ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 26

| 1 | αγριππας |  | δε |  | προς |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | εφη |  | επιτρεπεται |  | σοι |  | υπερ |  | σεαυτου |
|  | And Agrippa |  | ♦ |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | said, |  | It is allowed |  | thee |  | for |  | thyself |

λεγειν |  | τοτε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | απελογειτο |  | εκτεινας |  | την |  | χειρα |  |
to speak. |  | Then |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | made a defence, |  | stretching out |  | the |  | hand: |  |

| 2 | περι |  | παντων |  | ων |  | εγκαλουμαι |  | υπο |  | ιουδαιων |  | βασιλευ |  | αγριππα |
|  | Concerning |  | all |  | of which |  | I am accused |  | by |  | Jews, |  | king |  | Agrippa, |

ηγημαι |  | εμαυτον |  | μακαριον |  | μελλων |  | απολογεισθαι |  | επι |  | σου |  | σημερον |  |
I esteem |  | myself |  | happy |  | being about |  | to make defence |  | before |  | thee |  | to-day. |  |

| 3 | μαλιστα |  | γνωστην |  | οντα |  | σε |  | παντων |  | των |  | κατα |  | ιουδαιους |  | εθων |  | τε |
|  | especially |  | acquainted 3 |  | being 2 |  | thou 1 |  | of all |  | the |  | among 5 |  | Jews 6 |  | customs 1 |  | and 2 |

και |  | ζητηματων |  | διο |  | δεομαι |  | σου |  | μακροθυμως |  | ακουσαι |  | μου |  |
also 3 |  | questions; 4 |  | wherefore |  | I beseech |  | thee |  | patiently |  | to hear |  | me. |  |

| 4 | την |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | βιωσιν |  | μου |  | την |  | εκ |  | νεοτητος |  | την |  | απ |
|  | Then |  | ♦ |  | then 5 |  | manner 1 of 2 life 4 |  | my 3 |  | ♦ |  | from |  | youth, |  | which |  | from [its] |

αρχης |  | γενομενην |  | εν |  | τω |  | εθνει |  | μου |  | εν |  | ιεροσολυμοις |  | ισασιν |
commencement |  | was |  | among |  | my nation |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | Jerusalem, |  | know |

παντες |  | οι |  | ιουδαιοι |  |
all |  | the |  | Jews, |  |

| 5 | προγινωσκοντες |  | με |  | ανωθεν |  | εαν |  | θελωσιν |  | μαρτυρειν |  | οτι |  | κατα |
|  | who before knew |  | me |  | from the first, |  | if |  | they would |  | bear witness, |  | that |  | according to |

την |  | ακριβεστατην |  | αιρεσιν |  | της |  | ημετερας |  | θρησκειας |  | εζησα |  | φαρισαιος |  |
the |  | strictest |  | sect |  | ♦ |  | of our religion |  | ♦ |  | I lived |  | a Pharisee. |  |

| 6 | και |  | νυν |  | επ |  | ελπιδι |  | της |  | προς |  | τους |  | πατερας |  | επαγγελιας |  | γενομενης |
|  | And |  | now |  | for [the] |  | hope |  | of the |  | to 3 |  | the 4 |  | fathers 5 |  | promise 1 |  | made 2 |

υπο |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστηκα |  | κρινομενος |  |
by |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | I stand |  | being judged, |  |

| 7 | εις |  | ην |  | το |  | δωδεκαφυλον |  | ημων |  | εν |  | εκτενεια |  | νυκτα |  | και |
|  | to |  | which |  | our twelve tribes |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | intently |  | ♦ |  | night |  | and |

