Acts 5:21
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.Acts 5:21 in the real world
In what words
- γερουσίαgerousíathe eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin
- ὄρθροςórthrosdawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
- δεσμωτήριονdesmōtḗriona place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon
- συγκαλέωsynkaléōto convoke
- συνέδριονsynédriona joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribuna
- παραγίνομαιparagínomaito become near, i.e. approach (have arrived); by implication, to appear publicly
- ἸσραήλIsraḗlIsrael (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or
- ἱερόνhieróna sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas G3485 (ναός) denotes the central sanctu
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jhn 8:2, Luk 21:37–38, Act 5:24–25, Act 22:15, Act 5:17, Jhn 18:35, Act 5:27, Act 22:2–3