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Acts 4:27

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in the city this” (ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ) before against here.

συνήχθησανsunēchthēsanwere gathered togetherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were gathered together”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.were gathered togetherγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐπ’epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.ἀληθείαςalētheiastruthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλειpoleicityπόλις (polis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “city”, the to- or for-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.ταύτῃtautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἅγιονhagionholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “holy”, the object formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.παῖδάpaidachildπαῖς (pais)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “child”, the object formG3816(a) a male child, boy, (b) a male slave, servant; thus: a servant of God, especially as a title of the Messiah, (c) a female child, girl.σουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ὃνhonwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἔχρισαςechrisasto anointχρίω (chriō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to anoint”, a single actionG5548I anoint, consecrate by anointing.ἩρῴδηςhērōdēsHerodἩρῴδηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the subject formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ΠόντιοςpontiosPontiusΠόντιοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Pontius”, the subject formG4194Pontius.ΠιλᾶτοςpilatosPilateΠιλᾶτοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Pilate”, the subject formG4091Pilate.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.ἔθνεσινethnesinGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the to- or for-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.λαοῖςlaoisa peopleλαός (laos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “a 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.This verse uses “a people”.ἸσραήλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the of-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

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American Standard Version (1901)

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Young’s Literal Translation

for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

World English Bible

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

Darby Translation

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

Douay-Rheims

For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

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