King James Version
Acts 5:25 in the King James Version says “Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the ...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.”
Acts 5:25 · KJV
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then came”
G3854to become near, i.e., approach (have arrived); by implication, to appear publicly
“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
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“ye put”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“prison”
G5438a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh
“the temple”
G2411a sacred place, i.e., the entire precincts (whereas g3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the temple (at jerusalem or elsewhere)
“standing”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
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