Acts 22:2

(When they heard ¹  that he was addressing ²  them in Aramaic, ³  they became even ⁴  quieter.) ⁵  Then ⁶  Paul said,

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When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said:

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And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

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When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.

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When they heard him speaking Hebrew, they grew even quieter. No one wanted to miss a word of this. He continued,

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And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

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When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then he said:

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And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said:

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(When they heard ¹  that he was addressing ²  them in Aramaic, ³  they became even ⁴  quieter.) ⁵  Then ⁶  Paul said,

¹ tn ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

² 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.”

³ tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See the note on “Aramaic” in 21:40.

⁴ tn BDAG 613-14 s.v. μᾶλλον 1 “Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; Jn 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7.”

⁵ tn BDAG 440 s.v. ἡσυχία 2 has “παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing…Ac 22:2.”

⁵ sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author.

⁶ tn Grk “and.” Since this represents a continuation of the speech begun in v. 1, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.