ημεραν |  | λατρευον |  | ελπιζει |  | καταντησαι |  | περι |  | ης |  | ελπιδος |  | εγκαλουμαι
day |  | serving |  | hope |  | to arrive; |  | concerning |  | which |  | hope |  | I am accused,

| βασιλευ |  | αγριππα |  | υπο |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  |
| O king |  | Agrippa, |  | by |  | the |  | Jews. |  |

| 8 | τι |  | απιστον |  | κρινεται |  | παρ |  | υμιν |  | ει |  | ο |  | θεος |  | νεκρους |  | εγειρει |  |
|  | Why |  | incredible |  | is it judged |  | by |  | you |  | if |  | ♦ |  | God |  | [the] dead |  | raises? |  |

| 9 | εγω |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | εδοξα |  | εμαυτω |  | προς |  | το |  | ονομα |  | ιησου |  | του |
|  | I |  | indeed |  | therefore |  | thought |  | in myself |  | to 6 |  | the 7 |  | name 8 |  | of 9 Jesus 10 |  | the |

ναζωραιου |  | δειν |  | πολλα |  | εναντια |  | πραξαι |  |
Nazaraean |  | I 1 ought 2 |  | many 3 things 4 |  | contrary 5 |  | to do. |  |

| 10 | ο |  | και |  | εποιησα |  | εν |  | ιεροσολυμοις |  | και |  | πολλους |  | των |  | αγιων |  | εγω |
|  | Which |  | also |  | I did |  | in |  | Jerusalem |  | and |  | many |  | of the |  | saints |  | I |

φυλακαις |  | κατεκλεισα |  | την |  | παρα |  | των |  | αρχιερεων |  | εξουσιαν |  | λαβων |
in prisons |  | shut up, |  | the |  | from 2 |  | the 3 |  | chief 4 priests 5 |  | authority 1 |  | having received; |

αναιρουμενων |  | τε |  | αυτων |  | κατηνεγκα |  | ψηφον |  |
and being 2 put 3 to 4 death 5 |  | ♦ |  | they 1 |  | I gave [my] vote against [them]. |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | και |  | κατα |  | πασας |  | τας |  | συναγωγας |  | πολλακις |  | τιμωρων |  | αυτους |
|  | And |  | in |  | all |  | the |  | synagogues |  | often |  | punishing |  | them, |

ηναγκαζον |  | βλασφημειν |  | περισσως |  | τε |  | εμμαινομενος |  | αυτοις |
I compelled [them] |  | to blaspheme. |  | Exceedingly 4 |  | and 1 |  | being 2 furious 3 |  | against them |

εδιωκον |  | εως |  | και |  | εις |  | τας |  | εξω |  | πολεις |  |
I persecuted [them] |  | even as far |  | ♦ |  | to |  | ♦ |  | foreign |  | cities. |  |

| 12 | εν |  | οις |  | και |  | πορευομενος |  | εις |  | την |  | δαμασκον |  | μετ |  | εξουσιας |  | και |
|  | During |  | which |  | also |  | journeying |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Damascus, |  | with |  | authority |  | and |

επιτροπης |  | της |  | παρα |  | των |  | αρχιερεων |  |
a commission |  | ♦ |  | from |  | the |  | chief priests, |  |

| 13 | ημερας |  | μεσης |  | κατα |  | την |  | οδον |  | ειδον |  | βασιλευ |  | ουρανοθεν |  | υπερ |  | την |
|  | at mid-day |  | ♦ |  | in |  | the |  | way |  | I saw, |  | O king, |  | from heaven |  | above |  | the |

λαμπροτητα |  | του |  | ηλιου |  | περιλαμψαν |  | με |  | φως |  | και |  | τους |  | συν |  | εμοι |
brightness |  | of the |  | sun |  | shining 3 round 4 about 5 |  | me 6 |  | a 1 light 2 |  | and |  | those |  | with |  | me |

πορευομενους |  |
journeying. |  |

| 14 | παντων |  | δε |  | καταπεσοντων |  | ημων |  | εις |  | την |  | γην |  | ηκουσα |  | φωνην |
|  | And all |  | ♦ |  | having 3 fallen 4 down 5 |  | of 1 us 2 |  | to |  | the |  | ground |  | I heard |  | a voice |

