ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 28

| 1 | και |  | διασωθεντες |  | τοτε |  | επεγνωσαν |  | οτι |  | μελιτη |  | η |  | νησος |  | καλειται |  |
|  | And |  | having been saved |  | then |  | they knew |  | that |  | Melita |  | the |  | island |  | is called. |  |

| 2 | οι |  | δε |  | βαρβαροι |  | παρειχον |  | ου |  | την |  | τυχουσαν |  | φιλανθρωπιαν |  | ημιν |
|  | And the |  | ♦ |  | barbarians |  | shewed |  | no |  | ♦ |  | common |  | philanthropy |  | to us; |

αναψαντες |  | γαρ |  | πυραν |  | προσελαβοντο |  | παντας |  | ημας |  | δια |  | τον |  | υετον |
for having kindled |  | ♦ |  | a fire |  | they received |  | all |  | of us, |  | because of |  | the |  | rain |

τον |  | εφεστωτα |  | και |  | δια |  | το |  | ψυχος |  |
that |  | was present |  | and |  | because |  | of the |  | cold. |  |

| 3 | συστρεψαντος |  | δε |  | του |  | παυλου |  | φρυγανων |  | πληθος |  | και |
|  | And having 2 gathered 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | of 6 sticks 7 |  | a 4 quantity, 5 |  | and |

επιθεντος |  | επι |  | την |  | πυραν |  | εχιδνα |  | εκ |  | της |  | θερμης |  | εξελθουσα |
having laid [them] |  | on |  | the |  | fire |  | a viper |  | out of |  | the |  | heat |  | having come |

καθηψεν |  | της |  | χειρος |  | αυτου |  |
wound about |  | his hand. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | ως |  | δε |  | ειδον |  | οι |  | βαρβαροι |  | κρεμαμενον |  | το |  | θηριον |  | εκ |  | της |
|  | And when |  | ♦ |  | saw 3 |  | the 1 |  | barbarians 2 |  | hanging 6 |  | the 4 |  | beast 5 |  | from |  | his hand |

χειρος |  | αυτου |  | ελεγον |  | προς |  | αλληλους |  | παντως |  | φονευς |  | εστιν |  | ο |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | they said |  | to |  | one another, |  | By all means |  | a murderer |  | is |  | ♦ |

ανθρωπος |  | ουτος |  | ον |  | διασωθεντα |  | εκ |  | της |  | θαλασσης |  | η |  | δικη |  | ζην |  | ουκ
man 2 |  | this, 1 |  | whom |  | having been saved |  | from |  | the |  | sea |  | ♦ |  | justice |  | to 3 live 4 |  | not 2

| ειασεν |  |
| permitted. 1 |  |

| 5 | ο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | αποτιναξας |  | το |  | θηριον |  | εις |  | το |  | πυρ |  | επαθεν |  | ουδεν |  | κακον |  |
|  | He |  | indeed |  | then |  | having shaken off |  | the |  | beast |  | into |  | the |  | fire |  | suffered |  | no |  | injury. |  |

| 6 | οι |  | δε |  | προσεδοκων |  | αυτον |  | μελλειν |  | πιμπρασθαι |  | η |  | καταπιπτειν |
|  | Byt they |  | ♦ |  | were expecting |  | him |  | to be about |  | to become inflamed |  | or |  | to fall down |

αφνω |  | νεκρον |  | επι |  | πολυ |  | δε |  | αυτων |  | προσδοκωντων |  | και |
suddenly |  | dead. |  | But for a long time |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | they |  | expecting |  | and |

θεωρουντων |  | μηδεν |  | ατοπον |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | γινομενον |  | μεταβαλλομενοι |
seeing |  | nothing |  | amiss |  | to |  | him |  | happening, |  | changing their opinion |

ελεγον |  | θεον |  | αυτον |  | ειναι |  |
said |  | a god |  | he |  | was. |  |

| 7 | εν |  | δε |  | τοις |  | περι |  | τον |  | τοπον |  | εκεινον |  | υπηρχεν |  | χωρια |
|  | Now in |  | ♦ |  | the [parts] |  | about |  | that place |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | were |  | lands |

