Acts 22:23

23 They shook their fists. They filled the air with curses.

Acts 22:23 In-Context

21 "But he said, 'Don't argue. Go. I'm sending you on a long journey to outsider Gentiles.'"
22 The people in the crowd had listened attentively up to this point, but now they broke loose, shouting out, "Kill him! He's an insect! Stomp on him!"
23 They shook their fists. They filled the air with curses.
24 That's when the captain intervened and ordered Paul taken into the barracks. By now the captain was thoroughly exasperated. He decided to interrogate Paul under torture in order to get to the bottom of this, to find out what he had done that provoked this outraged violence.
25 As they spread-eagled him with thongs, getting him ready for the whip, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is this legal: torturing a Roman citizen without a fair trial?"
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