λαλουσαν |  | προς |  | με |  | και |  | λεγουσαν |  | τη |  | εβραιδι |  | διαλεκτω |  | σαουλ |  | σαουλ |
speaking |  | to |  | me |  | and |  | saying |  | in the |  | Hebrew |  | language, |  | Saul, |  | Saul, |

τι |  | με |  | διωκεις |  | σκληρον |  | σοι |  | προς |  | κεντρα |  | λακτιζειν |  |
why |  | me |  | persecutest thou? |  | [it is] hard |  | for thee |  | against |  | goads |  | to kick. |  |

| 15 | εγω |  | δε |  | ειπον |  | τις |  | ει |  | κυριε |  | ο |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | εγω |  | ειμι |  | ιησους |  | ον |  | συ
|  | And I |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Who |  | art thou, |  | Lord? |  | And he |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | I |  | am |  | Jesus |  | whom |  | thou

| διωκεις |  |
| persecutest: |  |

| 16 | αλλα |  | αναστηθι |  | και |  | στηθι |  | επι |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | σου |  | εις |  | τουτο |
|  | but |  | rise up, |  | and |  | stand |  | on |  | thy feet; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for, for this purpose |  | ♦ |

γαρ |  | ωφθην |  | σοι |  | προχειρισασθαι |  | σε |  | υπηρετην |  | και |  | μαρτυρα |  | ων |
♦ |  | I appeared |  | to thee, |  | to appoint |  | thee |  | an attendant |  | and |  | a witness |  | both of what |

τε |  | ειδες |  | ων |  | τε |  | οφθησομαι |  | σοι |  |
♦ |  | thou didst see |  | and in what |  | ♦ |  | I shall appear |  | to thee, |  |

| 17 | εξαιρουμενος |  | σε |  | εκ |  | του |  | λαου |  | και |  | των |  | εθνων |  | εις |  | ους |  | νυν |  | σε |
|  | taking out |  | thee |  | from among |  | the |  | people |  | and |  | the |  | nations, |  | to |  | whom |  | now |  | thee |

αποστελλω |  |
I send, |  |

| 18 | ανοιξαι |  | οφθαλμους |  | αυτων |  | του |  | επιστρεψαι |  | απο |  | σκοτους |  | εις
|  | to open |  | eyes 2 |  | their, 1 |  | that [they] may turn |  | ♦ |  | from |  | darkness |  | to

| φως |  | και |  | της |  | εξουσιας |  | του |  | σατανα |  | επι |  | τον |  | θεον |  | του |  | λαβειν |
| light |  | and |  | the |  | authority |  | ♦ |  | of Satan |  | to |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | that may 2 receive 3 |  | ♦ |

αυτους |  | αφεσιν |  | αμαρτιων |  | και |  | κληρον |  | εν |  | τοις |  | ηγιασμενοις |
they 1 |  | remission |  | of sins |  | and |  | inheritance |  | among |  | those that |  | have been sanctified |

πιστει |  | τη |  | εις |  | εμε |  |
by faith |  | that [is] |  | in |  | me. |  |

| 19 | οθεν |  | βασιλευ |  | αγριππα |  | ουκ |  | εγενομην |  | απειθης |  | τη |  | ουρανιω |
|  | Whereupon, |  | O king |  | Agrippa, |  | I was not |  | ♦ |  | disobedient |  | to the |  | heavenly |

οπτασια |  |
vision; |  |

| 20 | αλλα |  | τοις |  | εν |  | δαμασκω |  | πρωτον |  | και |  | ιεροσολυμοις |  | εις |  | πασαν |  | τε |  | την |
|  | but |  | to those |  | in |  | Damascus |  | first |  | and |  | Jerusalem, |  | to 2 |  | all 3 |  | and 1 |  | the |

