Acts 21:37-Acts 22:5 - Paul Permitted To Address The Crowd
37 Just as he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the tribune, "May I speak to you?" 38 "Do you know Greek?" said the tribune; "Are you not, then, the Egyptian who in days gone by stirred up to sedition, and let into the wilderness the four thousand cutthroats?"
39 "I am a Jew," answered Paul, "a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I pray you, give me permission to speak to the people."
40 So when he had given leave, Paul stood on the stairs, beckoning with his hands to the people. There came a great hush, and he spoke to them as follows, in Hebrew.
1 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make in your presence." 2 When they heard him speaking in Hebrew they became the more quiet. 3 "I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day. 4 "I persecuted to the death this way, continually binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women. 5 "To this the high priest and all the council of elders are witnesses. It was from them that I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was already on my way to bring those also who were there back to Jerusalem, in bonds, for punishment.