ACTs 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

UST While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, several men walked up and confronted them. They included priests who served in the temple, the officer in charge of the temple guard, and some members of the Sadducee group.

BSB § While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

BLB And of them speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

AICNT While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

OEB While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the chief priest, with the officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,

WEBBE As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

LSV And as they are speaking to the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees—

FBV While they were talking to the people, the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them.

TCNT As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the [fn]priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came to them,

4:1 priests ¦ chief priests WH

T4T Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some priests, the officer who was in charge of the temple police, and also some [SYN] Sadducee sect members. These men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people.

LEB And while[fn] they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,

4:1 *Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were speaking”)

BBE And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

Moff No Moff ACTs book available

Wymth While they were saying this to the people, the Priests, the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees came upon them,

ASV And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

DRA And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the officer of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

YLT And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees —

Drby And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

RV And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Wbstr And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

KJB-1769 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]And as they spake vnto the people, the Priests and the captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,
(¶ And as they spake unto the people, the Priests and the captain of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,)

4:1 Or, ruler.

Bshps And as they spake vnto ye people, the priestes & the ruler of the temple, and the saducees, came vpon them,
(And as they spake unto ye/you_all people, the priests and the ruler of the temple, and the saducees, came upon them,)

Gnva And as they spake vnto the people, the Priestes and the Captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,
(And as they spake unto the people, the Priests and the Captain of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, )

Cvdl But as they spake to ye people, there came vnto the the prestes and the rulers of the teple, and the Saduces,
(But as they spake to ye/you_all people, there came unto the the priests and the rulers of the teple, and the Sadducees,)

TNT As they spake vnto the people the prestes and the rular of the temple and the Saduces came vpon them
(As they spake unto the people the priests and the rular of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them )

Wyc And while thei spaken to the puple, the preestis and magistratis of the temple, and the Saduceis camen vpon hem, and soreweden,
(And while they spaken to the people, the priests and magistratis of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, and soreweden,)

Luth Als sie aber zum Volk redeten, traten zu ihnen die Priester und der Hauptmann des Tempels und die Sadduzäer
(Als they/she/them but for_the people talked, traten to to_them the priest(s) and the/of_the headmann the Tempels and the Sadduzäer)

ClVg Loquentibus autem illis ad populum, supervenerunt sacerdotes, et magistratus templi, et sadducæi,[fn]
(Loquentibus however illis to the_people, supervenerunt priests, and magistratus templi, and sadducæi, )

4.1 Sacerdotes et magistratus, etc. Hi doctores et judices populi esse videbantur. Sadducæi. Hi negabant resurrectionem: et ideo in doctrina apostolorum qui annuntiabant resurrectionem, dolebant.

4.1 Sacerdotes and magistratus, etc. They doctores and yudices of_the_people esse videbantur. Sadducæi. They negabant resurrectionem: and ideo in doctrina apostolorum who annuntiabant resurrectionem, dolebant.

UGNT λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν, ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι,
(lalountōn de autōn pros ton laon, epestaʸsan autois hoi hiereis, kai ho strataʸgos tou hierou, kai hoi Saddoukaioi,)

SBL-GNT Λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ⸀ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι,
(Lalountōn de autōn pros ton laon epestaʸsan autois hoi ⸀hiereis kai ho strataʸgos tou hierou kai hoi Saddoukaioi,)

TC-GNT Λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαόν, ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ [fn]ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι,
(Lalountōn de autōn pros ton laon, epestaʸsan autois hoi hiereis kai ho strataʸgos tou hierou kai hoi Saddoukaioi, )

4:1 ιερεις ¦ αρχιερεις WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

λαλούντων & αὐτῶν

speaking & ˱of˲_them

The pronoun they refers to Peter and John. Alternate translation: “as Peter and John were speaking”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ

the officer ˱of˲_the temple

The temple had its own guards, and this man was their commanding officer. Alternate translation: “the commander of the temple guard”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι

the the Sadducees

The Sadducees would have been particularly upset that Peter and John were saying that God raised Jesus from the dead, because they did not believe in the resurrection. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain that explicitly here. Alternate translation: “the Sadducees, who do not believe in the resurrection,”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι

the the Sadducees

Luke is using the name of the whole group to mean some of its members. Alternate translation: “some of the Sadducees”

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