Acts 21:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews {G3588} from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡς δὲ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτὰ ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι, οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι, θεασάμενοι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, συνέχεον πάντα τὸν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐπʼ αὐτόν,

Transliteration

As de emellon the seven hēmerai synteleisthai, the from the Asias Ioudaioi, theasamenoi him in the hierō, synecheon all the ochlon, and epebalon the cheiras upon him,

Grammar Details

*de*: post-positive particle - but/and/now
*emellon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were about to
*hēmerai*: nominative feminine plural - days
*synteleisthai*: present passive infinitive - to be completed
*Asias*: genitive feminine singular - of Asia
*Ioudaioi*: nominative masculine plural - Jews
*theasamenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having seen
*hierō*: dative neuter singular - temple
*synecheon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were stirring up
*ochlon*: accusative masculine singular - crowd
*epebalon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - laid
*cheiras*: accusative feminine plural - hands

Word Meanings

*emellon*: were about to/were going to
*synteleisthai*: to be completed/finished/ended
*theasamenoi*: having seen/observed/noticed
*synecheon*: were stirring up/confusing/agitating
*ochlon*: crowd/multitude/mob
*epebalon*: laid/placed/threw

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Referenced Verses

Acts 24:18 : 18 amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but [there were] certain Jews from Asia—
Acts 26:21 : 21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.
Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.
Acts 14:5 : 5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
Acts 14:19 : 19 But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, {G2532} they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews, {G3588} {G544} being moved with jealousy, took unto them {G2532} certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.
Acts 18:12 : 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,
1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 (But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
Acts 4:3 : 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
Acts 5:18 : 18 and laid {G846} hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.
Acts 6:12 : 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

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