King James Version

Acts 5:19

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τῆς) before prison here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.κυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byνυκτὸςnuktosnightνύξ (nux)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “night”, the of-formG3571the night, night-time.nightἤνοιξεēnoixeopenedἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “opened”, a single actionG455I open.openedτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θύραςthurasdoorsθύρα (thura)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “doors”, the object formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.doorsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φυλακῆςphulakēsprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “prison”, the of-formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.ἐξαγαγώνexagagōnbroughtἐξάγω (exagō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “brought”, a single actionG1806I lead out, sometimes to death, execution.broughtτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.αὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and said

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τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,

Young’s Literal Translation

and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

World English Bible

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,

Darby Translation

But an angel of [the] Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,

Douay-Rheims

But an angel of the Lord by night opening the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said:

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