For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
Parallel translations
- WEB for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”
- KJV For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
- NKJV For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”
- NASB for the multitude of people kept following them, shouting, “Away with him!”
- NLT And the crowd followed behind, shouting, “Kill him, kill him!”
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Quick answer
The crowd presses after Paul shouting, 'Away with him!' Their cry echoes the very words once hurled at Jesus.
Overview
The demand 'Away with him' deliberately recalls the crowd's cry against Jesus before Pilate (Luke 23:18; John 19:15). Paul, the servant, is conformed to the sufferings of his Master. The hostility of the unbelieving crowd shows how deeply the message of the crucified and risen Christ confronts the human heart.
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Cross-references · 5
- John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
- Luke 23:18But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
- 1 Cor 4:13when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
- Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
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