Acts 22:2 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:2

When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,

BSB

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ASV

And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

KJV

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"And when they heard that he spoke… in the Hebrew language." You see how it affected them that he spoke the same language as they did — they had a certain kind of respect for that language.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Now, so soon as they heard their own language, they began to have some better hope. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether Paul spake in the Hebrew or in the Syrian tongue; for we know that the speech of the Jews was corrupt and degenerate after their exile, forasmuch as they had much from the Chaldeans and Syrians.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀκούσαντες	akousantes	Having heard	G191 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
τῇ	tēa	in the	G3588 →
Ἑβραΐδι	Hebraidi	Hebrew	G1446 →
διαλέκτῳ	dialektō	language	G1258 →
προσεφώνει	prosephōnei	he was addressing	G4377 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	them,	G846 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	even more	G3123 →
παρέσχον	pareschon	they became	G3930 →
ἡσυχίαν.¶	hēsuchian	quiet.	G2271 →
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
φησίν·	phēsin	he says;	G5346 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Acts 21:40
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
leads to
- Acts 12:17
  Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for…
- John 5:2
  Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- Acts 26:14
  We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
- Acts 19:33
  The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
- Acts 21:35
  When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts