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 a Roman military officer of about 600 soldiers
 
-# Do you speak Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian, who previously led a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' out into the wilderness?
+# The captain said, "Do you speak Greek?
 
-The chief captain uses these questions to express surprise that Paul is not who he thought he was. Alternate translation: "So you speak Greek. I thought you were that Egyptian who led a rebellion in the wilderness with the four thousand terrorists" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
+The chief captain uses this questions to express surprise that Paul is not who he thought he was. Alternate translation: "So you speak Greek." or "I didn't know you spoke Greek." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])