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Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn`t know why they had come together.
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The Mindless Mob
Commentators unanimously describe this scene as a perfect illustration of mob mentality. The crowd was agitated and frenzied, but most people didn't even know the specific reason for the uproar. As one scholar notes, it was 'just a mob that shouted because others did,' highlighting the irrational and dangerous nature of collective passion without purpose.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Some therefore cried one thing, etc. This is an admirable description of a mob, assembled for what purpose they did not know, but agitated…
Some therefore cried one thing and some another (αλλο μεν ουν αλλο τ εκραζον). This classical use of αλλος αλλο (Robertson, Gra…
19th Century
Anglican
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another.—Better, kept on crying. The vivid nature of the entire narrati…
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The crowd had been worked up into a frenzy; most didn’t even know why they were there. What united them was a common resentment against those who p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another Not in the church at Ephesus among the disciples, and friends of th…
The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are so careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being m…
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