Acts 22:22-24

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²² Up to this point the crowd listened to Paul. But now they began to shout.

“Away with him from the face of the earth!” they yelled. “Someone like that has no right to live!”

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²³ The crowd was shouting, tearing their clothes, and throwing dust in the air. ²⁴ The tribune gave orders for Paul to be brought into the barracks, and he told the guards to examine him by flogging, so that he could find out the reason for all the uproar against him.