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Acts 4:1

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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Λαλούντωνlalountōnspakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “spake”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.spakeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαὸνlaona peopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.ἐπέστησανepestēsanto approachἐφίστημι (ephistēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to approach”, a single actionG2186I stand by, am urgent, befall one (as of evil), am at hand, impend.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερεῖςhiereispriestἱερεύς (hiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.στρατηγὸςstratēgosofficerστρατηγόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “officer”, the subject formG4755(a) a general or leader of the army, (b) a magistrate or governor, (c) captain of the temple.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱεροῦhierousacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the of-formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΣαδδουκαῖοιsaddoukaioiSadduceeΣαδδουκαῖος (saddoukaios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Sadducee”, the subject formG4523a Sadducee, a member of the aristocratic party among the Jews, from whom the high-priests were almost invariably chosen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees —

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Young’s Literal Translation

And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees —

World English Bible

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

Darby Translation

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Douay-Rheims

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the officer of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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