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Butδέsomeoneτιςcameπαραγενόμενοςand reportedἀπήγγειλενto them,αὐτοῖς“Look,Ἰδοὺthe menοἱ ἄνδρεςwhomοὓςyou putἔθεσθεinἐνthe prisonτῇ φυλακῇareεἰσὶνinἐνthe temple,τῷ ἱερῷstandingἑστῶτεςandκαὶteachingδιδάσκοντεςthe people.”τὸν λαόν
Acts 5:25
Study it in the app“But someone came and reported to them, “Look, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 5:25, word by word
- cameπαραγενόμενοςparagenomenos
arrive, come
Arrive, come, be present.
Where else “paragenomenos” appears- and reportedἀπήγγειλενapēngeilen
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apēngeilen” appears- the menἄνδρεςandres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appears- you putἔθεσθεethesthe
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “ethesthe” appears- the prisonφυλακῇphylakēi
prison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēi” appears- areεἰσὶνeisin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “eisin” appears- the templeἱερῷhierōi
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appears- standingἑστῶτεςhestōtes
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “hestōtes” appears- teachingδιδάσκοντεςdidaskontes
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskontes” appears- the peopleλαόνlaon
crowd
The crowd gathered to listen.
Where else “laon” appears
The context
24And when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.
25 · This verse (above)
26Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.
To study Acts 5 in a group
1. What it says
What did Ananias and Sapphira do with the money from their land, and what happened? (vv. 1-10)
2. What it means
Gamaliel advises leaving the apostles alone. What reason does he give, and what do you think of his way of reasoning? (vv. 34-39)
3. How I live it
When are you tempted to look more generous or more sincere than you are? What helps you be honest?