Acts 22:23

As they were shouting, tearing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air,

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!”

24the Commanding Officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash, that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.

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Cross References

Acts 7:58and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes 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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