Acts 22:2 - Compare All Versions
Acts 22:1-3 MSG (The Message)
“My dear brothers and fathers, listen carefully to what I have to say before you jump to conclusions about me.” When they heard him speaking Hebrew, they grew even quieter. No one wanted to miss a word of this.
Acts 22:2 KJV (King James Version)
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts 22:2 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said
Acts 22:2 NCV (New Century Version)
When they heard him speaking the Hebrew language, they became very quiet. Paul said
Acts 22:2 ASV (American Standard Version)
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith
Acts 22:2 NIV (New International Version)
When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said
Acts 22:2 NKJV (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
Acts 22:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet. And he continued
Acts 22:2 NLT (New Living Translation)
When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.
Acts 22:2 TPT (The Passion Translation)
(Now, when everyone realized he was speaking to them in their Judean Aramaic language, the crowd became all the more attentive.)
Acts 22:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said