τω |  | πρωτω |  | της |  | νησου |  | ονοματι |  | ποπλιω |  | ος |  | αναδεξαμενος |  | ημας |
belonging to the |  | chief |  | of the |  | island, |  | by name |  | Publius, |  | who |  | having received |  | us |

τρεις |  | ημερας |  | φιλοφρονως |  | εξενισεν |  |
three |  | days |  | in a friendly way |  | lodged [us]. |  |

| 8 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | τον |  | πατερα |  | του |  | ποπλιου |  | πυρετοις |  | και |  | δυσεντερια |
|  | And it happened |  | ♦ |  | the |  | father |  | ♦ |  | of Publius |  | fevers 4 |  | and 5 |  | dysentery 6 |

συνεχομενον |  | κατακεισθαι |  | προς |  | ον |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | εισελθων |  | και |
oppressed 2 with 3 |  | lay, 1 |  | to |  | whom |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | having entered |  | and |

προσευξαμενος |  | επιθεις |  | τας |  | χειρας |  | αυτω |  | ιασατο |  | αυτον |  |
having prayed, |  | having laid on [his] 2 |  | ♦ |  | hands 3 |  | him 1 |  | cured |  | him. |  |

| 9 | τουτου |  | ουν |  | γενομενου |  | και |  | οι |  | λοιποι |  | οι |  | εχοντες |  | ασθενειας |  | εν |  | τη
|  | This |  | therefore |  | having taken place |  | also |  | the |  | rest |  | who |  | had |  | infirmities |  | in |  | the

| νησω |  | προσηρχοντο |  | και |  | εθεραπευοντο |  |
| island |  | came |  | and |  | were healed: |  |

| 10 | οι |  | και |  | πολλαις |  | τιμαις |  | ετιμησαν |  | ημας |  | και |  | αναγομενοις |  | επεθεντο |
|  | who |  | also |  | with many |  | honours |  | honoured |  | us, |  | and |  | on setting sail |  | they laid on [us] |

τα |  | προς |  | την |  | χρειαν |  |
the things |  | for [our] |  | ♦ |  | need. |  |

| 11 | μετα |  | δε |  | τρεις |  | μηνας |  | ανηχθημεν |  | εν |  | πλοιω |  | παρακεχειμακοτι |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | And after |  | ♦ |  | three |  | months |  | we sailed |  | in |  | a ship |  | which had wintered |  | in |  | the |

νησω |  | αλεξανδρινω |  | παρασημω |  | διοσκουροις |  |
island, |  | an Alexandrian, |  | with an ensign [the] |  | Dioscuri. |  |

| 12 | και |  | καταχθεντες |  | εις |  | συρακουσας |  | επεμειναμεν |  | ημερας |  | τρεις |  |
|  | And |  | having been brought to |  | at |  | Syracuse |  | we remained |  | days 2 |  | three. 1 |  |

| 13 | οθεν |  | περιελθοντες |  | κατηντησαμεν |  | εις |  | ρηγιον |  | και |  | μετα |  | μιαν |  | ημεραν |
|  | Whence |  | having gone round |  | we arrived |  | at |  | Rhegium; |  | and |  | after |  | one |  | day, |

επιγενομενου |  | νοτου |  | δευτεραιοι |  | ηλθομεν |  | εις |  | ποτιολους |  |
having 4 come 5 on 6 |  | a 1 south 2 wind, 3 |  | on the second day |  | we came |  | to |  | Puteoli; |  |

| 14 | ου |  | ευροντες |  | αδελφους |  | παρεκληθημεν |  | επ |  | αυτοις |  | επιμειναι |  | ημερας
|  | where |  | having found |  | brethren |  | we were entreated |  | with 3 |  | them 4 |  | to 1 remain 2 |  | days 6

| επτα |  | και |  | ουτως |  | εις |  | την |  | ρωμην |  | ηλθομεν |  |
| seven. 5 |  | And |  | thus |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Rome |  | we came. |  |

| 15 | κακειθεν |  | οι |  | αδελφοι |  | ακουσαντες |  | τα |  | περι |  | ημων |  | εξηλθον |  | εις |
|  | And thence |  | the |  | brethren |  | having heard |  | the things |  | concerning |  | us |  | came out |  | to |

