Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts 22:2 in other translations
| BSB | When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared, |
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| WEB | When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said, |
| ASV | And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith, |
| YLT | and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and he saith, -- |
| DARBY | And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says, |
| BBE | And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said, |
| Webster | (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) |
What does Acts 22:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Ac 22:1-30. Paul's Defense from the Stairs of the Fortress--The Rage of the Audience Bursting Forth, the Commandant Has Him Brought into the Fort to Be Examined by Scourging, but Learning that He Is a Roman, He Orders His Release and Commands the Sanhedrin to Try Him.
2. when they heard ... the Hebrew tongue--(See on Ac 21:40). they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 22:1-11
The apostle addressed the enraged multitude, in the customary style of respect and good-will. Paul relates the history of his early life very particularly; he notices that his conversion was wholly the act of God. Condemned sinners are struck blind by the power of darkness, and it is a lasting blindness, like that of the unbelieving Jews. Convinced sinners are struck blind as Paul was, not by darkness, but by light…
Acts 22:2 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 22:2
- Acts 21:40
And 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,
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Context
- Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
- Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- Acts 22:3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Acts 22:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | (Y como oyeron que les hablaba en lengua hebrea, guardaron más silencio.) Y dijo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand ils entendirent qu’il leur parlait en langue hébraïque, ils firent silence encore plus; et il dit: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als sie aber hörten, daß er sie in hebräischer Mundart anredete, beobachteten sie desto mehr Stille. Und er spricht: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum audissent autem quia hebræa lingua loqueretur ad illos, magis præstiterunt silentium. |