Up to that word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of this man! He has no right to live!”
In context
20and when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I was standing there giving my approval, and looking after the coats of the men who killed him.’ 21And he said to me, ‘Go, for I am sending you far away, to the Gentiles.’” 22Up to that word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of this man! He has no right to live!” 23As they screamed and flung off their cloaks and threw dust into the air, 24the commander ordered Paul brought into the barracks and told his men to examine him under the lash, to find out why the crowd was howling at him like this.
