Luke 23:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the chief priests and the scribes stood, {G2723} vehemently accusing him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς εὐτόνως κατηγοροῦντες αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Heistēkeisan de hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis eutonōs katēgorountes autou.

Grammar Details

*Heistēkeisan*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - had stood/were standing
*de*: postpositive particle - and/but
*hoi archiereis*: nominative masculine plural - the chief priests
*kai*: conjunction - and
*hoi grammateis*: nominative masculine plural - the scribes
*eutonōs*: adverb - vehemently/forcefully
*katēgorountes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - accusing
*autou*: genitive masculine singular - of him/him

Word Meanings

*Heistēkeisan*: had stood/were standing/had taken their stand
*archiereis*: chief priests/high priests
*grammateis*: scribes/teachers of the law
*eutonōs*: vehemently/forcefully/intensely

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Referenced Verses

Luke 11:53 : 53 And when he {G3004} was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
Luke 23:2 : 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
Luke 23:14-15 : 14 and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse {G2596} him: 15 no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him.
Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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