Acts 22:2

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²And when they^* heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, they became even more silent.^a And he said,

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
aLiterally “they showed even more silence”

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.

Then Paul said:

When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.

When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

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