King James Version

Acts 5:24

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the priest” (ἱερεὺς) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before captain here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὡςhōswhenὡςconjunction — “when”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἤκουσανēkousanheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουςlogousthingsλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “things”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.thingsτούτουςtoutousthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὅhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.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.ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereishigh-priestἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “high-priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.διηπόρουνdiēporounthey doubtedδιαπορέω (diaporeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they doubted”, an ongoing action in the pastG1280I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty; I am at a loss.they doubtedπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτίtiwhereuntoτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “whereunto”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.whereuntoἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.γένοιτοgenoitowould growγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle optative, 3rd person singular — “would grow”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.would growτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἱερεὺςhiereushigh priestἱερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “high priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

Young’s Literal Translation

And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

World English Bible

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

Darby Translation

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

Douay-Rheims

Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

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