Acts 21:36

36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”

Acts 21:36 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
English Standard Version (ESV)
36 for the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!"
New Living Translation (NLT)
36 And the crowd followed behind, shouting, “Kill him, kill him!”
The Message Bible (MSG)
36 As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, "Kill him! Kill him!"
American Standard Version (ASV)
36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
36 The mob was behind them shouting, "Kill him!"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
36 for the mass of people were following and yelling, "Kill him!"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, "Kill him!"

Acts 21:36 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:36

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.

Acts 21:36 In-Context

34 Some 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.
35 When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”
37 As 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?”

Cross References 1

  • 1. Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 22:22
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