ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 4

| 1 | λαλουντων |  | δε |  | αυτων |  | προς |  | τον |  | λαον |  | επεστησαν |  | αυτοις |  | οι |
|  | And as were 2 speaking 3 |  | ♦ |  | they 1 |  | to |  | the |  | people, |  | came |  | upon them |  | the |

ιερεις |  | και |  | ο |  | στρατηγος |  | του |  | ιερου |  | και |  | οι |  | σαδδουκαιοι |  |
priests |  | and |  | ♦ |  | captain |  | of the |  | temple |  | and |  | the |  | Sadducees, |  |

| 2 | διαπονουμενοι |  | δια |  | το |  | διδασκειν |  | αυτους |  | τον |  | λαον |  | και |  | καταγγελλειν
|  | being distressed |  | because |  | ♦ |  | teach 2 |  | they 1 |  | the |  | people, |  | and |  | announce

| εν |  | τω |  | ιησου |  | την |  | αναστασιν |  | την |  | εκ |  | νεκρων |  |
| in |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | the |  | resurrection |  | which [is] |  | from among |  | [the] dead; |  |

| 3 | και |  | επεβαλον |  | αυτοις |  | τας |  | χειρας |  | και |  | εθεντο |  | εις |  | τηρησιν |  | εις |  | την |  | αυριον
|  | and |  | they laid |  | on 2 them 3 |  | ♦ |  | hands 1 |  | and |  | put [them] |  | in |  | hold |  | till |  | the |  | morrow;

| ην |  | γαρ |  | εσπερα |  | ηδη |  |
| for it was |  | ♦ |  | evening |  | already. |  |

| 4 | πολλοι |  | δε |  | των |  | ακουσαντων |  | τον |  | λογον |  | επιστευσαν |  | και |  | εγενηθη |
|  | But many |  | ♦ |  | of those who |  | had heard |  | the |  | word |  | believed, |  | and |  | became 6 |

ο |  | αριθμος |  | των |  | ανδρων |  | ωσει |  | χιλιαδες |  | πεντε |  |
the 1 |  | number 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | men 5 |  | about |  | thousand 2 |  | five. 1 |  |

| 5 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | επι |  | την |  | αυριον |  | συναχθηναι |  | αυτων |  | τους |
|  | And it came to pass |  | ♦ |  | on |  | the |  | morrow |  | were gathered together |  | their |  | ♦ |

αρχοντας |  | και |  | πρεσβυτερους |  | και |  | γραμματεις |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  |
rulers |  | and |  | elders |  | and |  | scribes |  | at |  | Jerusalem, |  |

| 6 | και |  | ανναν |  | τον |  | αρχιερεα |  | και |  | καιαφαν |  | και |  | ιωαννην |  | και |  | αλεξανδρον |  | και |
|  | and |  | Annas |  | the |  | high priest |  | and |  | Caiaphas |  | and |  | John |  | and |  | Alexander, |  | and |

οσοι |  | ησαν |  | εκ |  | γενους |  | αρχιερατικου |  |
as many as |  | were |  | of |  | family 2 |  | high-priestly. 1 |  |

| 7 | και |  | στησαντες |  | αυτους |  | εν |  | τω |  | μεσω |  | επυνθανοντο |  | εν |  | ποια |  | δυναμει |  | η |  | εν |
|  | And |  | having placed |  | them |  | in |  | the |  | midst |  | they inquired, |  | In |  | what |  | power |  | or |  | in |

ποιω |  | ονοματι |  | εποιησατε |  | τουτο |  | υμεις |  |
what |  | name |  | did |  | this 2 |  | ye? 1 |  |

| 8 | τοτε |  | πετρος |  | πλησθεις |  | πνευματος |  | αγιου |  | ειπεν |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | αρχοντες |
|  | Then |  | Peter, |  | filled |  | with [the] Spirit |  | Holy, |  | said |  | to |  | them, |  | Rulers |

