ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 23

| 1 | ατενισας |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | τω |  | συνεδριω |  | ειπεν |  | ανδρες |
|  | And having 2 looked 3 intently 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | to the |  | sanhedrim |  | said, |  | Men |

αδελφοι |  | εγω |  | παση |  | συνειδησει |  | αγαθη |  | πεπολιτευμαι |  | τω |  | θεω |
brethren, |  | I |  | in all |  | conscience 2 |  | good 1 |  | have conducted myself |  | ♦ |  | towards God |

αχρι |  | ταυτης |  | της |  | ημερας |  |
unto |  | this |  | ♦ |  | day. |  |

| 2 | ο |  | δε |  | αρχιερευς |  | ανανιας |  | επεταξεν |  | τοις |  | παρεστωσιν |  | αυτω |  | τυπτειν |
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | high priest |  | Ananias |  | ordered |  | those |  | standing by |  | him |  | to smite |

αυτου |  | το |  | στομα |  |
his |  | ♦ |  | mouth. |  |

| 3 | τοτε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | ειπεν |  | τυπτειν |  | σε |  | μελλει |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τοιχε |
|  | Then |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | to |  | him |  | said, |  | To 4 smite 5 |  | thee 6 |  | is 2 about 3 |  | ♦ |  | God, 1 |  | wall 8 |

κεκονιαμενε |  | και |  | συ |  | καθη |  | κρινων |  | με |  | κατα |  | τον |  | νομον |  | και |
whited. 9 |  | And |  | thou |  | dost thou sit |  | judging |  | me |  | according to |  | the |  | law, |  | and |

παρανομων |  | κελευεις |  | με |  | τυπτεσθαι |  |
contrary to law |  | commandest |  | me |  | to be smitten? |  |

| 4 | οι |  | δε |  | παρεστωτες |  | ειπον |  | τον |  | αρχιερεα |  | του |  | θεου |
|  | And those who |  | ♦ |  | stood by |  | said, |  | The 4 |  | high 5 priest 6 |  | ♦ |  | of 7 God 8 |

λοιδορεις |  |
railest 1 thou 2 at? 3 |  |

| 5 | εφη |  | τε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | ουκ |  | ηδειν |  | αδελφοι |  | οτι |  | εστιν |  | αρχιερευς
|  | And said 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |  | I was not conscious, |  | ♦ |  | brethren, |  | that |  | he is |  | a high priest;

| γεγραπται |  | γαρ |  | αρχοντα |  | του |  | λαου |  | σου |  | ουκ |  | ερεις |
| for it has been written, |  | ♦ |  | A ruler |  | of thy people |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | not 3 |  | thou 1 shalt speak 2 |

κακως |  |
of 2 evil. 1 |  |

| 6 | γνους |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | οτι |  | το |  | εν |  | μερος |  | εστιν |  | σαδδουκαιων |  | το
|  | But having 2 known 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | that |  | the |  | one |  | part |  | consists |  | of Sadducees |  | and the

| δε |  | ετερον |  | φαρισαιων |  | εκραξεν |  | εν |  | τω |  | συνεδριω |  | ανδρες |  | αδελφοι |  | εγω |
| ♦ |  | other |  | of Pharisees |  | cried out |  | in |  | the |  | sanhedrim, |  | Men |  | brethren, |  | I |

φαρισαιος |  | ειμι |  | υιος |  | φαρισαιου |  | περι |  | ελπιδος |  | και |  | αναστασεως |
a Pharisee |  | am, |  | son |  | of a Pharisee: |  | concerning |  | a hope |  | and |  | resurrection |

νεκρων |  | εγω |  | κρινομαι |  |
of [the] dead |  | I |  | am judged. |  |

| 7 | τουτο |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | λαλησαντος |  | εγενετο |  | στασις |  | των |  | φαρισαιων |  | και |
|  | And this |  | ♦ |  | he |  | having spoken |  | there was |  | a dissension |  | of the |  | Pharisees |  | and |

των |  | σαδδουκαιων |  | και |  | εσχισθη |  | το |  | πληθος |  |
the |  | Sadducees, |  | and |  | was divided |  | the |  | multitude. |  |

| 8 | σαδδουκαιοι |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | λεγουσιν |  | μη |  | ειναι |  | αναστασιν |  | μηδε |
|  | Sadducees 2 |  | indeed 3 |  | for 1 |  | say |  | there is no |  | ♦ |  | resurrection |  | nor |

