^{31 Ref} And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

^{32 Ref} And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

^{33 Ref} Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

^{34 Ref} And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

^{35 Ref} And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

^{36 Ref} For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

^{37 Ref} And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?

^{38 Ref} Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

^{39 Ref} But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

^{40 Ref} And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,