We fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are you attacking me? You’re only hurting yourself when you resist me.’
The commander told him he could, so Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they quieted down, he began to speak to them in the Hebrew language.
When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place called the Stone Walkway. (In the Hebrew language it was called Gabbatha.)