Acts 5:40 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 5:40 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἐπείσθησαν
peíthō
G3982
to persuade
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
προσκαλεσάμενοι
proskaléomai
G4341
to call to
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ἀποστόλους
apóstolos
G652
apostle
δείραντες
dérō
G1194
to flay
παρήγγειλαν
parangéllō
G3853
to announce
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
λαλεῖν
laléō
G2980
to speak
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ὀνόματι
ónoma
G3686
name
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
Ἰησοῦ
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπέλυσαν
apolýō
G630
to release
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World English Bible Public Domain
They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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King James Version Public Domain
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And summoning the apostles, having beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and they released them.
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