King James Version
Acts 5:27 in the King James Version says “And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,”
Acts 5:27 · KJV
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,
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when they had brought”
G71properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
“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
“they set”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“the council”
G4892a joint session, i.e., (specially), the jewish sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“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 high priest”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
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