ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 6

| 1 | εν |  | δε |  | ταις |  | ημεραις |  | ταυταις |  | πληθυνοντων |  | των |  | μαθητων |  | εγενετο |
|  | But in |  | ♦ |  | those days |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | multiplying 3 |  | the 1 |  | disciples 2 |  | there arose |

γογγυσμος |  | των |  | ελληνιστων |  | προς |  | τους |  | εβραιους |  | οτι |  | παρεθεωρουντο
a murmuring |  | of the |  | Hellenists |  | against |  | the |  | Hebrews, |  | because |  | were overlooked

| εν |  | τη |  | διακονια |  | τη |  | καθημερινη |  | αι |  | χηραι |  | αυτων |  |
| in |  | the |  | ministration 2 |  | ♦ |  | daily 1 |  | ♦ |  | their widows. |  | ♦ |  |

| 2 | προσκαλεσαμενοι |  | δε |  | οι |  | δωδεκα |  | το |  | πληθος |  | των |  | μαθητων |  | ειπον |
|  | And having 3 called 4 to 5 [them] 6 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | twelve 2 |  | the |  | multitude |  | of the |  | disciples, |  | said, |

ουκ |  | αρεστον |  | εστιν |  | ημας |  | καταλειψαντας |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | θεου |  | διακονειν
Not |  | seemly |  | it is [for] |  | us, |  | leaving |  | the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | to attend

| τραπεζαις |  |
| tables. |  |

| 3 | επισκεψασθε |  | ουν |  | αδελφοι |  | ανδρας |  | εξ |  | υμων |
|  | Look out |  | therefore, |  | brethren, |  | men 2 |  | from 3 among 4 |  | yourselves, 5 |

μαρτυρουμενους |  | επτα |  | πληρεις |  | πνευματος |  | αγιου |  | και |  | σοφιας |  | ους |
borne 6 witness 7 to 8 |  | seven, 1 |  | full |  | of [the] Spirit 2 |  | Holy 1 |  | and |  | wisdom, |  | whom |

καταστησομεν |  | επι |  | της |  | χρειας |  | ταυτης |  |
we will appoint |  | over |  | this business; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | ημεις |  | δε |  | τη |  | προσευχη |  | και |  | τη |  | διακονια |  | του |  | λογου |  | προσκαρτερησομεν |  |
|  | but we |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to prayer |  | and |  | the |  | ministry |  | of the |  | word |  | will steadfastly continue. |  |

| 5 | και |  | ηρεσεν |  | ο |  | λογος |  | ενωπιον |  | παντος |  | του |  | πληθους |  | και |  | εξελεξαντο
|  | And |  | was 3 pleasing 4 |  | the 1 |  | saying 2 |  | before |  | all |  | the |  | multitude; |  | and |  | they chose

| στεφανον |  | ανδρα |  | πληρη |  | πιστεως |  | και |  | πνευματος |  | αγιου |  | και |  | φιλιππον |
| Stephen, |  | a man |  | full |  | of faith |  | and [the] |  | Spirit 2 |  | Holy, 1 |  | and |  | Philip, |

και |  | προχορον |  | και |  | νικανορα |  | και |  | τιμωνα |  | και |  | παρμεναν |  | και |  | νικολαον |
and |  | Prochorus, |  | and |  | Nicanor, |  | and |  | Timon, |  | and |  | Parmenas, |  | and |  | Nicolas |

προσηλυτον |  | αντιοχεα |  |
a proselyte |  | of Antioch, |  |

| 6 | ους |  | εστησαν |  | ενωπιον |  | των |  | αποστολων |  | και |  | προσευξαμενοι |  | επεθηκαν |
|  | whom |  | they set |  | before |  | the |  | apostles; |  | and |  | having prayed |  | they laid |

αυτοις |  | τας |  | χειρας |  |
on 2 them 3 |  | ♦ |  | hands. 1 |  |

| 7 | και |  | ο |  | λογος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ηυξανεν |  | και |  | επληθυνετο |  | ο |  | αριθμος |  | των |
|  | And |  | the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | increased, |  | and |  | was 6 multiplied 7 |  | the 1 |  | number 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |

μαθητων |  | εν |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | σφοδρα |  | πολυς |  | τε |  | οχλος |  | των |  | ιερεων |
disciples 5 |  | in |  | Jerusalem |  | exceedingly, |  | and a great |  | ♦ |  | multitude |  | of the |  | priests |

