King James Version
Acts 4:15 in the King James Version says “But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,”
Acts 4:15 · KJV
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the council”
G4892a joint session, i.e., (specially), the jewish sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
“to go aside”
G565to go off (i.e., depart), aside (i.e., apart) or behind (i.e., follow), literally or figuratively
“they conferred”
G4820to combine, i.e., (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack
“among”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
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