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Acts 5:24

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

KJV

ὡς δὲ ἤκουσαν τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὅ τε στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, διηπόρουν περὶ αὐτῶν τί ἂν γένοιτο τοῦτο.

Greek NT

Ut autem audierunt hos sermones magistratus templi et principes sacerdotum, ambigebant de illis quidnam fieret.

Vulgate

Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

ASV

Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαπορέω
diaporeo
verb · 4×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
στρατηγός
strategos
noun · 10×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε | RP: + ἱερεὺς καὶ ὁ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἱερεὺς καὶ ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
  • Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
  • Acts 4:17 — But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
  • Acts 5:26 — Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
  • Luke 22:4 — And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.