Acts 22:23

And while they were crying out, while they were throwing off their kaftans and tossing dust into the air, + 22:23 2Sm 16:13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 were listening to Rav Sha'ul up to the word Goyim; and then they lifted up their kol, saying, Away with such a one from ha'aretz! He should not be allowed to live!

24the Roman tribune directed him to be brought into the barracks, and ordered him to be examined by the flagellumʼs scourge, that the tribune might have da'as of the reason for the mobʼs shouting thus keneged (against, in opposition to) Rav Sha'ul.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when he that is a kesil 1 even walketh along the derech, his sense faileth him, 1 and he saith to every one that he is a kesil. 1

Acts 7:58And having driven Stefanos outside the Ir (City), they were stoning him. And the edim took off their garments at the feet of a bochur named Sha'ul. + 7:58 Lv 24:14,16; Dt 17:7

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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