Acts 21:39 meaning and explanation
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
Acts 21:39, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking to the Roman commander who has just arrested him amid a violent mob in Jerusalem. The commander mistook him for an Egyptian rebel leader, so Paul corrects the record: he is a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a city of real standing in the empire.
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