Acts 6:12
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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,”
πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
λαός
people
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λαός
A people, a nation, a community. You are a chosen people a royal priesthood a holy nation God's special possession. This is your identity.
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ἐφίστημι
having come upon him
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ἐφίστημι
to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);
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συνέδριον
Council,
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συνέδριον
a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
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συγκινέω
They stirred up
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συγκινέω
to move together, i.e. (specially), to excite as a mass (to sedition)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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συναρπάζω
they seized
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συναρπάζω
to snatch together, i.e. seize
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γραμματεύς
scribes,
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