John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 21:40
40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Ver. 40. In the Hebrew tongue ] i.e. In the Syriac, a daughter of the Hebrew, and the mother tongue of them who were called Hebrews. read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 21:39
39 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. Ver. 39. Of no mean city ] And yet more ennobled by Paul than Paul was by it; like as Hippo was better known by Austin than Austin was by Hippo, whereof he was bishop; the island Cos by Hippocrates than Hippocrates by Cos; King Archelaus by his friend Euripides than Euripides by Archelaus. read more