^{31 Ref} And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

^{32 Ref} And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

^{33 Ref} Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

^{34 Ref} And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.

^{35 Ref} And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

^{36 Ref} for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.

^{37 Ref} And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

^{38 Ref} Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

^{39 Ref} But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

^{40 Ref} And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,