King James Version

Matthew 26:3

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “scribes and the” (γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ) before elders here.

ΤότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenσυνήχθησανsunēchthēsanassembled togetherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “assembled together”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.assembled togetherοἱhoiwhoὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whoἀρχιερεῖςarchiereishigh-priestἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “high-priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroielderπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “elder”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαοῦlaoua peopleλαός (laos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a people”, the of-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐλὴνaulēnpalaceαὐλή (aulē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “palace”, the object formG833court-yard, fore-court, sheep-fold; but it may be understood as: palace, house.This verse uses “palace”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερέωςarchiereōshigh-priestἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “high-priest”, the of-formG749high priest, chief priest.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λεγομένουlegomenouwas calledλέγω (legō)verb, present passive participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was called”, an ongoing or repeated 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.was calledΚαϊάφαkaiaphaCaiaphasΚαϊάφας (kaiaphas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Caiaphas”, the of-formG2533Caiaphas, Jewish high priest.Caiaphas

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γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “scribes”, the subject 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.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoiwhoὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Young’s Literal Translation

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

World English Bible

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Darby Translation

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

Douay-Rheims

Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:

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