αγγελον |  | μητε |  | πνευμα |  | φαρισαιοι |  | δε |  | ομολογουσιν |  | τα |  | αμφοτερα |  |
angel |  | nor |  | spirit; |  | but Pharisees |  | ♦ |  | confess |  | ♦ |  | both. |  |

| 9 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | κραυγη |  | μεγαλη |  | και |  | ανασταντες |  | οι |  | γραμματεις |  | του |
|  | And there was |  | ♦ |  | a clamour 2 |  | great, 1 |  | and |  | having risen up |  | the |  | scribes |  | of the |

μερους |  | των |  | φαρισαιων |  | διεμαχοντο |  | λεγοντες |  | ουδεν |  | κακον |
part |  | of the |  | Pharisees |  | they were contending, |  | saying, |  | Nothing |  | evil |

ευρισκομεν |  | εν |  | τω |  | ανθρωπω |  | τουτω |  | ει |  | δε |  | πνευμα |  | ελαλησεν |  | αυτω |
we find |  | in |  | this man; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and if |  | ♦ |  | a spirit |  | spoke |  | to him |

η |  | αγγελος |  | μη |  | θεομαχωμεν |  |
or |  | an angel |  | let us not fight against God. |  | ♦ |  |

| 10 | πολλης |  | δε |  | γενομενης |  | στασεως |  | ευλαβηθεις |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | μη |
|  | And a great |  | ♦ |  | arising 2 |  | dissension, 1 |  | fearing 6 |  | the 3 |  | chief 4 captain 5 |  | lest |

διασπασθη |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | υπ |  | αυτων |  | εκελευσεν |  | το |  | στρατευμα |
should 2 be 3 torn 4 in 5 pieces 6 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | by |  | them, |  | commanded |  | the |  | troop |

καταβαν |  | αρπασαι |  | αυτον |  | εκ |  | μεσου |  | αυτων |  | αγειν |  | τε |  | εις |
having gone down |  | to take by force |  | him |  | from |  | midst 2 |  | their, 1 |  | and to bring [him] |  | ♦ |  | into |

την |  | παρεμβολην |  |
the |  | fortress. |  |

| 11 | τη |  | δε |  | επιουση |  | νυκτι |  | επιστας |  | αυτω |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | ειπεν |
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | following |  | night |  | standing 3 by 4 |  | him 5 |  | the 1 |  | Lord 2 |  | said, |

θαρσει |  | παυλε |  | ως |  | γαρ |  | διεμαρτυρω |  | τα |  | περι |  | εμου |
Be of good courage, |  | Paul; |  | for as |  | ♦ |  | thou didst fully testify |  | the things |  | concerning |  | me |

εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | ουτως |  | σε |  | δει |  | και |  | εις |  | ρωμην |  | μαρτυρησαι |  |
at |  | Jerusalem, |  | so |  | thou must |  | ♦ |  | also |  | at |  | Rome |  | bear witness. |  |

| 12 | γενομενης |  | δε |  | ημερας |  | ποιησαντες |  | τινες |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | συστροφην |
|  | And it being |  | ♦ |  | day, |  | having 5 made 6 |  | some 1 |  | of 2 the 3 |  | Jews 4 |  | a combination |

ανεθεματισαν |  | εαυτους |  | λεγοντες |  | μητε |  | φαγειν |  | μητε |  | πιειν |  | εως |  | ου |
put under 2 a 3 curse 4 |  | themselves, 1 |  | declaring |  | neither |  | to eat |  | nor |  | to drink |  | till |  | ♦ |

αποκτεινωσιν |  | τον |  | παυλον |  |
they should kill |  | ♦ |  | Paul. |  |

| 13 | ησαν |  | δε |  | πλειους |  | τεσσαρακοντα |  | οι |  | ταυτην |  | την |  | συνωμοσιαν |
|  | And they were |  | ♦ |  | more than |  | forty |  | who |  | this |  | ♦ |  | conspiracy |

πεποιηκοτες |  |
had made; |  |

| 14 | οιτινες |  | προσελθοντες |  | τοις |  | αρχιερευσιν |  | και |  | τοις |  | πρεσβυτεροις |  | ειπον |
|  | who |  | having come |  | to the |  | chief priests |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | said, |

