Acts 21:37-39

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Paul Defends Himself

³⁷ Just as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, ‘May I say something to you?’ The tribune^[a] replied, ‘Do you know Greek? ³⁸ Then you are not the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?’ ³⁹ Paul replied, ‘I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city; I beg you, let me speak to the people.’