Acts 4:21
After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
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ASV
And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.
KJV
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
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Commentary
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἱ | hoi | <the> | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | And | G1161 → |
| προσαπειλησάμενοι | prosapeilēsamenoi | having further threatened [them] | G4324 → |
| ἀπέλυσαν | apelusan | they let go | G630 → |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | them | G846 → |
| μηδὲν | mēden | nothing | G3367 → |
| εὑρίσκοντες | heuriskontes | finding | G2147 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| πῶς | pōs | how | G4459 → |
| κολάσωνται | kolasōntai | they may punish | G2849 → |
| αὐτούς, | autous | them, | G846 → |
| διὰ | dia | on account of | G1223 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| λαόν, | laon | people, | G2992 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → |
| ἐδόξαζον | edoxazon | were glorifying | G1392 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸν | theon | God | G2316 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | for | G1909 → |
| τῷ | tō | that | G3588 → |
| γεγονότι. | gegonoti | having happened. | G1096 → |
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