Acts 22:23

As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

24the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

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Cross References

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

Acts 7:58They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named 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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