because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?”

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”