Acts 21:40

NETBible

When the commanding officer 1  had given him permission, 2  Paul stood 3  on the steps and gestured 4  to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, 5  he addressed 6  them in Aramaic, 7 

NIV ©

Having received the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic:

NASB ©

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

NLT ©

The commander agreed, so Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people to be quiet. Soon a deep silence enveloped the crowd, and he addressed them in their own language, Aramaic.

MSG ©

Standing on the barracks steps, Paul turned and held his arms up. A hush fell over the crowd as Paul began to speak. He spoke in Hebrew.

BBE ©

And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

NRSV ©

When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people for silence; and when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:

NKJV ©

So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

KJV
And
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when he had given
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him
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licence
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Paul
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stood
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on
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the stairs
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and beckoned
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with the hand
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unto the people
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And
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when there was made
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a great
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silence
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he spake
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unto [them] in the Hebrew
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tongue
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saying
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NASB ©
When he had given
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him permission
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, Paul
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, standing
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on the stairs
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, motioned
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to the people
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with his hand
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; and when there was a great
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hush
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, he spoke
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to them in the Hebrew
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dialect
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, saying
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,
NET [draft] ITL
When the commanding officer had given
<2010>
him
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permission
<2010>
, Paul
<3972>
stood
<2476>
on
<1909>
the steps
<304>
and gestured
<2678>
to the people
<2992>
with his hand
<5495>
. When they had become
<1096>
silent
<4602>
, he addressed
<4377>
them in Aramaic
<1446>

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,
GREEK
epitreqantov
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V-AAP-GSM
de
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CONJ
autou
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P-GSM
o
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T-NSM
paulov
<3972>
N-NSM
estwv
<2476> (5761)
V-RAP-NSM
epi
<1909>
PREP
twn
<3588>
T-GPM
anabaymwn
<304>
N-GPM
kateseisen
<2678> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
th
<3588>
T-DSF
ceiri
<5495>
N-DSF
tw
<3588>
T-DSM
law
<2992>
N-DSM
pollhv
<4183>
A-GSF
de
<1161>
CONJ
sighv
<4602>
N-GSF
genomenhv
<1096> (5637)
V-2ADP-GSF
prosefwnhsen
<4377> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
th
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T-DSF
ebraidi
<1446>
N-DSF
dialektw
<1258>
N-DSF
legwn
<3004> (5723)
V-PAP-NSM
NETBible

When the commanding officer 1  had given him permission, 2  Paul stood 3  on the steps and gestured 4  to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, 5  he addressed 6  them in Aramaic, 7 

NET Notes

1 tn The referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Grk “Giving him permission.” The participle ἐπιτρέψαντος (epitreyanto") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

3 tn Grk “standing.” The participle ἑστώς (Jestws) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

4 tn Or “motioned.”

5 tn γενομένης (genomenhs) has been taken temporally. BDAG 922 s.v. σιγή has “πολλῆς σιγῆς γενομένης when a great silence had fallen = when they had become silent Ac 21:40.”

6 tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”

7 tn Grk “in the Hebrew dialect, saying.” This refers to the Aramaic spoken in Palestine in the 1st century (BDAG 270 s.v. ῾Εβραΐς). The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.