• Acts 5:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 21 After hearing this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.

      Now when the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the Sanʹhe·drin and the entire assembly of elders of the sons of Israel, and they sent out to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • Acts 5:21
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 21 ἀκούσαντες Having heard δὲ but εἰσῆλθον they entered ὑπὸ under τὸν the ὄρθρον daybreak εἰς into τὸ the ἱερὸν temple καὶ and ἐδίδασκον. they were teaching.

      Παραγενόμενος Having come to be alongside δὲ but ὁ the ἀρχιερεὺς chief priest καὶ and οἱ the (ones) σὺν together with αὐτῷ him συνεκάλεσαν they called together τὸ the συνέδριον Sanhedrin καὶ and πᾶσαν all τὴν the γερουσίαν assembly of old men τῶν of the υἱῶν sons Ἰσραήλ, of Israel, καὶ and ἀπέστειλαν they sent out εἰς into τὸ the δεσμωτήριον place of bound ones ἀχθῆναι to be led αὐτούς. them.

  • Acts 5:21
    The Bible in Living English

    • 21 and, hearing this, they went into the temple-precinct at dawn and taught there. But when the high priest arrived, and those who were with him, they called together the Sanhedrin and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the lockup to have them brought.

  • Acts 5:21
    American Standard Version

    • 21 And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

  • Acts 5:21
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 21 Now when they heard this they entered under the dawn into the temple, and began teaching. And the High-priest and they who were with him arriving called together the high-council and all the senate of the sons of Israel; and sent off unto the prison to have them brought.

  • Acts 5:21
    King James Version

    • 21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 5:21

      the entire assembly of elders: Or “the entire council (body) of elders.” The Greek word ge·rou·siʹa used here is related to the term geʹron (lit., “old man”), which is found at Joh 3:4. Both terms are used only once in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Some consider the expression “assembly of elders” to be synonymous with the Sanhedrin, the Jewish high court in Jerusalem, which was made up of chief priests, scribes, and elders. (See study note on Lu 22:66.) However, in this context, the two expressions, “the Sanhedrin” and the “assembly of elders,” should apparently be viewed as two entities that were not mutually exclusive. Some members of the “assembly of elders” might officially have been members of the Sanhedrin, while others might have played an advisory role to the Sanhedrin.

      the sons of Israel: Or “the people of Israel; the Israelites.”​—See Glossary, “Israel.”