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Paul’s Defense to the Crowd

Acts 22:2

In 9 translations

BSB
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,Or in Aramaic; literally in the Hebrew language
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,
LSV
and they having heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more silent, and he says,
YLT
and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and he saith, —
DBY
And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
DRC
(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)
GNV
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν. καὶ φησίν·
RP2018
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς, μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν. Καί φησιν,
TR-Boyd
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς, μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν. Καί φησιν,
SCR1894
ακουσαντες δε οτι τη εβραιδι διαλεκτω προσεφωνει αυτοις μαλλον παρεσχον ησυχιαν και φησιν

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◆ Paul gives his testimony

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 21:40Having 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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