KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 21:36–38
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Acts 21:36
36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
Acts 21:37
37And 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?
37And as Paul was to bee led into the castle, hee saide vnto the chiefe captaine, May I speake vnto thee? Who saide, Canst thou speake Greeke?
Acts 21:38
38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
38*Art not thou that Egyptian which before these daies madest an vprore, and leddest out into the wildernesse foure thousand men that were murtherers?
- Chap. 5.36.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 21:36
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Acts 21:37
Guided, conducted, directed, or went before.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A Greek person or one belonging to the Greek-speaking world; also the Greek language.
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Acts 21:38
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A violent public tumult or noisy disturbance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following three and preceding five.
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Persons who unlawfully and intentionally kill other human beings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 36
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Open the full verse study15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.
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Open the full verse study22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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Open the full verse study18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
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Open the full verse study13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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Open the full verse study54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
From verse 37
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Open the full verse study30And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
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Open the full verse study19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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Open the full verse study34And 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.
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Open the full verse study15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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Open the full verse study18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
From verse 38
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Open the full verse study26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
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Open the full verse study36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
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Open the full verse study13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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Open the full verse study11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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