“And when he had giuen him licence, Paul stood on the staires, and beckened with the hand vnto the people: and when there was made a great silence, he spake vnto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
21:40 In the Hebrew tongue - That dialect of it, which was then commonly spoken at Jerusalem.
Ac 21:40 When he had given him license. Permission to address the people. Paul stood on the stairs, etc. He stood at the head of the stairs, with the vast throng in the court below. Beckoning with the hand to call attention, he addressed them in their beloved Hebrew tongue. There is no excitement, no resentment, but an earnest purpose to benefit them by preaching Christ.