38"Do you speak Greek?" he replied. "Aren't you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the desert some time ago?"


In Context

35 When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers.

36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, "Away with him!"

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

38 "Do you speak Greek?" he replied. "Aren't you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the desert some time ago?"

39 Paul answered, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people."

40 Having received the commander's permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic :

Acts 21:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:38Art not thou that Egyptian who before these days didst raise a tumult, and didst lead forth into the desert four thousand men that were murderers?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:38Art 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:38Art thou not then the Egyptian, which before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38Art not thou that Egyptian, who before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:38Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?