Bible verse
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
Acts 22:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 22.
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
4 I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
KJV
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
ASV
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
ERV
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
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