"And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath...And the whole city was filled with confusion...
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused;
and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together."
(Acts 19:28,29,32)
The Bible is as relevant in this present day as it was in past days. For example, a mob: they may differ in geography, time, and culture; but basically to have seen the one is to have seen them all. The characteristic principles remain the same no matter what the dress, language, or pseudo cause may be.
Benjamin Franklin said, "A mob is a monster with heads enough, but no brains." Dunces are easily led by manipulative leaders. Thinkers are rarely tricked by such! Then, as well as today, the mass of this crowd didn't even know why they had come together. They knew not by whom or why the riot began.
Some Bible teachers tell us this crowd of misfits grew in number to 25,000. Like a snowball, each go-around added to it. The whole city was left in an uproar. These mindless adolescents were drawn by hearsay, emotions, noise, excitement, passions, and their own fancies; but few, if any, by calm, sensible, intelligent, reasoning.
Max Lerner wrote in The Unfinished Country , "Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seek reassurance in collective action."
"The mob who cried, 'Crucify Him,' got what they wanted, but lost what they had!"
(rds)
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