Acts 4:8
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.

filled.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was moved wherein they were assembled: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they spoke the word of God with confidence.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.

Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Matthew 10:19,20 But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak: . . .

Luke 12:11,12 And when they shall bring you into the synagogues and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say. . . .

Luke 21:14,15 Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer: . . .

Context
Peter and John Before the Council
7And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this? 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear. 9If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:…
Cross References
Matthew 10:20
For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

Luke 1:41
And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.

Luke 23:13
And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the magistrates and the people,

Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.

Acts 4:5
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 4:7
And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

Acts 13:9
Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,

Lexicon
Then
Τότε (Tote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

Peter,
Πέτρος (Petros)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

filled
πλησθεὶς (plēstheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4130: To fill, fulfill, complete. A prolonged form of a primary pleo to 'fill' (imbue, influence, supply); specially, to fulfil.

with [the] Holy
Ἁγίου (Hagiou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

Spirit,
Πνεύματος (Pneumatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

said
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

them,
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Rulers
Ἄρχοντες (Archontes)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 758: Present participle of archo; a first.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

elders
πρεσβύτεροι (presbyteroi)
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people!
λαοῦ (laou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.


Additional Translations
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,

Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied, "Rulers and Elders of the people,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: 'Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
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