Acts 22:2

2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the 1 aHebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he * said,

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

Then Paul said:

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

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

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

2 And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent.

Then he said:

2 When they heard him speaking the Hebrew language, they became very quiet. Paul said,

2 And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

2 And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

2 When the mob heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul continued,

2 When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter.

2 When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then he said:

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

2 When they heard that he was speaking to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.

Then Paul said,

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1	I.e. Jewish Aramaic
a	Ac 21:40
*	A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses.