer stille; og han sa:
- B1930
- Da de hørte at han talte til dem på det hebraiske mål, holdt de sig ennu mere stille. Han sier da:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 21:40
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
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