απαντησιν |  | ημιν |  | αχρις |  | αππιου |  | φορου |  | και |  | τριων |  | ταβερνων |
meet |  | use |  | as far as |  | [the] market-place of Appius |  | ♦ |  | and |  | Three |  | Taverns; |

ους |  | ιδων |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | ευχαριστησας |  | τω |  | θεω |  | ελαβεν |  | θαρσος |  |
whom |  | seeing 2 |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |  | having given thanks |  | ♦ |  | God |  | he took |  | courage. |  |

| 16 | οτε |  | δε |  | ηλθομεν |  | εις |  | ρωμην |  | ο |  | εκατονταρχος |  | παρεδωκεν |  | τους |
|  | And when |  | ♦ |  | we came |  | to |  | Rome |  | the |  | centurion |  | delivered |  | the |

δεσμιους |  | τω |  | στρατοπεδαρχη |  | τω |  | δε |  | παυλω |  | επετραπη |  | μενειν |  | καθ |
prisoners |  | to the |  | commander of the camp, |  | but Paul |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | was allowed |  | to remain |  | by |

εαυτον |  | συν |  | τω |  | φυλασσοντι |  | αυτον |  | στρατιωτη |  |
himself, |  | with |  | the |  | who 2 kept 3 |  | him 4 |  | soldier. 1 |  |

| 17 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | μετα |  | ημερας |  | τρεις |  | συγκαλεσασθαι |  | τον |  | παυλον |
|  | And it came to pass |  | ♦ |  | after |  | days 2 |  | three 1 |  | called 4 together 5 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 3 |

τους |  | οντας |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | πρωτους |  | συνελθοντων |  | δε |
those who |  | were |  | of 3 the 4 |  | Jews 6 |  | chief 1 ones. 2 |  | And having 2 come 3 together 4 |  | ♦ |

αυτων |  | ελεγεν |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | ανδρες |  | αδελφοι |  | εγω |  | ουδεν |  | εναντιον |
they 1 |  | he said |  | to |  | them, |  | Men |  | brethren, |  | I |  | nothing 3 |  | against 4 |

ποιησας |  | τω |  | λαω |  | η |  | τοις |  | εθεσιν |  | τοις |  | πατρωοις |  | δεσμιος |  | εξ |
having 1 done 2 |  | the |  | people |  | or |  | the |  | customs 2 |  | ♦ |  | ancestral 1 |  | a prisoner |  | from |

ιεροσολυμων |  | παρεδοθην |  | εις |  | τας |  | χειρας |  | των |  | ρωμαιων |  |
Jerusalem |  | was delivered |  | into |  | the |  | hands |  | of the |  | Romans, |  |

| 18 | οιτινες |  | ανακριναντες |  | με |  | εβουλοντο |  | απολυσαι |  | δια |  | το |  | μηδεμιαν |
|  | who |  | having examined |  | me |  | wished |  | to let [me] go, |  | because |  | ♦ |  | not one |

αιτιαν |  | θανατου |  | υπαρχειν |  | εν |  | εμοι |  |
cause |  | of death |  | was there |  | in |  | me. |  |

| 19 | αντιλεγοντων |  | δε |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | ηναγκασθην |  | επικαλεσασθαι |
|  | But speaking 3 against 4 [it] 5 |  | ♦ |  | of the 1 |  | Jews 2 |  | I was compelled |  | to appeal to |

