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Paul stood on the stairs; as he was now about to be carried into the castle Antonia, before mentioned.
And beckoned with the hand; signifying that he craved their audience; as Act_12:17 13:16.
He spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue; the Hebrew tongue being understood by all of them, and most grateful unto them. Yet this was not the pure and ancient Hebrew, which had been corrupted ever since their captivity; but the Syriac tongue, which they there learned, was called Hebrew, it having at first been derived from the Hebrew, and being then in use by those who were, Hebrews.