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Geneva Bible

Acts 22:2

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)

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:
Complete Jewish Bible
When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they settled down more; so he continued:
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,
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 Ye men, brethren and Fathers, heare my defence nowe towards you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)

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
Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.
Genesis 21:12
But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.
Genesis 22:9
And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, & couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne.
Genesis 22:12
Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.
Genesis 22:16
And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,
Judges 11:31
Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of mine house to meete me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the Lordes, and I will offer it for a burnt offering.
Judges 11:39
And after the ende of two moneths, she turned againe vnto her father, who did with her according to his vowe which he had vowed, and she had knowen no man. and it was a custome in Israel:
2 Kings 3:27
Then he tooke his eldest sonne, that should haue reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offring vpon the wall: so that Israel was sore grieued, and they departed from him, and returned to their countrey.
2 Chronicles 3:1
So Salomon began to buyld the house of the Lord in Ierusalem, in mount Moriah which had bene declared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

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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