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Acts 22:2

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 22:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
Acts 22:2 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 22

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.
2And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
3I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:
4and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, etc.] (see Gill on “<442140>Acts 21:40”). they kept the more silence; it being their mother tongue, and which they best understood; and which the captain and the Roman soldiers might not so well under stand; and chiefly because the Hellenistic language was not so agreeable to them, nor the Hellenistic Jews, who spoke the Greek language, and used the Greek version of the Bible; and such an one they took Paul to be, besides his being a Christian; wherefore when they heard him speak in the Hebrew tongue, it conciliated their minds more to him, at least engaged their attention the more to what he was about to say: and he saith; the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The Hebrew tongue - See the notes on Acts 21:40. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“in: Act 21:40 Acts 22:3”
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