ACTS 5:24

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.”

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Acts 5:24 Translation & Meaning

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Now δὲ But, and, etc Now
when ὡς Which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) when
the τε Both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532) the
high priest ἱερεύς A priest (literally or figuratively) high priest
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
captain στρατηγὸς A general, i.e., (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor), the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens captain
of ἱεροῦ A sacred place, i.e., the entire precincts (whereas G3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere) of
the τοῦ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
temple ἱεροῦ A sacred place, i.e., the entire precincts (whereas G3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere) temple
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
the chief οἱ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) chief
priests ἀρχιερεῖς The high-priest (literally, of the Jews; typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest priests
heard ἤκουσαν To hear (in various senses) heard
these τούτους These (persons, as objective of verb or preposition) these
things, λόγους Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) things
they doubted διηπόρουν To be thoroughly nonplussed doubted
of περὶ Properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period) of
them αὐτῶν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons them
whereunto τί An interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) whereunto
this τοῦτο That thing this
would grow. γένοιτο To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) would grow

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  • 22  But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

  • 23  Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

  • 24  Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

  • 25  Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

  • 26  Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.




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