αναθεματι |  | ανεθεματισαμεν |  | εαυτους |  | μηδενος |  | γευσασθαι |  | εως |  | ου |
With a curse |  | we have cursed |  | ourselves, |  | nothing |  | to taste |  | until |  | ♦ |

αποκτεινωμεν |  | τον |  | παυλον |  |
we should kill |  | ♦ |  | Paul. |  |

| 15 | νυν |  | ουν |  | υμεις |  | εμφανισατε |  | τω |  | χιλιαρχω |  | συν |  | τω |  | συνεδριω |
|  | Now |  | therefore |  | ye |  | make a representation |  | to the |  | chief captain |  | with |  | the |  | sanhedrim, |

οπως |  | αυριον |  | αυτον |  | καταγαγη |  | προς |  | υμας |  | ως |  | μελλοντας |
so that |  | to-morrow |  | him |  | he may bring down |  | to |  | you, |  | as |  | being about |

διαγινωσκειν |  | ακριβεστερον |  | τα |  | περι |  | αυτου |  | ημεις |  | δε |  | προ |  | του |
to examine |  | more accurately |  | the things |  | concerning |  | him, |  | and we, |  | ♦ |  | before |  | ♦ |

εγγισαι |  | αυτον |  | ετοιμοι |  | εσμεν |  | του |  | ανελειν |  | αυτον |  |
drawing 2 near 3 |  | his 1 |  | ready 5 |  | are 4 |  | ♦ |  | to put to death |  | him. |  |

| 16 | ακουσας |  | δε |  | ο |  | υιος |  | της |  | αδελφης |  | παυλου |  | το |  | ενεδρον |
|  | But having 8 heard 9 of 10 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | son 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | sister 5 |  | of 6 Paul 7 |  | the |  | lying in wait, |

παραγενομενος |  | και |  | εισελθων |  | εις |  | την |  | παρεμβολην |  | απηγγειλεν |  | τω |
having come near |  | and |  | entered |  | into |  | the |  | fortress |  | he reported [it] |  | ♦ |

παυλω |  |
to Paul. |  |

| 17 | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | ενα |  | των |  | εκατονταρχων |  | εφη |
|  | And having 2 called 3 to 4 [him] 5 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | one |  | of the |  | centurions, |  | said, |

τον |  | νεανιαν |  | τουτον |  | απαγαγε |  | προς |  | τον |  | χιλιαρχον |  | εχει |  | γαρ |
This 2 young 3 man 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | take |  | to |  | the |  | chief captain, |  | he 2 has 3 |  | for 1 |

τι |  | απαγγειλαι |  | αυτω |  |
something |  | to report |  | to him. |  |

| 18 | ο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | παραλαβων |  | αυτον |  | ηγαγεν |  | προς |  | τον |  | χιλιαρχον |  | και |
|  | He |  | indeed |  | therfore |  | having taken |  | him |  | brought [him] |  | to |  | the |  | chief captain, |  | and |

φησιν |  | ο |  | δεσμιος |  | παυλος |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | με |  | ηρωτησεν |  | τουτον |  | τον |
says, |  | The |  | prisoner |  | Paul |  | having called to 2 [him] 3 |  | me 1 |  | asked [me] |  | this |  | ♦ |

νεανιαν |  | αγαγειν |  | προς |  | σε |  | εχοντα |  | τι |  | λαλησαι |  | σοι |  |
young man |  | to lead |  | to |  | thee, |  | having |  | something |  | to say |  | to thee. |  |

| 19 | επιλαβομενος |  | δε |  | της |  | χειρος |  | αυτου |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | και |
|  | And having 4 taken 5 hold 6 |  | ♦ |  | of 7 his 8 hand 9 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | chief 2 captain, 3 |  | and |

αναχωρησας |  | κατ |  | ιδιαν |  | επυνθανετο |  | τι |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | εχεις |  | απαγγειλαι |
having withdrawn |  | apart |  | ♦ |  | inquired, |  | What |  | is it |  | which |  | thou hast |  | to report |

μοι |  |
to me? |  |

| 20 | ειπεν |  | δε |  | οτι |  | οι |  | ιουδαιοι |  | συνεθεντο |  | του |  | ερωτησαι |  | σε |  | οπως |
|  | And he said, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | The |  | Jews |  | agreed |  | ♦ |  | to request |  | thee, |  | that |

αυριον |  | εις |  | το |  | συνεδριον |  | καταγαγης |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | ως |  | μελλοντες |
to-morrow |  | into |  | the |  | sanhedrim |  | thou mayest bring down |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |  | as |  | being about |

