Acts 5:18
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
KJV
καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ.
Greek NT
et injecerunt manus in Apostolos, et posuerunt eos in custodia publica.
Vulgate
and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.
ASV
And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δημόσιος
demosios
adjective · 4×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
τήρησις
teresis
noun · 3×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιβάλλω
epiballo
verb · 17×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: χεῖρας | WH/Treg/NIV: χεῖρας | RP: + αὐτῶν
- χεῖρας — SBLGNT
- χεῖρας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§334In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.201
Cross-references
- 2Cor 11:23 — Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
- Acts 4:3 — And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
- Acts 4:3 — And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
- Jer 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
- Luke 21:12 — But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
- Ps 69:33 — For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.