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andκαὶAnnasἍνναςthe high priestὁ ἀρχιερεὺςandκαὶCaiaphasΚαϊάφαςandκαὶJohnἸωάννηςandκαὶAlexanderἈλέξανδροςandκαὶas many asὅσοιwereἦσανofἐκthe high-priestlyἀρχιερατικοῦfamily;γένους
Acts 4:6
Study it in the app“and Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the high-priestly family;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 4:6, word by word
- AnnasἍνναςHannas
Annas
Annas: a high priest, father-in-law of Caiaphas.
Where else “Hannas” appears- the high priestἀρχιερεὺςarchiereus
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archiereus” appears- CaiaphasΚαϊάφαςKaiaphas
Caiaphas
Caiaphas: the high priest in the time of Jesus.
Where else “Kaiaphas” appears- JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēs” appears- AlexanderἈλέξανδροςAlexandros
Alexander
Alexander, a man's name.
Where else “Alexandros” appears- wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- the high-priestlyἀρχιερατικοῦarchieratikou
high-priestly
High-priestly, of the family of the high priests.
Where else “archieratikou” appears- familyγένουςgenous
family
The ancestors one comes from.
Where else “genous” appears
The context
5And it happened on the next day that their rulers and the elders and the scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
6 · This verse (above)
7and having set them in the middle, they were inquiring, “By what power or in what name did you do this?”
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?