ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 16

| 1 | κατηντησεν |  | δε |  | εις |  | δερβην |  | και |  | λυστραν |  | και |  | ιδου |  | μαθητης |  | τις |  | ην |
|  | And he arrived |  | ♦ |  | at |  | Derbe |  | and |  | Lystra: |  | and |  | behold, |  | a disciple 2 |  | certain 1 |  | was |

εκει |  | ονοματι |  | τιμοθεος |  | υιος |  | γυναικος |  | τινος |  | ιουδαιας |  | πιστης |  | πατρος |
there, |  | by name |  | Timotheus, |  | son |  | of a woman 4 |  | certain 1 |  | Jewish 2 |  | believing 3 |  | but [the] father |

δε |  | ελληνος |  |
♦ |  | a Greek, |  |

| 2 | ος |  | εμαρτυρειτο |  | υπο |  | των |  | εν |  | λυστροις |  | και |  | ικονιω |  | αδελφων |  |
|  | who |  | was borne witness to |  | by |  | the |  | in 2 |  | Lystra 3 |  | and 4 |  | Iconium 5 |  | brethren. 1 |  |

| 3 | τουτον |  | ηθελησεν |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | συν |  | αυτω |  | εξελθειν |  | και |  | λαβων |
|  | This one |  | wished 2 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | with |  | him |  | to go forth, |  | and |  | having taken |

περιετεμεν |  | αυτον |  | δια |  | τους |  | ιουδαιους |  | τους |  | οντας |  | εν |  | τοις |
he circumcised |  | him |  | on account of |  | the |  | Jews |  | who |  | were |  | in |  | those places, |

τοποις |  | εκεινοις |  | ηδεισαν |  | γαρ |  | απαντες |  | τον |  | πατερα |  | αυτου |  | οτι |  | ελλην |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | for they knew 2 |  | ♦ |  | all 1 |  | his father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | that |  | a Greek |

υπηρχεν |  |
he was. |  |

| 4 | ως |  | δε |  | διεπορευοντο |  | τας |  | πολεις |  | παρεδιδουν |  | αυτοις |  | φυλασσειν |  | τα |
|  | And as |  | ♦ |  | they passed through |  | the |  | cities |  | they delivered |  | to them |  | to keep |  | the |

δογματα |  | τα |  | κεκριμενα |  | υπο |  | των |  | αποστολων |  | και |  | των |  | πρεσβυτερων |  | των |
decrees |  | ♦ |  | decided on |  | by |  | the |  | apostles |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | ♦ |

εν |  | ιερουσαλημ |  |
in |  | Jerusalem. |  |

| 5 | αι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | εκκλησιαι |  | εστερεουντο |  | τη |  | πιστει |  | και |  | επερισσευον |
|  | The |  | ♦ |  | therefore 2 |  | assemblies 1 |  | were strengthened |  | in the |  | faith, |  | and |  | abounded |

τω |  | αριθμω |  | καθ |  | ημεραν |  |
♦ |  | in number |  | every day. |  | ♦ |  |

| 6 | διελθοντες |  | δε |  | την |  | φρυγιαν |  | και |  | την |  | γαλατικην |  | χωραν |
|  | Having 2 passed 3 through 4 |  | and 1 |  | ♦ |  | Phrygia |  | and |  | the |  | Galatian |  | country, |

κωλυθεντες |  | υπο |  | του |  | αγιου |  | πνευματος |  | λαλησαι |  | τον |  | λογον |  | εν |  | τη |
having been forbidden |  | by |  | the |  | Holy |  | Spirit |  | to speak |  | the |  | word |  | in |  | ♦ |

ασια |  |
Asia, |  |

| 7 | ελθοντες |  | κατα |  | την |  | μυσιαν |  | επειραζον |  | κατα |  | την |  | βιθυνιαν |  | πορευεσθαι |
|  | having come |  | down to |  | ♦ |  | Mysia |  | they attempted |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Bithynia |  | to go; |

