He spake (προσεφωνε). Imperfect active, was speaking. See aorist active προσεφωνησεν in 21:40.

They were the more q…

They kept all the more silent.—The opening words had done the work they were meant to do. One who spoke in Hebrew was not likely t…

People like to be addressed in their own language; they give the more heed to the message if it is spoken to them in words that they can understand…

Paul opens his defense with the formal Jewish address “Men, brothers” (cf. 7:2). Many commentators have objected that this speech does not fit the …

That he spake Hebrew. This is indeed a usual thing, that when people who speak different languages are together, we listen more willingly …

And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to
them (See Gill on Acts 21:40).