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Acts 24:1

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

KJV

Μετὰ δὲ πέντε ἡμέρας κατέβη ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς Ἀνανίας μετὰ πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν καὶ ῥήτορος Τερτύλλου τινός, οἵτινες ἐνεφάνισαν τῷ ἡγεμόνι κατὰ τοῦ Παύλου.

Greek NT

Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias, cum senioribus quibusdam, et Tertullo quodam oratore, qui adierunt præsidem adversus Paulum.

Vulgate

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, andwithan orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

ASV

And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with some ancients and one Tertullus, an orator, who went to the governor against Paul.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PaulAnaniasAnanias

In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Τέρτυλλος
tertullos
noun · 2×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πέντε
pente
adjective · 38×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
Ἀνανίας
ananias
noun · 11×
ἐμφανίζω
emphanizo
verb · 10×
ἡγεμών
egemon
noun · 20×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
ῥήτωρ
retor
noun · 1×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν | RP: τῶν πρεσβυτέρων
  • πρεσβυτέρων τινῶνSBLGNT
  • πρεσβυτέρων τινῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῶν πρεσβυτέρωνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the period from Herod's death through the outbreak of the revolt in AD 66. Includes the census of Quirinius, Pilate's provocations, the rule of the procurators Felix and Festus (before whom Paul appeared), Agrippa II, and the growing revolutionary movement. Provides essential political context for the entire apostolic period.

Cross-references

  • Acts 21:27 — And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
  • Acts 23:2 — And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
  • Acts 23:2 — And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
  • Acts 23:24 — And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
  • Acts 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
  • Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
  • Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
  • Acts 24:11 — Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
  • Acts 24:11 — Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
  • Acts 25:2 — Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
  • Acts 25:2 — Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
  • Ezra 4:5 — And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
  • Mark 14:55 — And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
  • Ps 11:2 — For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.