του |  | λαου |  | και |  | πρεσβυτεροι |  | του |  | ισραηλ |  |
of the |  | people |  | and |  | elders |  | ♦ |  | of Israel, |  |

| 9 | ει |  | ημεις |  | σημερον |  | ανακρινομεθα |  | επι |  | ευεργεσια |  | ανθρωπου |  | ασθενους
|  | If |  | we |  | this day |  | are examined |  | as to |  | a good work |  | [to the] infirm man, |  | ♦

| εν |  | τινι |  | ουτος |  | σεσωσται |  |
| by |  | what |  | he |  | has been cured, |  |

| 10 | γνωστον |  | εστω |  | πασιν |  | υμιν |  | και |  | παντι |  | τω |  | λαω |  | ισραηλ |  | οτι |  | εν |  | τω |
|  | known 3 |  | be 1 it 2 |  | to all |  | you |  | and |  | to all |  | the |  | people |  | of Israel, |  | that |  | in |  | the |

ονοματι |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | του |  | ναζωραιου |  | ον |  | υμεις |  | εσταυρωσατε |  | ον |  | ο |
name |  | of Jesus |  | Christ |  | the |  | Nazaraean, |  | whom |  | ye |  | crucified, |  | whom |  | ♦ |

θεος |  | ηγειρεν |  | εκ |  | νεκρων |  | εν |  | τουτω |  | ουτος |  | παρεστηκεν |  | ενωπιον |
God |  | raised |  | from among |  | [the] dead, |  | by |  | him |  | this [man] |  | stands |  | before |

υμων |  | υγιης |  |
you |  | sound. |  |

| 11 | ουτος |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | λιθος |  | ο |  | εξουθενηθεις |  | υφ |  | υμων |  | των |
|  | This |  | is |  | the |  | stone |  | which |  | has been set at nought |  | by |  | you |  | the |

οικοδομουντων |  | ο |  | γενομενος |  | εις |  | κεφαλην |  | γωνιας |  |
builders, |  | which |  | is become |  | ♦ |  | head |  | of [the] corner. |  |

| 12 | και |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εν |  | αλλω |  | ουδενι |  | η |  | σωτηρια |  | ουτε |  | γαρ |  | ονομα |  | εστιν |
|  | And |  | ♦ |  | there is |  | in |  | other 2 |  | no one 1 |  | ♦ |  | salvation, |  | for neither |  | ♦ |  | name 4 |  | is 1 there 2 |

ετερον |  | υπο |  | τον |  | ουρανον |  | το |  | δεδομενον |  | εν |  | ανθρωποις |  | εν |  | ω |  | δει |
another 3 |  | under |  | the |  | heaven |  | which |  | has been given |  | among |  | men, |  | by |  | which |  | must 2 |

σωθηναι |  | ημας |  |
be 3 saved 4 |  | we. 1 |  |

| 13 | θεωρουντες |  | δε |  | την |  | του |  | πετρου |  | παρρησιαν |  | και |  | ιωαννου |  | και |
|  | But seeing |  | ♦ |  | the |  | ♦ |  | of 2 Peter 3 |  | boldness 1 |  | and |  | of John, |  | and |

καταλαβομενοι |  | οτι |  | ανθρωποι |  | αγραμματοι |  | εισιν |  | και |  | ιδιωται |
having perceived |  | that |  | men 3 |  | unlettered 4 |  | they 1 are 2 |  | and |  | uninstructed, |

εθαυμαζον |  | επεγινωσκον |  | τε |  | αυτους |  | οτι |  | συν |  | τω |  | ιησου |  | ησαν |  |
they wondered, |  | and they recognized |  | ♦ |  | them |  | that |  | with |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | they were. |  |

| 14 | τον |  | δε |  | ανθρωπον |  | βλεποντες |  | συν |  | αυτοις |  | εστωτα |  | τον |
|  | But the 2 |  | ♦ |  | man 3 |  | beholding 1 |  | with 5 |  | them 6 |  | standing 4 |  | who |

τεθεραπευμενον |  | ουδεν |  | ειχον |  | αντειπειν |  |
had been healed, |  | nothing |  | they had |  | to gainsay. |  |

| 15 | κελευσαντες |  | δε |  | αυτους |  | εξω |  | του |  | συνεδριου |  | απελθειν |  | συνεβαλον
|  | Having 2 commanded 3 |  | but 1 |  | them |  | outside |  | the |  | sanhedrim |  | to go |  | they conferred

| προς |  | αλληλους |  |
| with |  | one another, |  |

| 16 | λεγοντες |  | τι |  | ποιησομεν |  | τοις |  | ανθρωποις |  | τουτοις |  | οτι |  | μεν |  | γαρ |
|  | saying, |  | What |  | shall we do |  | ♦ |  | to men 2 |  | these? 1 |  | for that indeed |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