τι |  | ακριβεστερον |  | πυνθανεσθαι |  | περι |  | αυτου |  |
something 3 |  | more 4 accurately 5 |  | to 1 inquire 2 |  | concerning |  | him. |  |

| 21 | συ |  | ουν |  | μη |  | πεισθης |  | αυτοις |  | ενεδρευουσιν |  | γαρ |  | αυτον |  | εξ |
|  | Thou |  | therefore |  | be not persuaded |  | ♦ |  | to them |  | for lie in wait for |  | ♦ |  | him |  | of |

αυτων |  | ανδρες |  | πλειους |  | τεσσαρακοντα |  | οιτινες |  | ανεθεματισαν |  | εαυτους |
them |  | men 4 |  | more 1 than 2 |  | forty 3 |  | who |  | put under 2 a 3 curse 4 |  | themselves 1 |

μητε |  | φαγειν |  | μητε |  | πιειν |  | εως |  | ου |  | ανελωσιν |  | αυτον |  | και |  | νυν |  | ετοιμοι |
neither |  | to eat |  | not |  | to drink |  | till |  | ♦ |  | they put to death |  | him; |  | and |  | now |  | ready |

εισιν |  | προσδεχομενοι |  | την |  | απο |  | σου |  | επαγγελιαν |  |
they are |  | waiting |  | the |  | from 2 |  | you 3 |  | promise. 1 |  |

| 22 | ο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | χιλιαρχος |  | απελυσεν |  | τον |  | νεανιαν |  | παραγγειλας |
|  | The |  | ♦ |  | therefore 3 |  | chief 1 captain 2 |  | dismissed |  | the |  | young man, |  | having charged [him] |

μηδενι |  | εκλαλησαι |  | οτι |  | ταυτα |  | ενεφανισας |  | προς |  | με |  |
to no one |  | to utter |  | that |  | these things |  | thou didst represent |  | to |  | me. |  |

| 23 | και |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | δυο |  | τινας |  | των |  | εκατονταρχων |  | ειπεν |
|  | And |  | having called to [him] |  | two 2 |  | certain 1 |  | of the |  | centurions |  | he said, |

ετοιμασατε |  | στρατιωτας |  | διακοσιους |  | οπως |  | πορευθωσιν |  | εως |  | καισαρειας |
Prepare |  | soldiers |  | two hundred, |  | that |  | they may go |  | as far as |  | Ceasarea, |

και |  | ιππεις |  | εβδομηκοντα |  | και |  | δεξιολαβους |  | διακοσιους |  | απο |  | τριτης |  | ωρας |
and |  | horsemen |  | seventy, |  | and |  | spearmen |  | two hundred, |  | for |  | the third |  | hour |

της |  | νυκτος |  |
of the |  | night. |  |

| 24 | κτηνη |  | τε |  | παραστησαι |  | ινα |  | επιβιβασαντες |  | τον |  | παυλον |
|  | And beasts 4 |  | ♦ |  | to 1 have 2 provided, 3 |  | that |  | having set on 2 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |

διασωσωσιν |  | προς |  | φηλικα |  | τον |  | ηγεμονα |  |
they might carry [him] safe through |  | to |  | Felix |  | the |  | governor, |  |

| 25 | γραψας |  | επιστολην |  | περιεχουσαν |  | τον |  | τυπον |  | τουτον |  |
|  | having written |  | a letter |  | having |  | this form: |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 26 | κλαυδιος |  | λυσιας |  | τω |  | κρατιστω |  | ηγεμονι |  | φηλικι |  | χαιρειν |  |
|  | Claudius |  | Lysias |  | to the |  | most excellent |  | governor, |  | Felix, |  | greeting. |  |

| 27 | τον |  | ανδρα |  | τουτον |  | συλληφθεντα |  | υπο |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | και |  | μελλοντα |
|  | This man, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having been seized |  | by |  | the |  | Jews, |  | and |  | being about |

αναιρεισθαι |  | υπ |  | αυτων |  | επιστας |  | συν |  | τω |  | στρατευματι |  | εξειλομην |
to be put to death |  | by |  | them, |  | having come up |  | with |  | the |  | troop |  | I rescued |

