for the multitude of people kept following them, 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.
- BSB For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
- NKJV For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- John 19:15They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
- Acts 22:22They 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!”
- Luke 23:18But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!” —
- 1 Cor 4:13Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
- Acts 7:54Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
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