“ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. ”
Away with him! - That is, to death. Compare Luke 23:18 .
Outburst of Jewish Fury against Paul in the Temple: his Arrest. A week later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was discharged or not is uncertain. The sight of him there infuri...
multitude . Greek. plethos. See note on Acts 2:6 . Away with him . Greek. airo. See note on John 19:15 .
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. 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...
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him - as before of his Lord ( Luke 23:18 ; John 19:15 ).
St. Paul arrested at jerusalem 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' Coos ] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. Rhodes ] a city,...
Away with him. — We remember that the self-same cry had been raised at the time of the Crucifixion ( Luke 23:18 ; John 19:15 ), and that it was used now with the same meaning with which it had bee...
Facing a Bigoted Mob Acts 21:27-40 Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recognition till his vow was fulfilled. In fulfilling it...
Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befo...
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, (28) Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This i...
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...
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. Ver. 36. Away with him ] Yea, but stay, Paul's time was in God's hand, who had told him that after he had been at Jerusalem...
And as they went about to kill him It was a rule among the Jews, that any uncircumcised person who came within the separating wall, mentioned above, might be stoned to death without any further pro...
From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may b...
Paul Seized in the Temple; The Tumult at Jerusalem. 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when...
That is, Kill him; for that was indeed to take him out of their way. The same speech they used against our Saviour, Luke 23:18 1 Thessalonians 19:15 , when they desired his death.
‘And when he came on the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd, for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him.” ' His strateg...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 21:26 . Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself , might read took the men the next day, and having purified himself , not by performing the ordinary ablution...
Acts 21:1 . We came with a straight course to Coos, or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the pa...
And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia … stirred up all the people. Paul in the temple 1. Unholy zeal is more easily occasioned than good works ( Acts 21:27-30 )....
EXPOSITION Acts 21:1 When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail for it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, A.V.; Cos for C...
On the way to the barracks:
1 Corinthians 4:13 ; Acts 22:22 ; Acts 7:54 ; John 19:15 ; Luke 23:18