αυτον |  | μαθων |  | οτι |  | ρωμαιος |  | εστιν |  |
him, |  | having learnt |  | that |  | a Roman |  | he is. |  |

| 28 | βουλομενος |  | δε |  | γνωναι |  | την |  | αιτιαν |  | δι |  | ην |  | ενεκαλουν |  | αυτω |
|  | And desiring |  | ♦ |  | to know |  | the |  | charge |  | on account of |  | which |  | they accused |  | him |

κατηγαγον |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | το |  | συνεδριον |  | αυτων |  |
I brought down |  | him |  | to |  | ♦ |  | their sanhedrim: |  | ♦ |  |

| 29 | ον |  | ευρον |  | εγκαλουμενον |  | περι |  | ζητηματων |  | του |  | νομου |  | αυτων
|  | whom |  | I found |  | to be accused |  | concerning |  | questions |  | of their law, |  | ♦ |  | ♦

| μηδεν |  | δε |  | αξιον |  | θανατου |  | η |  | δεσμων |  | εγκλημα |  | εχοντα |  |
| but no 2 |  | ♦ |  | worthy 4 |  | of 5 death 6 |  | or 7 |  | of 8 bonds 9 |  | accusation 3 |  | having, 1 |  |

| 30 | μηνυθεισης |  | δε |  | μοι |  | επιβουλης |  | εις |  | τον |  | ανδρα |  | μελλειν |
|  | And it having been intimated |  | ♦ |  | to me |  | of a plot |  | against |  | the |  | man |  | about |

εσεσθαι |  | υπο |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | εξαυτης |  | επεμψα |  | προς |  | σε |  | παραγγειλας |
to be [carried out] |  | by |  | the |  | Jews |  | at once |  | I sent [him] |  | to |  | thee, |  | having charged |

και |  | τοις |  | κατηγοροις |  | λεγειν |  | τα |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | επι |  | σου |  | ερρωσο |  |
also |  | the |  | accusers |  | to say |  | the things |  | against |  | him |  | before |  | thee. |  | Farewell. |  |

| 31 | οι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | στρατιωται |  | κατα |  | το |  | διατεταγμενον |  | αυτοις |
|  | The |  | ♦ |  | therefore 2 |  | soldiers, 1 |  | according to |  | the |  | orders given |  | to them, |

αναλαβοντες |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | ηγαγον |  | δια |  | της |  | νυκτος |  | εις |  | την |  | αντιπατριδα |  |
having taken |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | brought [him] |  | by |  | ♦ |  | night |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Antipatris, |  |

| 32 | τη |  | δε |  | επαυριον |  | εασαντες |  | τους |  | ιππεις |  | πορευεσθαι |  | συν |  | αυτω |
|  | and on the |  | ♦ |  | morrow |  | having left |  | the |  | horsemen |  | to go |  | with |  | him, |

υπεστρεψαν |  | εις |  | την |  | παρεμβολην |  |
they returned |  | to |  | the |  | fortress. |  |

| 33 | οιτινες |  | εισελθοντες |  | εις |  | την |  | καισαρειαν |  | και |  | αναδοντες |  | την |  | επιστολην |
|  | Who |  | having entered |  | into |  | ♦ |  | Ceasarea, |  | and |  | given up |  | the |  | letter |

τω |  | ηγεμονι |  | παρεστησαν |  | και |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | αυτω |  |
to the |  | governor, |  | presented |  | also |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | to him. |  |

| 34 | αναγνους |  | δε |  | ο |  | ηγεμων |  | και |  | επερωτησας |  | εκ |  | ποιας |  | επαρχιας |
|  | And having 3 read 4 [it] 5 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | governor, 2 |  | and |  | having asked |  | of |  | what |  | province |

εστιν |  | και |  | πυθομενος |  | οτι |  | απο |  | κιλικιας |  |
he is, |  | and |  | having learnt |  | that |  | from |  | Cilicia [he is], |  |

| 35 | διακουσομαι |  | σου |  | εφη |  | οταν |  | και |  | οι |  | κατηγοροι |  | σου |  | παραγενωνται |
|  | I will hear 2 fully 1 |  | thee, |  | he said, |  | when |  | also |  | ♦ |  | accusers 2 |  | thine 1 |  | may have arrived. |

εκελευσεν |  | τε |  | αυτον |  | εν |  | τω |  | πραιτωριω |  | του |  | ηρωδου |  | φυλασσεσθαι |  |
And he commanded |  | ♦ |  | him |  | in |  | the |  | praetorium |  | ♦ |  | of Herod |  | to be kept. |  |