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Acts 22:23
As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
Acts 22:23 · World English Bible
Acts 22:23 in other translations
And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
As they yelled, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
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In context
20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
22 They 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!”
23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
24 the 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.
25 When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
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