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Acts 21:39 KJV
Acts · chapter 21 · verse 39 · King James Version
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.Acts 21:39 · King James Version
Acts 21:39 in context
37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Key words (Strong's)
- CiliciakilikiaCilicia = " the land of Celix" , a maritime province in the southeast of Asia…G2791 →
- citizenpolitēsa citizen, the inhabitant of any city or country, the association of another in…G4177 →
- beseechdeomaito want, lack, to desire, long for, to ask, beg, the thing asked for, to pray, make…G1189 →
- TarsustarseusTarsus = " a flat basket" , belong to Tarsus, a native of TarsusG5018 →
- sufferepitrepōto turn to, transfer, commit, intrust, to permit, allow, give leaveG2010 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
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