Acts 21:36

36 The mob that followed kept screaming, "Away with 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, others shouted something else. Because of the commotion, he couldn't learn the truth, so he ordered that Paul be taken to the military headquarters.

35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers in order to protect him from the violence of the crowd.

36 The mob that followed kept screaming, "Away with him!"

37 As Paul was about to be taken into the military headquarters, he asked the commander, "May I speak with you?" He answered, "Do you know Greek?

38 Aren't you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists into the desert some time ago?"