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Acts 21:37
Acts 21:37 is verse 37 of Acts chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
King James Version
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
World English Bible
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?
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Acts 21:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
36 For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
37 As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Acts 19:30Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
Matthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:19But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
Matthew 10:20For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.