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Acts 12:4

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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ὃνhonAndὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “And”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.Andκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πιάσαςpiasaswhen he had apprehendedπιάζω (piazō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he had apprehended”, a single actionG4084I lay hold of, apprehend, catch, arrest.when he had apprehendedἔθετοethetohim, he putτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “him, he put”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “put”.him, he putεἰςeishim inεἰςpreposition — “him in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.him inφυλακήνphulakēnprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “prison”, the object formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.prisonπαραδοὺςparadousand deliveredπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and delivered”, a single actionG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.and deliveredτέσσαρσινtessarsinhim to fourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “him to four”, the to- or for-formG5064four.him to fourτετραδίοιςtetradioisquaternionsτετράδιον (tetradion)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “quaternions”, the to- or for-formG5069a quaternion, a group of four soldiers.quaternionsστρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnof soldiersστρατιώτης (stratiōtēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of soldiers”, the of-formG4757a soldier.of soldiersφυλάσσεινphulasseinto keepφυλάσσω (phulassō)verb, present active infinitive — “to keep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5442(a) I guard, protect; mid: I am on my guard, (b) act. and mid. of customs and regulations: I keep, observe.This verse uses “keep”.to keepαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himβουλόμενοςboulomenosintendingβούλομαι (boulomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “intending”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1014I will, intend, desire, wish.intendingμετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πάσχαpaschaEasterπάσχαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Easter”, the object formG3957the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.Easterἀναγαγεῖνanagageinto bringἀνάγω (anagō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to bring”, a single actionG321I lead up, bring up, offer, produce, put to sea, set sail.to bringαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λαῷlaōto the peopleλαός (laos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to the people”, the to- or for-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.to the people

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

Young’s Literal Translation

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

World English Bible

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Darby Translation

whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.

Douay-Rheims

And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people.

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