King James Version
Acts 5:20 in the King James Version says “Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”
Acts 5:20 · KJV
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning , and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
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“Go”
G4198to traverse, i.e., travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“stand”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“the temple”
G2411a sacred place, i.e., the entire precincts (whereas g3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the temple (at jerusalem or elsewhere)
“to the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“the words”
G4487an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negat
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