χωραν |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | και |  | τοις |  | εθνεσιν |  | απαγγελλων |  | μετανοειν |  | και |
region |  | ♦ |  | of Judaea |  | and |  | to the |  | nations |  | declaring [to them] |  | to repent |  | and |

επιστρεφειν |  | επι |  | τον |  | θεον |  | αξια |  | της |  | μετανοιας |  | εργα |  | πρασσοντας |  |
to turn |  | to |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | worthy 3 |  | ♦ |  | of 4 repentance 5 |  | works 2 |  | doing. 1 |  |

| 21 | ενεκα |  | τουτων |  | με |  | οι |  | ιουδαιοι |  | συλλαβομενοι |  | εν |  | τω |  | ιερω |
|  | On account of |  | these things |  | me |  | the |  | Jews |  | having seized |  | in |  | the |  | temple, |

επειρωντο |  | διαχειρισασθαι |  |
attempted |  | to kill. |  |

| 22 | επικουριας |  | ουν |  | τυχων |  | της |  | παρα |  | του |  | θεου |  | αχρι |  | της |  | ημερας |
|  | Aid |  | therefore |  | having obtained |  | ♦ |  | from |  | ♦ |  | God |  | unto |  | this day |  | ♦ |

ταυτης |  | εστηκα |  | μαρτυρουμενος |  | μικρω |  | τε |  | και |  | μεγαλω |  | ουδεν |  | εκτος |
♦ |  | I have stood, |  | bearing witness |  | both to small |  | ♦ |  | and |  | to great, |  | nothing |  | else |

λεγων |  | ων |  | τε |  | οι |  | προφηται |  | ελαλησαν |  | μελλοντων |  | γινεσθαι |  | και |
saying |  | than what |  | both |  | the |  | prophets |  | said 3 |  | was 4 about 5 |  | to 6 happen 7 |  | and 1 |

μωσης |  |
Moses, 2 |  |

| 23 | ει |  | παθητος |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | ει |  | πρωτος |  | εξ |  | αναστασεως |
|  | whether |  | should 2 suffer 3 |  | ♦ |  | Christ; 1 |  | whether [he] |  | first |  | through |  | resurrection |

νεκρων |  | φως |  | μελλει |  | καταγγελλειν |  | τω |  | λαω |  | και |  | τοις |  | εθνεσιν |  |
of [the] dead |  | light 5 |  | is 1 about 2 |  | to 3 announce 4 |  | to the |  | people |  | and |  | to the |  | nations. |  |

| 24 | ταυτα |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | απολογουμενου |  | ο |  | φηστος |  | μεγαλη |
|  | And these 2 things 3 |  | ♦ |  | uttering in his defence, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Festus |  | with loud |

τη |  | φωνη |  | εφη |  | μαινη |  | παυλε |  | τα |  | πολλα |  | σε |  | γραμματα |  | εις |  | μανιαν |
♦ |  | voice |  | said, |  | Thou art mad, |  | Paul; |  | ♦ |  | much |  | thee 3 |  | learning 1 |  | to 5 |  | madness 4 |

περιτρεπει |  |
turns. 2 |  |

| 25 | ο |  | δε |  | ου |  | μαινομαι |  | φησιν |  | κρατιστε |  | φηστε |  | αλλ |  | αληθειας |
|  | But he, |  | ♦ |  | I 2 am 3 not 4 mad, 5 |  | ♦ |  | says, 1 |  | most noble |  | Festus, |  | but |  | of truth |

και |  | σωφροσυνης |  | ρηματα |  | αποφθεγγομαι |  |
and |  | discreetness |  | words |  | I utter; |  |

| 26 | επισταται |  | γαρ |  | περι |  | τουτων |  | ο |  | βασιλευς |  | προς |  | ον |  | και |
|  | for is 3 informed 4 |  | ♦ |  | concerning 5 |  | these 6 things 7 |  | the 1 |  | king 2 |  | to |  | whom |  | also |

