John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
And when he had given him licence,.... To speak to the people, which he could not well deny him, after he had so freely declared who he was, and in so courteous a manner addressed him, and asked leave of him: Paul stood on the stairs; on the steps of the ascent to the castle, on the top of them: and beckoned with the hand unto the people; to desire silence, which he might be able to do,...