36 for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”(A)

Paul’s Defense before the Jerusalem Mob

37 As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, “Am I allowed to say something to you?”

He replied, “Do you know Greek? 38 Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins[a][b] into the wilderness?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:38 Lit 4,000 men of the Assassins
  2. Acts 21:38 In Lat, the word Sicarii is similar to the Eng word “cut-throats.”

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