καισαρα |  | ουχ |  | ως |  | του |  | εθνους |  | μου |  | εχων |  | τι |  | κατηγορησαι |  |
Ceasar, |  | not |  | as |  | my nation |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having 1 |  | anything 2 |  | to 3 lay 4 against. 5 |  |

| 20 | δια |  | ταυτην |  | ουν |  | την |  | αιτιαν |  | παρεκαλεσα |  | υμας |  | ιδειν |  | και |
|  | For |  | this |  | therefore 2 |  | ♦ |  | cause 1 |  | I called for |  | you |  | to see |  | and |

προσλαλησαι |  | ενεκεν |  | γαρ |  | της |  | ελπιδος |  | του |  | ισραηλ |  | την |  | αλυσιν |
to speak to [you]; |  | for on account of |  | ♦ |  | the |  | hope |  | ♦ |  | of Israel |  | this chain |  | ♦ |

ταυτην |  | περικειμαι |  |
♦ |  | I have around [me]. |  |

| 21 | οι |  | δε |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | ειπον |  | ημεις |  | ουτε |  | γραμματα |  | περι |  | σου |
|  | And they |  | ♦ |  | to |  | him |  | said, |  | We |  | neither |  | letters |  | concerning |  | thee |

εδεξαμεθα |  | απο |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | ουτε |  | παραγενομενος |  | τις |  | των |  | αδελφων |
received |  | from |  | ♦ |  | Judaea, |  | nor |  | having arrived |  | any one |  | of the |  | brethren |

απηγγειλεν |  | η |  | ελαλησεν |  | τι |  | περι |  | σου |  | πονηρον |  |
reported |  | or |  | said |  | anything |  | concerning 2 |  | thee 3 |  | evil. 1 |  |

| 22 | αξιουμεν |  | δε |  | παρα |  | σου |  | ακουσαι |  | α |  | φρονεις |  | περι |
|  | But we think well |  | ♦ |  | from |  | thee |  | to hear |  | what |  | thou thinkest, |  | for indeed as concerning |

μεν |  | γαρ |  | της |  | αιρεσεως |  | ταυτης |  | γνωστον |  | εστιν |  | ημιν |  | οτι |  | πανταχου |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | this sect |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | known |  | it is |  | to us |  | that |  | everywhere |

αντιλεγεται |  |
it is spoken against. |  |

| 23 | ταξαμενοι |  | δε |  | αυτω |  | ημεραν |  | ηκον |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | την |  | ξενιαν |
|  | And having appointed |  | ♦ |  | him |  | a day |  | came |  | to |  | him |  | to |  | the |  | lodging |

πλειονες |  | οις |  | εξετιθετο |  | διαμαρτυρομενος |  | την |  | βασιλειαν |  | του |  | θεου |
many, |  | to whom |  | he expounded, |  | fully testifying |  | the |  | kingdom |  | ♦ |  | of God, |

πειθων |  | τε |  | αυτους |  | τα |  | περι |  | του |  | ιησου |  | απο |  | τε |  | του |  | νομου |
and persuading |  | ♦ |  | them |  | the things |  | concerning |  | ♦ |  | Jesus, |  | both from |  | ♦ |  | the |  | law |

μωσεως |  | και |  | των |  | προφητων |  | απο |  | πρωι |  | εως |  | εσπερας |  |
of Moses |  | and |  | the |  | prophets, |  | from |  | morning |  | to |  | evening. |  |

| 24 | και |  | οι |  | μεν |  | επειθοντο |  | τοις |  | λεγομενοις |  | οι |  | δε |  | ηπιστουν |  |
|  | And |  | some |  | indeed |  | were persuaded of |  | the things |  | spoken, |  | but some |  | ♦ |  | disbelieved. |  |

| 25 | ασυμφωνοι |  | δε |  | οντες |  | προς |  | αλληλους |  | απελυοντο |  | ειποντος |  | του |
|  | And disagreeing |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with |  | one another |  | they departed; |  | having 2 spoken 3 |  | ♦ |

