Acts 6:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to 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 strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matt 26:57 : 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
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 grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Acts 5:18 : 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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 stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts 14:2 : 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
Acts 16:19-21 : 19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy , took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto 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 preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
Acts 18:12 : 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
Acts 21:27 : 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

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