2When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,


In Context

1 |Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.|

2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

3 |I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

Acts 22:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:2When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:2(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and he saith, —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:2(And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he said,)