και |  | ουκ |  | ειασεν |  | αυτους |  | το |  | πνευμα |  |
and |  | did 3 not 4 suffer 5 |  | ♦ |  | them 6 |  | the 1 |  | Spirit; 2 |  |

| 8 | παρελθοντες |  | δε |  | την |  | μυσιαν |  | κατεβησαν |  | εις |  | τρωαδα |  |
|  | and having passed by |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Mysia |  | they came down |  | to |  | Troas. |  |

| 9 | και |  | οραμα |  | δια |  | της |  | νυκτος |  | ωφθη |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | ανηρ |  | τις |  | ην |
|  | And |  | a vision |  | during |  | the |  | night |  | appeared |  | ♦ |  | to Paul: |  | A man 2 |  | certain 1 |  | was |

μακεδων |  | εστως |  | παρακαλων |  | αυτον |  | και |  | λεγων |  | διαβας |  | εις |
of 3 Macedonia 4 |  | standing, |  | beseeching |  | him |  | and |  | saying, |  | Having passed over |  | into |

μακεδονιαν |  | βοηθησον |  | ημιν |  |
Macedonia |  | help |  | us. |  |

| 10 | ως |  | δε |  | το |  | οραμα |  | ειδεν |  | ευθεως |  | εζητησαμεν |  | εξελθειν |  | εις |  | την |
|  | And when |  | ♦ |  | the |  | vision |  | he saw, |  | immediately |  | we sought |  | to go forth |  | to |  | ♦ |

μακεδονιαν |  | συμβιβαζοντες |  | οτι |  | προσκεκληται |  | ημας |  | ο |  | κυριος |
Macedonia, |  | concluding |  | that |  | had 3 called 4 |  | us 5 |  | the 1 |  | Lord 2 |

ευαγγελισασθαι |  | αυτους |  |
to announce the glad tidings to |  | them. |  |

| 11 | αναχθεντες |  | ουν |  | απο |  | της |  | τρωαδος |  | ευθυδρομησαμεν |  | εις |
|  | Having sailed |  | therefore |  | from |  | ♦ |  | Troas |  | we came with a straight course |  | to |

σαμοθρακην |  | τη |  | τε |  | επιουση |  | εις |  | νεαπολιν |  |
Samothracia, |  | and on the |  | ♦ |  | following day |  | to |  | Neapolis, |  |

| 12 | εκειθεν |  | τε |  | εις |  | φιλιππους |  | ητις |  | εστιν |  | πρωτη |  | της |  | μεριδος |  | της |
|  | and thence |  | ♦ |  | to |  | Philippi, |  | which |  | is |  | [the] first |  | of 2 [that] 3 |  | part district 4 |  | ♦ |

μακεδονιας |  | πολις |  | κολωνια |  | ημεν |  | δε |  | εν |  | ταυτη |  | τη |  | πολει |  | διατριβοντες
of 5 Macedonia 6 |  | city, 1 |  | a colony. |  | And we were |  | ♦ |  | in |  | this |  | ♦ |  | city |  | staying

| ημερας |  | τινας |  |
| days 2 |  | certain. 1 |  |

| 13 | τη |  | τε |  | ημερα |  | των |  | σαββατων |  | εξηλθομεν |  | εξω |  | της |  | πολεως |  | παρα |
|  | And on the |  | ♦ |  | day |  | of the |  | sabbath |  | we went forth |  | outside |  | the |  | city |  | by |

ποταμον |  | ου |  | ενομιζετο |  | προσευχη |  | ειναι |  | και |  | καθισαντες |  | ελαλουμεν |
a river, |  | where |  | was customary |  | prayer |  | to be, |  | and |  | having sat down |  | we spoke |

ταις |  | συνελθουσαις |  | γυναιξιν |  |
to the |  | who 2 came 3 together 4 |  | women. 1 |  |

| 14 | και |  | τις |  | γυνη |  | ονοματι |  | λυδια |  | πορφυροπωλις |  | πολεως |  | θυατειρων |
|  | And |  | a certain |  | woman, |  | by name |  | Lydia, |  | a seller of purple |  | of [the] city |  | of Thyatira, |

