Acts - 21:36

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36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!"

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Explanation and meaning of Acts 21:36.

Differing Translations

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For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, 'Away with him.'
for the whole mass of the people pressed on in the rear, shouting, "Away with him!"
For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!
for the crowd of the people followed after, crying out, 'Away with him.'
For the multitude of the people were following and crying out, "Take him away!"
for the people were following in a mass, shouting out, "Kill him!"

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Away with him! - That is, to death. Compare Luke 23:18.

Away 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).

For the multitude of the people followed after,.... The captain and the soldiers, who had taken away Paul from them, and were carrying him to the castle:
crying, away with him; or "take him away", that is, by death; or "lift him up", upon the cross, crucify him, crucify him, as they said concerning Christ.

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