Acts 22:23

And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

In Context

22And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.

24the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone [that] he is a fool.

Acts 7:58And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:23-30

Paul's First Defence. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that… Read the whole commentary →

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