σεβομενη |  | τον |  | θεον |  | ηκουεν |  | ης |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | διηνοιξεν |  | την |  | καρδιαν |
who worshipped |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | was hearing; |  | of whom |  | the |  | Lord |  | opened |  | the |  | heart |

προσεχειν |  | τοις |  | λαλουμενοις |  | υπο |  | του |  | παυλου |  |
to attend |  | to the things |  | spoken |  | by |  | ♦ |  | Paul. |  |

| 15 | ως |  | δε |  | εβαπτισθη |  | και |  | ο |  | οικος |  | αυτης |  | παρεκαλεσεν |
|  | And when |  | ♦ |  | she was baptized |  | and |  | her house |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | she besought |

λεγουσα |  | ει |  | κεκρικατε |  | με |  | πιστην |  | τω |  | κυριω |  | ειναι |  | εισελθοντες |  | εις |
saying, |  | If |  | ye have judged |  | me |  | faithful |  | to the |  | Lord |  | to be, |  | having entered |  | into |

τον |  | οικον |  | μου |  | μεινατε |  | και |  | παρεβιασατο |  | ημας |  |
my house, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | abide. |  | And |  | she constrained |  | us. |  |

| 16 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | πορευομενων |  | ημων |  | εις |  | προσευχην |  | παιδισκην |
|  | And it came to pass |  | ♦ |  | as we were going |  | ♦ |  | to |  | prayer, |  | a damsel 2 |

τινα |  | εχουσαν |  | πνευμα |  | πυθωνος |  | απαντησαι |  | ημιν |  | ητις |  | εργασιαν |  | πολλην |
certain, 1 |  | having |  | a spirit |  | of Python, |  | met |  | us, |  | who |  | gain 2 |  | much 1 |

παρειχεν |  | τοις |  | κυριοις |  | αυτης |  | μαντευομενη |  |
brought |  | ♦ |  | to her masters |  | ♦ |  | by divining. |  |

| 17 | αυτη |  | κατακολουθησασα |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | και |  | ημιν |  | εκραζεν |  | λεγουσα |  | ουτοι |  | οι
|  | She |  | having followed |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | and |  | us |  | cried |  | saying, |  | These |  | ♦

| ανθρωποι |  | δουλοι |  | του |  | θεου |  | του |  | υψιστου |  | εισιν |  | οιτινες |
| men |  | bondmen |  | of the |  | God 3 |  | ♦ |  | Most 1 High 2 |  | are, |  | who |

καταγγελλουσιν |  | ημιν |  | οδον |  | σωτηριας |  |
announce |  | to us |  | way |  | of salvation. |  |

| 18 | τουτο |  | δε |  | εποιει |  | επι |  | πολλας |  | ημερας |  | διαπονηθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | και |
|  | And this |  | ♦ |  | she did |  | for |  | many |  | days. |  | Being 3 distressed 4 |  | but 1 |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 2 |  | and |

επιστρεψας |  | τω |  | πνευματι |  | ειπεν |  | παραγγελλω |  | σοι |  | εν |  | τω |  | ονοματι |  | ιησου |
having turned |  | to the |  | spirit |  | said, |  | I charge |  | thee |  | in |  | the |  | name |  | of Jesus |

χριστου |  | εξελθειν |  | απ |  | αυτης |  | και |  | εξηλθεν |  | αυτη |  | τη |  | ωρα |  |
Christ |  | to come out |  | from |  | her. |  | And |  | it came out |  | the same |  | ♦ |  | hour. |  |

| 19 | ιδοντες |  | δε |  | οι |  | κυριοι |  | αυτης |  | οτι |  | εξηλθεν |  | η |  | ελπις |  | της |  | εργασιας |
|  | And seeing 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | masters 2 |  | her 1 |  | that |  | was gone |  | the |  | hope |  | of their gain, |  | ♦ |

