21. And the Lord said to me, Go, for I will send you far away unto the Gentiles (nations).
22. Up to the moment that Paul made this last statement, the people listened to him; but now they raised their voices and shouted, Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!
23. And as they were shouting and tossing and waving their garments and throwing dust into the air,
24. The commandant ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks, and that he be examined by scourging in order that [the commandant] might learn why the people cried out thus against him.