King James Version

Acts 5:18

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of them” (αὐτῶν) before on here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐπέβαλονepebalonlaidἐπιβάλλω (epiballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “laid”, a single actionG1911(a) I throw upon, cast over, (b) I place upon, (c) I lay, (d) intrans: I strike upon, rush.laidτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραςcheirashandsχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “hands”, the object formG5495a hand.handsἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστόλουςapostolousapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “apostles”, the object formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.the apostlesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔθεντοethentoputτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “put”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “put”.putαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτηρήσειtērēseiprisonτήρησις (tērēsis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “prison”, the to- or for-formG5084a prison; observance (as of precepts).prisonδημοσίᾳdēmosiapublicδημόσιος (dēmosios)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “public”, the to- or for-formG1219public, publicly.This verse uses “public”.

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αὐτῶνautōntheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.

Young’s Literal Translation

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

World English Bible

and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.

Darby Translation

and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

Douay-Rheims

And they laid hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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