αυτων |  | επιλαβομενοι |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | και |  | τον |  | σιλαν |  | ειλκυσαν |  | εις |  | την |
♦ |  | having taken hold of |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | and |  | ♦ |  | Silas |  | they dragged [them] |  | into |  | the |

αγοραν |  | επι |  | τους |  | αρχοντας |  |
market |  | before |  | the |  | magistrates; |  |

| 20 | και |  | προσαγαγοντες |  | αυτους |  | τοις |  | στρατηγοις |  | ειπον |  | ουτοι |  | οι |  | ανθρωποι |
|  | and |  | having brought up |  | them |  | to the |  | captains |  | said, |  | These |  | ♦ |  | men |

εκταρασσουσιν |  | ημων |  | την |  | πολιν |  | ιουδαιοι |  | υπαρχοντες |  |
exceedingly 3 trouble 4 |  | our 5 |  | ♦ |  | city, 6 |  | Jews 2 |  | being, 1 |  |

| 21 | και |  | καταγγελλουσιν |  | εθη |  | α |  | ουκ |  | εξεστιν |  | ημιν |
|  | and |  | announce |  | customs |  | which |  | it is not lawful |  | ♦ |  | for us |

παραδεχεσθαι |  | ουδε |  | ποιειν |  | ρωμαιοις |  | ουσιν |  |
to receive |  | nor |  | to do, |  | Romans 2 |  | being. 1 |  |

| 22 | και |  | συνεπεστη |  | ο |  | οχλος |  | κατ |  | αυτων |  | και |  | οι |  | στρατηγοι |
|  | And |  | rose up together |  | the |  | crowd |  | against |  | them, |  | and |  | the |  | captains |

περιρρηξαντες |  | αυτων |  | τα |  | ιματια |  | εκελευον |  | ραβδιζειν |  |
having torn off |  | of them |  | the |  | garments |  | commanded |  | to beat [them] with rods. |  |

| 23 | πολλας |  | τε |  | επιθεντες |  | αυτοις |  | πληγας |  | εβαλον |  | εις |  | φυλακην |
|  | And many 3 |  | ♦ |  | having 1 laid 2 |  | on 5 them 6 |  | stripes 4 |  | they cast [them] |  | into |  | prison, |

παραγγειλαντες |  | τω |  | δεσμοφυλακι |  | ασφαλως |  | τηρειν |  | αυτους |  |
charging |  | the |  | jailor |  | safely |  | to keep |  | them; |  |

| 24 | ος |  | παραγγελιαν |  | τοιαυτην |  | ειληφως |  | εβαλεν |  | αυτους |  | εις |  | την |
|  | who |  | a 2 charge 3 |  | such 1 |  | having received |  | thrust |  | them |  | into |  | the |

εσωτεραν |  | φυλακην |  | και |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | αυτων |  | ησφαλισατο |  | εις |  | το |  | ξυλον |  |
inner |  | prison, |  | and |  | their feet |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | secured |  | to |  | the |  | stocks. |  |

| 25 | κατα |  | δε |  | το |  | μεσονυκτιον |  | παυλος |  | και |  | σιλας |  | προσευχομενοι |
|  | And towards |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | midnight |  | Paul |  | and |  | Silas |  | praying |

υμνουν |  | τον |  | θεον |  | επηκροωντο |  | δε |  | αυτων |  | οι |  | δεσμιοι |  |
were singing praises to |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | listened 4 to 5 |  | and 1 |  | them 6 |  | the 2 |  | prisoners. 3 |  |

| 26 | αφνω |  | δε |  | σεισμος |  | εγενετο |  | μεγας |  | ωστε |  | σαλευθηναι |  | τα |  | θεμελια
|  | And suddenly |  | ♦ |  | earthquake 5 |  | there 1 was 2 |  | a 3 great, 4 |  | so that |  | were shaken |  | the |  | foundations

| του |  | δεσμωτηριου |  | ανεωχθησαν |  | τε |  | παραχρημα |  | αι |  | θυραι |  | πασαι |  | και |
| of the |  | prison, |  | were 2 opened 3 |  | and 1 |  | immediately |  | the 2 |  | doors 3 |  | all, 1 |  | and |