παρρησιαζομενος |  | λαλω |  | λανθανειν |  | γαρ |  | αυτον |  | τι |  | τουτων |  | ου |
using boldness |  | I speak. |  | For hidden from |  | ♦ |  | him |  | any |  | of these things [are] |  | not |

πειθομαι |  | ουδεν |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | εν |  | γωνια |  | πεπραγμενον |  | τουτο |  |
I am persuaded; |  | ♦ |  | not 4 |  | for 1 |  | ♦ |  | in 7 |  | a 8 corner 9 |  | has 3 been 5 done 6 |  | this. 2 |  |

| 27 | πιστευεις |  | βασιλευ |  | αγριππα |  | τοις |  | προφηταις |  | οιδα |  | οτι |  | πιστευεις |  |
|  | Believest thou, |  | king |  | Agrippa. |  | the |  | prophets? |  | I know |  | that |  | thou believest. |  |

| 28 | ο |  | δε |  | αγριππας |  | προς |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | εφη |  | εν |  | ολιγω |  | με |  | πειθεις |
|  | ♦ |  | And |  | Agrippa |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | said, |  | In |  | a little |  | me 3 |  | thou 1 persuadest 2 |

χριστιανον |  | γενεσθαι |  |
a Christian |  | to become. |  |

| 29 | ο |  | δε |  | παυλος |  | ειπεν |  | ευξαιμην |  | αν |  | τω |  | θεω |  | και |  | εν |  | ολιγω |  | και |  | εν |
|  | And Paul |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | I would wish |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | both |  | in |  | a little |  | and |  | in |

πολλω |  | ου |  | μονον |  | σε |  | αλλα |  | και |  | παντας |  | τους |  | ακουοντας |  | μου |  | σημερον |
much |  | not |  | only |  | thou |  | but |  | also |  | all |  | those |  | hearing |  | me |  | this day |

γενεσθαι |  | τοιουτους |  | οποιος |  | καγω |  | ειμι |  | παρεκτος |  | των |  | δεσμων |
should become |  | such |  | as |  | I also |  | am, |  | except |  | these bonds. |  | ♦ |

τουτων |  |
♦ |  |

| 30 | και |  | ταυτα |  | ειποντος |  | αυτου |  | ανεστη |  | ο |  | βασιλευς |  | και |  | ο |  | ηγεμων |  | η |
|  | And |  | these things |  | having 2 said 3 |  | he, 1 |  | rose 6 up 7 |  | the 4 |  | king 5 |  | and |  | the |  | governor |  | ♦ |

τε |  | βερνικη |  | και |  | οι |  | συγκαθημενοι |  | αυτοις |  |
also |  | Bernice |  | and |  | those who |  | sat with |  | them, |  |

| 31 | και |  | αναχωρησαντες |  | ελαλουν |  | προς |  | αλληλους |  | λεγοντες |  | οτι |  | ουδεν |
|  | and |  | having withdrawn |  | they spoke |  | to |  | one another |  | saying, |  | ♦ |  | Nothing |

θανατου |  | αξιον |  | η |  | δεσμων |  | πρασσει |  | ο |  | ανθρωπος |  | ουτος |  |
of 2 death 3 |  | worthy 1 |  | or |  | of bonds |  | does |  | this man. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 32 | αγριππας |  | δε |  | τω |  | φηστω |  | εφη |  | απολελυσθαι |  | εδυνατο |  | ο |  | ανθρωπος |
|  | And Agrippa |  | ♦ |  | to |  | Festus |  | said, |  | Have 4 been 5 let 6 go 7 |  | might 3 |  | ♦ |  | this 1 man 2 |

ουτος |  | ει |  | μη |  | επεκεκλητο |  | καισαρα |  |
♦ |  | if |  | he had not appealed to |  | ♦ |  | Ceasar. |  |