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Complete Jewish Bible

Acts 22:2

When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they settled down more; so he continued:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hebrew;   Paul;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hebrew;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Lysias;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Paul the Apostle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Antonia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Damascus;   Language of Christ;   Language of the Nt;   Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hebrews;   Hellenism;   Language of Christ;   Paul;   Science (2);   Tongue ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Washing;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Claudius;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tongue;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.
King James Version (1611)
(And when they heard that hee spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
King James Version
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
English Standard Version
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:
New American Standard Bible
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,
New Century Version
When they heard him speaking the Hebrew language, they became very quiet. Paul said,
Amplified Bible
When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet. And he continued,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter; and he *said,
Berean Standard Bible
When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
Contemporary English Version
When the crowd heard Paul speak to them in Aramaic, they became even quieter. Then Paul said:
Darby Translation
And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
Easy-to-Read Version
When the Jews heard Paul speaking Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said,
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)
George Lamsa Translation
And when they heard him speak to them in the Hebrew tongue (Aramaic), they were the more quiet: And he said,
Good News Translation
When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even quieter; and Paul went on:
Lexham English Bible
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, they became even more silent. And he said,
Literal Translation
And hearing that he spoke in the Hebrew dialect to them, they showed more quietness. And he said:
American Standard Version
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
Bible in Basic English
And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,
Hebrew Names Version
When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
International Standard Version
When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued,
Etheridge Translation
And when they heard that Hebrew he was speaking with them, the more they ceased; and he said to them,
Murdock Translation
And when they perceived that he addressed them in Hebrew, they were the more quiet: and he said to them:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrue tongue to the, they kept ye more scilence. And he saith:)
English Revised Version
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
World English Bible
When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence:
Weymouth's New Testament
And on hearing him address them in Hebrew, they kept all the more quiet; and he said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne sum herden that in Ebrew tunge he spak to hem, thei yauen the more silence.
Update Bible Version
And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he says,
Webster's Bible Translation
(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
New English Translation
(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,
New King James Version
And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said:
New Living Translation
When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.
New Life Bible
When they heard him speak to them in their own language, they stopped making noise. Then he said,
New Revised Standard
When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then he said:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they heard that, in the Hebrew language, he had begun to address them, they kept the more quiet. And he saith -
Douay-Rheims Bible
(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)
Revised Standard Version
And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet. And he said:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Whe they hearde that he spake in ye Ebrue tonge to them they kept the moore silence. And he sayde:
Young's Literal Translation
and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and he saith, --
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue, they kepte the more sylence. And he sayde:
Mace New Testament (1729)
when they perceiv'd he talk'd Hebrew, they were the more silent.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When they heard Paul talking in their language, it got real quiet.

Contextual Overview

1 "Brothers and fathers! Listen to me as I make my defense before you now!" 2 When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they settled down more; so he continued:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Acts 21:40

Reciprocal: John 19:20 - in Acts 5:21 - But Acts 18:14 - when Acts 26:14 - in 1 Peter 3:15 - and be

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
God answered, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to call him Yitz'chak [laughter]. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Avraham, "Don't be distressed because of the boy and your slave-girl. Listen to everything Sarah says to you, because it is your descendants through Yitz'chak who will be counted.
Genesis 22:9
They came to the place God had told him about; and Avraham built the altar there, set the wood in order, bound Yitz'chak his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Avraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:16
He said, "I have sworn by myself — says Adonai — that because you have done this, because you haven't withheld your son, your only son,
Judges 11:31
then whatever comes out the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the people of ‘Amon will belong to Adonai ; I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."
Judges 11:39
After two months she returned to her father, and he did with her what he had vowed; she had remained a virgin. So it became a law in Isra'el
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his firstborn son, who was to have succeeded him as king, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. Following this, such great anger came upon Isra'el that they left him and went back to their own land.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Shlomo began to build the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where Adonai had appeared to David his father. Provision had been made for this at the place David had chosen, the threshing-floor of Ornan the Y'vusi.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them,.... :-.

they kept the more silence; it being their mother tongue, and which they best understood; and which the captain and the Roman soldiers might not so well under stand; and chiefly because the Hellenistic language was not so agreeable to them, nor the Hellenistic Jews, who spoke the Greek language, and used the Greek version of the Bible; and such an one they took Paul to be, besides his being a Christian; wherefore when they heard him speak in the Hebrew tongue, it conciliated their minds more to him, at least engaged their attention the more to what he was about to say:

and he saith; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add, "to them", as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew tongue - See the notes on Acts 21:40.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 22:2. When they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue — He had probably been traduced by the Jews of Asia as a mere Gentile, distinguished only by his virulence against the Jewish religion; which virulence proceeded from his malice and ignorance.


 
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