Acts 21:36

36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "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 shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

35 When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

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

37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I say something to you?" He said, "Do you know Greek?

38 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"