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Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

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συνεκίνησάνsunekinēsanthey stirred upσυγκινέω (sunkineō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they stirred up”, a single actionG4787I move together, stir up, excite.they stirred upτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαὸνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “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.the peopleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterouseldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “elders”, the object formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.the eldersκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “scribes”, the object formG1122(a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally.the scribesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπιστάντεςepistantescame uponἐφίστημι (ephistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “came upon”, a single actionG2186I stand by, am urgent, befall one (as of evil), am at hand, impend.came uponσυνήρπασανsunērpasanhim, and caughtσυναρπάζω (sunarpazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “him, and caught”, a single actionG4884I seize, drag by force.him, and caughtαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἤγαγονēgagonbroughtἄγω (agō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “brought”, a single actionG71I lead, lead away, bring (a person, or animal), guide, spend a day, go.broughtεἰςeishim toεἰςpreposition — “him to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.him toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.συνέδριονsunedrioncouncilσυνέδριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “council”, the object formG4892a council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.the council

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

Young’s Literal Translation

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;

World English Bible

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

Darby Translation

And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.

Douay-Rheims

And they stirred up the people, and the ancients, and the scribes; and running together, they took him, and brought him to the council.

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