Acts 22:22

Fury of the Jews. The Chief Captain orders Paul to be scourged, but on hearing that he is a roman, recalls the order in alarm

22. unto this word It is probable that, though listening, they were not well-pleased at some things which they heard. Their pent-up feelings broke into instant execration at the hated word.

and then lift up The Rev. Ver.omits "then" for which there is no word in the original, but it is needed for the English sense, and would be therefore better retained.

for it is not fit The best authorities read "It was not fit." And this no doubt expresses the feeling of the mob. They had listened for a time, but when the speaker made mention of "the Gentiles" they were at once clear that he ought long agoto have been destroyed. He had been all along a man who was not fit to live.