Acts 6:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Συνεκίνησάν τε τὸν λαὸν, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους, καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς, καὶ ἐπιστάντες, συνήρπασαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον,

Transliteration

Synekinēsan te the laon, and the presbyterous, and the grammateis, and epistantes, synērpasan him, and ēgagon to the synedrion,

Grammar Details

*Synekinēsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - stirred up/incited
*te*: conjunction, connective - and/also
*laon*: accusative, masculine, singular - people
*presbyterous*: accusative, masculine, plural - elders
*grammateis*: accusative, masculine, plural - scribes
*epistantes*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - coming upon/approaching suddenly
*synērpasan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - seized violently/arrested
*ēgagon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - led/brought
*synedrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - council/Sanhedrin

Word Meanings

*Synekinēsan*: stirred up/incited/aroused
*laon*: people/population/nation
*presbyterous*: elders/older men
*grammateis*: scribes/writers/experts in law
*epistantes*: coming upon/approaching suddenly/confronting
*synērpasan*: seized violently/arrested/snatched
*ēgagon*: led/brought/took
*synedrion*: council/Sanhedrin/assembly

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Referenced Verses

Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Matt 5:22 : 22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
Matt 26:57 : 57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to [the house of] Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Acts 4:1-3 : 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 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 5:27 : 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
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 16:19-21 : 19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers, 20 and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
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,
Acts 21:27 : 27 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,

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