37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to you? Who said, Can you speak Greek?


In Context

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

35 And when he came on the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to you? Who said, Can you speak Greek?

38 Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech you, suffer me to speak to the people.

Acts 21:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:37And 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, "May I say something to you?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:37And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith to the tribune: May speak something to thee? Who said: Canst thou speak Greek?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:37And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:37But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:37And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:37As 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?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, 'Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, 'Greek dost thou know?