King James Version
Acts 21:36 in the King James Version says “For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.”
Acts 21:36 · KJV
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“followed after”
G190properly, to be in the same way with, i.e., to accompany (specially, as a disciple)
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“of the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“crying”
G2896properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e., (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
“Away”
G142to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh
“with him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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