Acts 21:40

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The commander told Paul he could speak. So he stood on the steps and waved his hand so that the people would be quiet. The people became quiet and Paul spoke to them in Aramaic.

Cross References

Acts 12:17

Peter made a sign with his hand to tell them to be quiet. He explained to them how the Lord led him out of the jail. He said, “Tell James and the other brothers what happened.” Then he left and went to another place.

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice talking to me in Aramaic. The voice said, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself by fighting me.’

Acts 22:2

When the Jews heard Paul speaking Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said,

John 5:2

In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In Aramaic it is called Bethzatha. This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

Acts 21:35

The whole crowd was following them. When the soldiers came to the steps, they had to carry Paul. They did this to protect him, because the people were ready to hurt him. The people were shouting, “Kill him!”

Acts 19:33

Some Jews made a man named Alexander stand before the crowd, and they told him what to say. Alexander waved his hand, trying to explain things to the people.

Revelation 16:16

Then the evil spirits gathered the rulers together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Revelation 9:11

They had a ruler, who was the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon. In Greek it is Apollyon.

Acts 13:16

Paul stood up, raised his hand to get their attention, and said, “People of Israel and all you others who worship the true God, please listen to me!

Acts 6:1

More and more people were becoming followers of Jesus. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers began to complain against the other Jewish followers. They said that their widows were not getting their share of what the followers received every day.

John 19:20

The sign was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was nailed to the cross was near the city.

John 19:17

He carried his own cross to a place called “The Place of the Skull.” (In Aramaic the name of this place is “Golgotha.”)

John 19:13

When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out to the place called “The Stone Pavement.” (In Aramaic the name is Gabbatha.) Pilate sat down on the judge’s seat there.

Luke 23:38

(At the top of the cross these words were written: “this is the king of the jews.”)

2 Kings 9:13

Then each officer quickly took his robe off and put it on the steps in front of Jehu. Then they blew the trumpet and made the announcement, “Jehu is king!”

Acts 1:19

And all the people of Jerusalem learned about this. That is why they named that field Akeldama, which in their language means “field of blood.”)