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,
Then they hurriedand eachmantookhis garmentand placedit underhim on the baresteps,and blewthe trumpet,saying,"Jehuis king!"
Nowthere was alsoan inscriptionaboveHim, "THISIS THE KINGOF THE JEWS."
Thereforewhen Pilateheardthesewords,he broughtJesusout, and sat downon the judgment seatat a placecalledThe Pavement,but in Hebrew,Gabbatha.
They tookJesus,therefore,and He wentout, bearingHis owncross,to the place calledthe Placeof a Skull,whichis calledin Hebrew,Golgotha.
Thereforemanyof the Jewsreadthisinscription,for the placewhereJesuswas crucifiedwas nearthe city;and it was writtenin Hebrew,Latin[and] in Greek.
Nowthere is in Jerusalemby the sheep[gate] a pool,which is calledin HebrewBethesda,havingfiveporticoes.
And it becameknownto allwho were livingin Jerusalem;sothat in their ownlanguagethat fieldwas calledHakeldama,that is, Fieldof Blood.)
But motioningto them with his handto be silent,he describedto them howthe Lordhad ledhim out of the prison.And he said,"Reportthese thingsto Jamesand the brethren."Thenhe leftand wentto anotherplace.
Paulstoodup, and motioningwith his handsaid,"Menof Israel,and you who fearGod,listen:
Some of the crowdconcluded[it was] Alexander,since the Jewshad put him forward;and having motionedwith his hand,Alexanderwas intendingto make a defenseto the assembly.
Whenhe gotto the stairs,he was carriedby the soldiersbecauseof the violenceof the mob;
And when they heardthat he was addressingthem in the Hebrewdialect,they becameeven morequiet;and he said,
"And when we had allfallento the ground,I hearda voicesayingto me in the Hebrewdialect,'Saul,Saul,whyare you persecutingMe? It is hardfor you to kickagainstthe goads.'
Nowat thistimewhile the discipleswere increasing[in number], a complaintaroseon the part of the Hellenistic[Jews] againstthe [native] Hebrews,becausetheir widowswere being overlookedin the dailyserving[of food].
And they gathered them togetherto the placewhich in Hebrewis calledHar-Magedon.
They haveas kingoverthem, the angelof the abyss;his namein Hebrewis Abaddon,and in the Greekhe hasthe nameApollyon.
