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Acts 21:36
36The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”
Acts 21:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And the crowd followed behind, shouting, “Kill him, kill him!”
Context of Acts 21:36
34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!” 37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?”
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ἠκολούθει γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ κράζοντες· αἶρε αὐτόν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Acts 21:36
- Acts 7:54When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”
- Luke 23:18But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
- John 19:15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.
Commentaries on Acts 21:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Away with him - That is, Kill him; despatch him! for so much this phrase always means in the mouth of a Jewish mob. See on Luke 23:18; (note), and John 19:15; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Away with him! - That is, to death. Compare Luke 23:18.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-40Verses 27-40 In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by malicious people, with which they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-36The concerns of the Christian leaders were well-founded (21:20–25). When Paul and the other men had almost completed their vow, some Jews from Asia falsely accused Paul and raised a mob against him. They intended to kill Paul, but the Roman commander rescued him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3635-36. Away with him--as before of his Lord (Lu 23:18; Joh 19:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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