Whenhe gotto the stairs,he was carriedby the soldiersbecauseof the violenceof the mob;
Confuse,O Lord,dividetheir tongues,For I have seenviolenceand strifein the city.
No,in heartyou workunrighteousness;On earthyou weighout the violenceof your hands.
For the landis fullof adulterers;For the landmournsbecauseof the curse.The pasturesof the wildernesshave driedup. Their coursealso is evilAnd their mightis not right.
"And he saidto the vineyard-keeper,'Behold,for threeyearsI have comelookingfor fruiton thisfig treewithoutfindingany. Cut it down!Whydoes it evenuseup the ground?'
When he had given him permission,Paul,standingon the stairs,motionedto the peoplewith his hand;and when there was a greathush,he spoketo them in the Hebrewdialect,saying,
"But Lysiasthe commandercame along,and with muchviolencetookhim out of our hands,
