Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 21:39

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According to Luke, Paul explained that he was a Jewish man from Tarsus, a very important city, and he asked politely to talk to the people. Paul wanted to show that he had the right to speak and share his thoughts with everyone.

Acts 21:39: But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Contradiction with Acts 16:37

Paul previously claimed Roman citizenship to authorities, which may seem contradictory to only acknowledging his Jewish heritage and Cilician citizenship without mention of being a Roman here.

Acts 16:37: But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

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