παντων |  | τα |  | δεσμα |  | ανεθη |  |
of 3 all 4 |  | the 1 |  | bonds 2 |  | were loosed. |  |

| 27 | εξυπνος |  | δε |  | γενομενος |  | ο |  | δεσμοφυλαξ |  | και |  | ιδων |
|  | And awoke 4 out 5 of 6 sleep 7 |  | ♦ |  | being 3 |  | the 1 |  | jailor, 2 |  | and |  | seeing |

ανεωγμενας |  | τας |  | θυρας |  | της |  | φυλακης |  | σπασαμενος |  | μαχαιραν |  | εμελλεν |
opened |  | the |  | doors |  | of the |  | prison, |  | having drawn |  | a sword |  | was about |

εαυτον |  | αναιρειν |  | νομιζων |  | εκπεφευγεναι |  | τους |  | δεσμιους |  |
himself |  | to put to death, |  | supposing |  | had escaped |  | the |  | prisoners. |  |

| 28 | εφωνησεν |  | δε |  | φωνη |  | μεγαλη |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | λεγων |  | μηδεν |  | πραξης |
|  | But called 2 out 3 |  | ♦ |  | with 4 a 5 voice 7 |  | loud 6 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | saying, |  | No 4 |  | do 1 |

σεαυτω |  | κακον |  | απαντες |  | γαρ |  | εσμεν |  | ενθαδε |  |
to 2 thyself 3 |  | injury; |  | for all 2 |  | ♦ |  | we 1 are 3 |  | here. |  |

| 29 | αιτησας |  | δε |  | φωτα |  | εισεπηδησεν |  | και |  | εντρομος |  | γενομενος |
|  | Having 2 asked 3 for 4 |  | and |  | lights |  | he rushed in, |  | and |  | trembling |  | ♦ |

προσεπεσεν |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | και |  | τω |  | σιλα |  |
fell down before |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | and |  | ♦ |  | Silas. |  |

| 30 | και |  | προαγαγων |  | αυτους |  | εξω |  | εφη |  | κυριοι |  | τι |  | με |  | δει |  | ποιειν |
|  | And |  | having brought |  | them |  | out |  | he said, |  | Sirs, |  | what |  | is necessary for me |  | ♦ |  | to do |

ινα |  | σωθω |  |
that |  | I may be saved? |  |

| 31 | οι |  | δε |  | ειπον |  | πιστευσον |  | επι |  | τον |  | κυριον |  | ιησουν |  | χριστον |  | και |
|  | And they |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Believe |  | on |  | the |  | Lord |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | and |

σωθηση |  | συ |  | και |  | ο |  | οικος |  | σου |  |
thou shalt be saved, |  | thou |  | and |  | thy house. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 32 | και |  | ελαλησαν |  | αυτω |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | κυριου |  | και |  | πασιν |  | τοις |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | And |  | they spoke |  | to him |  | the |  | word |  | of the |  | Lord, |  | and |  | to all |  | those |  | in |  | his house. |

οικια |  | αυτου |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 33 | και |  | παραλαβων |  | αυτους |  | εν |  | εκεινη |  | τη |  | ωρα |  | της |  | νυκτος |  | ελουσεν |
|  | And |  | having taken |  | them |  | in |  | that |  | ♦ |  | hour |  | of the |  | night |  | he washed [them] |

απο |  | των |  | πληγων |  | και |  | εβαπτισθη |  | αυτος |  | και |  | οι |  | αυτου |  | παντες |  | παραχρημα |  |
from |  | the |  | stripes; |  | and |  | was 2 baptized 3 |  | he 1 |  | and |  | ♦ |  | his 2 |  | all 1 |  | immediately. |  |

| 34 | αναγαγων |  | τε |  | αυτους |  | εις |  | τον |  | οικον |  | αυτου |  | παρεθηκεν |
|  | And having brought |  | ♦ |  | them |  | into |  | ♦ |  | house 2 |  | his 1 |  | he laid |

