ACTS 21:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.”
But Paul said, 'I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people' — Paul's self-identification is strategic: he claims both Jewish and Gentile (Tarsus) identity, and hints at his Roman citizenship. His request to address the crowd is a rhetorical move to contextualize his presence and theology.
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