They, when they were dismissed, came down for when they were dismissed, they came, A.V.; having gathered for when they had gathered, A.V. The multitude does not exactly express the idea of τὸ πλῆθος, which is the fullness or the whole of the body spoken of.
Thus Luke 1:10, πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ is "The whole congregation;" Luke 2:13, πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου is "The whole heavenly host;" Luke 19:37, ἄπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν, "The whole company of the disciples;" also Acts 6:2 and Acts 4:32, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πιστευσάντων is "The whole company of believers;" Acts 22:1-30:36, τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ is "The whole body of the people;" in Acts 22:12 of this chapter, πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος is "The whole Church of Jerusalem.'
' So here, τὸ πλῆθος means "The whole Church."