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Andδὲwhen they were released,Ἀπολυθέντεςthey wentἦλθονtoπρὸςtheir own peopleτοὺς ἰδίουςandκαὶreportedἀπήγγειλανall thatὅσαthe high priestsοἱ ἀρχιερεῖςandκαὶthe eldersοἱ πρεσβύτεροιhad saidεἶπανtoπρὸςthem.αὐτοὺς
Acts 4:23
Study it in the app“And when they were released, they went to their own people and reported all that the high priests and the elders had said to them.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 4:23, word by word
- when they were releasedἈπολυθέντεςApolythentes
release
To set a prisoner free, or cancel a debt.
Where else “Apolythentes” appears- they wentἦλθονēlthon
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “ēlthon” appears- their own peopleἰδίουςidious
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idious” appears- reportedἀπήγγειλανapēngeilan
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apēngeilan” appears- the high priestsἀρχιερεῖςarchiereis
chief priests
The leading priests: the high priest in office, former ones and his family.
Where else “archiereis” appears- the eldersπρεσβύτεροιpresbyteroi
elder
A leader of the people or of believers.
Where else “presbyteroi” appears- had saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears
The context
22For the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was more than forty years old.
23 · This verse (above)
24And they, when they heard it, raised their voice with one mind to God and said, “Sovereign, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them,
To study Acts 4 in a group
1. What it says
Peter and John are questioned by the council. What do they say, and what do the rulers notice about them? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Peter and John answer that they cannot stop speaking about what they saw and heard? (vv. 19-20)
3. How I live it
The believers were of one heart, and no one lacked anything (vv. 32-35). Whom around you could you help today in a concrete way?