παυλου |  | ρημα |  | εν |  | οτι |  | καλως |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | το |  | αγιον |  | ελαλησεν |  | δια |  | ησαιου |
Paul 1 |  | word 5 |  | one, 4 |  | ♦ |  | Wel |  | the |  | Spirit |  | the |  | Holy |  | spoke |  | by |  | Esaias |

του |  | προφητου |  | προς |  | τους |  | πατερας |  | ημων |  |
the |  | prophet |  | to |  | ♦ |  | fathers 2 |  | our, 1 |  |

| 26 | λεγον |  | πορευθητι |  | προς |  | τον |  | λαον |  | τουτον |  | και |  | ειπε |  | ακοη |
|  | saying, |  | Go |  | to |  | this people, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | say, |  | In hearing |

ακουσετε |  | και |  | ου |  | μη |  | συνητε |  | και |  | βλεποντες |  | βλεψετε |  | και |  | ου |
ye shall hear, |  | and |  | in no wise |  | ♦ |  | understand, |  | and |  | seeing |  | ye shall see, |  | and |  | in no wise |

μη |  | ιδητε |  |
♦ |  | perceive. |  |

| 27 | επαχυνθη |  | γαρ |  | η |  | καρδια |  | του |  | λαου |  | τουτου |  | και |  | τοις |  | ωσιν |
|  | For has grown fat |  | ♦ |  | the |  | heart |  | of this people, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | with the |  | ears |

βαρεως |  | ηκουσαν |  | και |  | τους |  | οφθαλμους |  | αυτων |  | εκαμμυσαν |  | μηποτε
heavily |  | they have heard, |  | and |  | their eyes |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | they have closed, |  | lest

| ιδωσιν |  | τοις |  | οφθαλμοις |  | και |  | τοις |  | ωσιν |  | ακουσωσιν |  | και |  | τη |
| they should see |  | with the |  | eyes, |  | and |  | with the |  | ears |  | they should hear, |  | and |  | with the |

καρδια |  | συνωσιν |  | και |  | επιστρεψωσιν |  | και |  | ιασωμαι |  | αυτους |  |
heart |  | they should understand, |  | and |  | should be converted, |  | and |  | I should heal |  | them. |  |

| 28 | γνωστον |  | ουν |  | εστω |  | υμιν |  | οτι |  | τοις |  | εθνεσιν |  | απεσταλη |  | το |  | σωτηριον |
|  | Known |  | therefore |  | be it |  | to you, |  | that |  | to the |  | nations |  | is sent |  | the |  | salvation |

του |  | θεου |  | αυτοι |  | και |  | ακουσονται |  |
♦ |  | of God; |  | and they |  | ♦ |  | will hear. |  |

| 29 | και |  | ταυτα |  | αυτου |  | ειποντος |  | απηλθον |  | οι |  | ιουδαιοι |  | πολλην |  | εχοντες |
|  | And |  | these things |  | he |  | having said |  | went 3 away 4 |  | the 1 |  | Jews, 2 |  | much 6 |  | having 5 |

εν |  | εαυτοις |  | συζητησιν |  |
among 8 |  | themselves 9 |  | discussion. 7 |  |

| 30 | εμεινεν |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | διετιαν |  | ολην |  | εν |  | ιδιω |  | μισθωματι |  | και |
|  | And abode 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | two years 2 |  | whole 1 |  | in |  | his own |  | hired house, |  | and |

απεδεχετο |  | παντας |  | τους |  | εισπορευομενους |  | προς |  | αυτον |  |
welcomed |  | all |  | who |  | came in |  | to |  | him, |  |

| 31 | κηρυσσων |  | την |  | βασιλειαν |  | του |  | θεου |  | και |  | διδασκων |  | τα |  | περι |  | του
|  | proclaimng |  | the |  | kingdom |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | and |  | teaching |  | the things |  | concerning |  | the

| κυριου |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | μετα |  | πασης |  | παρρησιας |  | ακωλυτως |
| Lord |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | with |  | all |  | freedom |  | unhinderedly. |