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Acts 21:40

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

The Commanding Officer gave his permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, made signs with his hand to the people, and, when comparative silence had been obtained, he spoke to them in Hebrew, as follows:

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Above him were the words--'THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.'

On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out, and took his seat upon the Bench at a place called 'The Stone Pavement'--in Hebrew 'Gabbatha.'

And he went out, carrying his cross himself, to the place which is named from a scull, or, in Hebrew, Golgotha.

These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.'

This became known to every one living in Jerusalem, so that the field came to be called, in their language, 'Akeldama,' which means the 'Field of Blood.')

Peter signed to them with his hand to be silent, and then told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison, adding: "Tell James and the Brethren all this." Then he left the house, and went away to another place.

So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, spoke as follows: "Men of Israel and all here who reverence God, hear what I have to say.

But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defense to the people.

When Paul reached the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers, owing to the violence of the mob;

When they heard that he was speaking to them in Hebrew, they were still more quiet; and Paul went on:

We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew--'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.'

About this time, when the number of the disciples was constantly increasing, complaints were made by the Jews of foreign birth against the native Jews, that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

And the spirits collected the kings at the place called in Hebrew 'Har-Magedon.'

They have as their king the Angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is 'Abaddon,' while, in Greek, his name is 'Apollyon' (the Destroyer).




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