τραπεζαν |  | και |  | ηγαλλιασατο |  | πανοικι |  | πεπιστευκως |  | τω |  | θεω |  |
a table [for them], |  | and |  | exulted |  | with all [his] house, |  | having believed |  | ♦ |  | in God. |  |

| 35 | ημερας |  | δε |  | γενομενης |  | απεστειλαν |  | οι |  | στρατηγοι |  | τους |  | ραβδουχους |
|  | And day |  | ♦ |  | having come |  | sent 3 |  | the 1 |  | captains 2 |  | the |  | serjeants, |

λεγοντες |  | απολυσον |  | τους |  | ανθρωπους |  | εκεινους |  |
saying, |  | Let go 3 |  | those men. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 36 | απηγγειλεν |  | δε |  | ο |  | δεσμοφυλαξ |  | τους |  | λογους |  | τουτους |  | προς |  | τον |
|  | And reported 3 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | jailor 2 |  | these words |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to |  | ♦ |

παυλον |  | οτι |  | απεσταλκασιν |  | οι |  | στρατηγοι |  | ινα |  | απολυθητε |  | νυν |  | ουν |
Paul, |  | ♦ |  | Have 3 sent 4 |  | the 1 |  | captains 2 |  | that |  | ye may be let go. |  | Now |  | therefore |

εξελθοντες |  | πορευεσθε |  | εν |  | ειρηνη |  |
having gone out |  | depart |  | in |  | peace. |  |

| 37 | ο |  | δε |  | παυλος |  | εφη |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | δειραντες |  | ημας |  | δημοσια |
|  | But Paul |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | said |  | to |  | them, |  | Having beaten |  | us |  | publicly |

ακατακριτους |  | ανθρωπους |  | ρωμαιους |  | υπαρχοντας |  | εβαλον |  | εις |  | φυλακην
uncondemned, |  | men |  | Romans |  | being, |  | they cast [us] |  | into |  | prison,

| και |  | νυν |  | λαθρα |  | ημας |  | εκβαλλουσιν |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | αλλα |  | ελθοντες |  | αυτοι |
| and |  | now |  | secretly |  | us |  | do they thrust out? |  | no |  | indeed, |  | but |  | having come |  | themselves |

ημας |  | εξαγαγετωσαν |  |
us |  | let them bring out. |  |

| 38 | ανηγγειλαν |  | δε |  | τοις |  | στρατηγοις |  | οι |  | ραβδουχοι |  | τα |  | ρηματα |  | ταυτα |  | και |
|  | And reported 3 |  | ♦ |  | to 4 the 5 |  | captains 6 |  | the 1 |  | serjeants 2 |  | ♦ |  | words 8 |  | these. 7 |  | And |

εφοβηθησαν |  | ακουσαντες |  | οτι |  | ρωμαιοι |  | εισιν |  |
they were afraid |  | having heard |  | that |  | Romans |  | they are. |  |

| 39 | και |  | ελθοντες |  | παρεκαλεσαν |  | αυτους |  | και |  | εξαγαγοντες |  | ηρωτων |
|  | And |  | having come |  | they besought |  | them, |  | and |  | having brought out |  | they asked [them] |

εξελθειν |  | της |  | πολεως |  |
to go out |  | of the |  | city. |  |

| 40 | εξελθοντες |  | δε |  | εκ |  | της |  | φυλακης |  | εισηλθον |  | εις |  | την |  | λυδιαν |  | και |
|  | And having gone forth |  | ♦ |  | out of |  | the |  | prison |  | they came |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Lydia; |  | and |

ιδοντες |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | παρεκαλεσαν |  | αυτους |  | και |  | εξηλθον |  |
having seen |  | the |  | brethren |  | they exhorted |  | them, |  | and |  | went away. |  |