Acts 21:40

Paul might have been given permission because the commander reasoned that. man with such. background could be trusted. "Why should Paul want to talk to these persecutors? The content of his message answers that. He loved these people. They were his people, people such as he had once been, with. zeal for God, but not according to knowledge (Romans 10:1). How he longed to win them to Christ! There is nothing strange or incongruent in the fact that Lysias granted Paul's request to address the crowd. It would give him opportunity to learn more about this prisoner he now had on his hands" (Reese p. 807).

"There was. great hush" Part of this great hush has to do to an excitement concerning what Paul might say and the fact that he addressed the audience in the Hebrew language (Acts 22:2). "By speaking Hebrew, Paul would cause them to be more quiet and to listen more carefully to what he was saying" (Reese p. 807). In addition, the mob might have been completely unprepared for the fact that Paul would turn and be allowed to address them.