The Apostles Arrested and Freed
Acts 5:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- KJV
- And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- WEB
- and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.
- ASV
- and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.
- LSV
- and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in a public prison;
- YLT
- and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;
- DBY
- and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.
- DRC
- And they laid hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- GNV
- And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῶν (“of them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: χεῖρας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χεῖρας; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ.
- SCR1894
- και επεβαλον τας χειρας αυτων επι τους αποστολους και εθεντο αυτους εν τηρησει δημοσια
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 4:3They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
- Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- Acts 12:5–7So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries…
- Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- Acts 16:23–27And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About…
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…
- Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
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