υπηκουον |  | τη |  | πιστει |  |
were obedient |  | to the |  | faith. |  |

| 8 | στεφανος |  | δε |  | πληρης |  | πιστεως |  | και |  | δυναμεως |  | εποιει |  | τερατα |  | και |  | σημεια |
|  | And Stephen, |  | ♦ |  | full |  | of faith |  | and |  | power, |  | wrought |  | wonders |  | and |  | signs 2 |

μεγαλα |  | εν |  | τω |  | λαω |  |
great 1 |  | among |  | the |  | people. |  |

| 9 | ανεστησαν |  | δε |  | τινες |  | των |  | εκ |  | της |  | συναγωγης |  | της |  | λεγομενης |
|  | And arose |  | ♦ |  | certain |  | of those |  | of |  | the |  | synagogue |  | ♦ |  | called |

λιβερτινων |  | και |  | κυρηναιων |  | και |  | αλεξανδρεων |  | και |  | των |  | απο |  | κιλικιας |  | και |
Libertines, |  | and |  | of Cyrenians, |  | and |  | of Alexandrians, |  | and |  | of the |  | from |  | Cilicia |  | and |

ασιας |  | συζητουντες |  | τω |  | στεφανω |  |
Asia, |  | disputing |  | with |  | Stephen. |  |

| 10 | και |  | ουκ |  | ισχυον |  | αντιστηναι |  | τη |  | σοφια |  | και |  | τω |  | πνευματι |  | ω
|  | And |  | they were not able |  | ♦ |  | to resist |  | the |  | wisdom |  | and |  | the |  | spirit |  | by which

| ελαλει |  |
| he spoke. |  |

| 11 | τοτε |  | υπεβαλον |  | ανδρας |  | λεγοντας |  | οτι |  | ακηκοαμεν |  | αυτου |  | λαλουντος |
|  | Then |  | they suborned |  | men, |  | saying, |  | ♦ |  | We have heard |  | him |  | speaking |

ρηματα |  | βλασφημα |  | εις |  | μωσην |  | και |  | τον |  | θεον |  |
words 2 |  | blasphemous 1 |  | against |  | Moses |  | and |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 12 | συνεκινησαν |  | τε |  | τον |  | λαον |  | και |  | τους |  | πρεσβυτερους |  | και |  | τους |
|  | They 2 stirred 3 up 4 |  | and 1 |  | the |  | people |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | and |  | the |

γραμματεις |  | και |  | επισταντες |  | συνηρπασαν |  | αυτον |  | και |  | ηγαγον |  | εις |  | το |
scribes, |  | and |  | coming upon |  | they seized |  | him, |  | and |  | brought [him] |  | to |  | the |

συνεδριον |  |
sanhedrim, |  |

| 13 | εστησαν |  | τε |  | μαρτυρας |  | ψευδεις |  | λεγοντας |  | ο |  | ανθρωπος |  | ουτος |
|  | And they set |  | ♦ |  | witnesses 2 |  | false, 1 |  | saying, |  | This man |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ου |  | παυεται |  | ρηματα |  | βλασφημα |  | λαλων |  | κατα |  | του |  | τοπου |  | του |
does not cease |  | ♦ |  | words 3 |  | blasphemous 2 |  | speaking 1 |  | against |  | ♦ |  | place 3 |  | ♦ |

αγιου |  | τουτου |  | και |  | του |  | νομου |  |
holy 2 |  | this 1 |  | and |  | the |  | law; |  |

| 14 | ακηκοαμεν |  | γαρ |  | αυτου |  | λεγοντος |  | οτι |  | ιησους |  | ο |  | ναζωραιος |  | ουτος |
|  | for we have heard |  | ♦ |  | him |  | saying, |  | That |  | Jesus 2 |  | the 3 |  | Nazaraean 4 |  | this 1 |

καταλυσει |  | τον |  | τοπον |  | τουτον |  | και |  | αλλαξει |  | τα |  | εθη |  | α |  | παρεδωκεν |
will destroy |  | this place, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | will change |  | the |  | customs |  | which |  | delivered 2 |

ημιν |  | μωυσης |  |
to 3 us 4 |  | Moses. 1 |  |

| 15 | και |  | ατενισαντες |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | απαντες |  | οι |  | καθεζομενοι |  | εν |  | τω |  | συνεδριω |
|  | And |  | looking intently |  | on |  | him |  | all |  | who |  | sat |  | in |  | the |  | sanhedrim |

ειδον |  | το |  | προσωπον |  | αυτου |  | ωσει |  | προσωπον |  | αγγελου |  |
saw |  | ♦ |  | his face |  | ♦ |  | as |  | [the] face |  | of an angel. |  |