King James Version
Acts 24:7 in the King James Version says “But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,”
Acts 24:7 · KJV
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
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“came”
G3928to come near or aside, i.e., to approach (arrive), go by (or away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert
“the chief captain”
G5506the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e., colonel
“upon us and with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“great”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
“out of”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“hands”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
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