Acts 5:26

5:25 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.

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Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

What does Acts 5:26 mean?

Acts 5:26 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include τότε (tote), ἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai), στρατηγός (strategos).

Greek interlinear

Thenτότεtote/tot'-eh/G5119from (the neuter of) 3588 and 3753; the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution):--that time, then.

wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai/ap-erkh'-om-ahee/G565from 575 and 2064; to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or figuratively:--come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, ... ways), pass away, be past.

the

captainστρατηγόςstrategos/strat-ay-gos'/G4755from the base of 4756 and 71 or 2233; a general, i.e. (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor), the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens:--captain, magistrate.

withσύνsun/soon/G4862a primary preposition denoting union; with or together (but much closer than 3326 or 3844), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.:--beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.

the

officers,ὑπηρέτηςhuperetes/hoop-ay-ret'-ace/G5257from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable):--minister, officer, servant.

and

broughtἄγωago/ag'-o/G71a primary verb; properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce:--be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open.

themαὐτόςautos/ow-tos'/G846from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

withoutοὐouG3756ouk ook, and (before an aspirate) ouch ookh a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.

violence:βίαbia/bee'-ah/G970probably akin to 970 (through the idea of vital activity); force:--violence.

forγάρgar/gar/G1063a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

they

fearedφοβέωphobeo/fob-eh'-o/G5399from 5401; to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere:--be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.

the

people,λαόςlaos/lah-os'/G2992apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from 1218, which denotes one's own populace):--people.

lestμήhinaG3363i.e. 2443 and 3361; in order (or so) that not:--albeit not, lest, that, no(-t, (-thing)).

they

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stoned.λιθάζωlithazo/lith-ad'-zo/G3034from 3037; to lapidate:--stone.

Topics

High Priest, the Peter Prisoners Sadducees

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But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

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Acts 9:21

But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

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Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

Luke 23:32

And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

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What does Acts 5:26 say?

Acts 5:26 (King James Version) reads: "Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned."

Is Acts 5:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 5:26 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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