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Acts 24:1

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “some” (τινῶν) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τῶν) before elders here.

Μετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “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”.afterδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πέντεpentefiveπέντεadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “five”, the object formG4002five.fiveἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysκατέβηkatebēdescendedκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “descended”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερεὺςarchiereushigh-priestἀρχιερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “high-priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.ἉνανίαςhananiasAnaniasἉνανίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Ananias”, the subject formG367Ananias, (a) husband of Sapphira, a member of the early church at Jerusalem, (b) a member of the church at Damascus, (c) the high priest at Jerusalem.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”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 “with”.withπρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōneldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “elders”, the of-formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.the eldersτινῶνtinōnwith a certainτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “with a certain”, the of-formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.with a certainκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ῥήτοροςrhētorosoratorῥήτωρ (rhētōr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “orator”, the of-formG4489an orator, public speaker, advocate.oratorΤερτύλλουtertullounamed TertullusΤέρτυλλος (tertullos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “named Tertullus”, the of-formG5061Tertullus, a barrister acting as professional prosecutor of Paul at Caesarea.named Tertullusτινόςtinosoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “one”, the of-formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.οἵτινεςhoitineswhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whoἐνεφάνισανenephanisaninformedἐμφανίζω (emphanizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “informed”, a single actionG1718I make visible (manifest); hence: I report (inform) against; pass: I appear before.informedτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡγεμόνιhēgemonigovernorἡγεμών (hēgemōn)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “governor”, the to- or for-formG2232a leader, guide; a commander; a governor (of a province); plur: leaders.the governorκατὰkataagainstκατάpreposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paul

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τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator — Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

Young’s Literal Translation

And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator — Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul;

World English Bible

After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

Darby Translation

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

Douay-Rheims

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down, with some of the ancients, and one Tertullus an orator, who went to the governor against Paul.

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