When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect — Paul's gesture for silence recalls the prophetic signs of Scripture; his choice to speak in 'Hebrew dialect' (likely Aramaic) establishes his identity as authentically Jewish. The crowd's respectful silence suggests that educated, vernacular speech carries authority.

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