King James Version

Acts 6:15

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “all” (πάντες) before those here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “all” (ἅπαντες) before those here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀτενίσαντεςatenisanteslooking stedfastlyἀτενίζω (atenizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “looking stedfastly”, a single actionG816I direct my gaze, look steadily.looking stedfastlyεἰςeisonεἰςpreposition — “on”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.onαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.καθεζόμενοιkathezomenoito sit downκαθέζομαι (kathezomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sit down”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2516I am sitting, sit down, am seated.This verse uses “sit”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.συνεδρίῳsunedriōcouncilσυνέδριον (sunedrion)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “council”, the to- or for-formG4892a council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.εἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.faceαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὡσεὶhōseias it had beenὡσείconjunction — “as it had been”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.as it had beenπρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.the faceἀγγέλουangelouof an angelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of an angel”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.This verse uses “an angel”.of an angel

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἅπαντεςhapantesallἅπας (hapas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG537all, the whole, altogether.This verse uses “all”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

World English Bible

All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

Darby Translation

And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as [the] face of an angel.

Douay-Rheims

And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.

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