γνωστον |  | σημειον |  | γεγονεν |  | δι |  | αυτων |  | πασιν |  | τοις |  | κατοικουσιν |
a known |  | sign |  | has come to pass |  | through |  | them, |  | to 3 all 4 |  | those 5 |  | inhabiting 6 |

ιερουσαλημ |  | φανερον |  | και |  | ου |  | δυναμεθα |  | αρνησασθαι |  |
Jerusalem 7 |  | [is] 1 manifest, 2 |  | and |  | we are unable |  | ♦ |  | to deny [it]. |  |

| 17 | αλλ |  | ινα |  | μη |  | επι |  | πλειον |  | διανεμηθη |  | εις |  | τον |  | λαον |  | απειλη |
|  | But |  | that |  | not |  | further |  | ♦ |  | it may spread |  | among |  | the |  | people, |  | with a threat |

απειλησωμεθα |  | αυτοις |  | μηκετι |  | λαλειν |  | επι |  | τω |  | ονοματι |  | τουτω |
let us threaten |  | them |  | no longer |  | to speak |  | in |  | this name |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

μηδενι |  | ανθρωπων |  |
to any (lit. to no) |  | man. |  |

| 18 | και |  | καλεσαντες |  | αυτους |  | παρηγγειλαν |  | αυτοις |  | το |  | καθολου |  | μη |
|  | And |  | having called |  | them |  | they charged |  | them |  | ♦ |  | at 2 all 3 |  | not 1 |

φθεγγεσθαι |  | μηδε |  | διδασκειν |  | επι |  | τω |  | ονοματι |  | του |  | ιησου |  |
to speak |  | nor |  | to teach |  | in |  | the |  | name |  | ♦ |  | of Jesus. |  |

| 19 | ο |  | δε |  | πετρος |  | και |  | ιωαννης |  | αποκριθεντες |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | ειπον |  | ει |
|  | But Peter |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | John |  | answering |  | to |  | them |  | said, |  | Whether |

δικαιον |  | εστιν |  | ενωπιον |  | του |  | θεου |  | υμων |  | ακουειν |  | μαλλον |  | η |  | του |  | θεου |
right |  | it is |  | before |  | ♦ |  | God |  | of 3 you 4 |  | to 1 listen 2 |  | rather |  | than |  | ♦ |  | God, |

κρινατε |  |
judge ye; |  |

| 20 | ου |  | δυναμεθα |  | γαρ |  | ημεις |  | α |  | ειδομεν |  | και |  | ηκουσαμεν |  | μη |
|  | cannot 3 |  | ♦ |  | for 1 |  | we 2 |  | what 6 |  | we 7 saw 8 |  | and 9 |  | heard 10 |  | but 4 speak. 5 |

λαλειν |  |
♦ |  |

| 21 | οι |  | δε |  | προσαπειλησαμενοι |  | απελυσαν |  | αυτους |  | μηδεν |  | ευρισκοντες |
|  | But they |  | ♦ |  | having further threatened |  | let go 2 |  | them, 1 |  | nothing |  | finding |

το |  | πως |  | κολασωνται |  | αυτους |  | δια |  | τον |  | λαον |  | οτι |  | παντες |
as to how |  | ♦ |  | they might punish |  | them |  | on account of |  | the |  | people, |  | because |  | all |

εδοξαζον |  | τον |  | θεον |  | επι |  | τω |  | γεγονοτι |  |
were glorifying |  | ♦ |  | God |  | for |  | that which |  | has taken place; |  |

| 22 | ετων |  | γαρ |  | ην |  | πλειονων |  | τεσσαρακοντα |  | ο |  | ανθρωπος |  | εφ |  | ον |
|  | for years 6 [old] 7 |  | ♦ |  | was 3 |  | above 4 |  | forty 5 |  | the 1 |  | man 2 |  | on |  | whom |

εγεγονει |  | το |  | σημειον |  | τουτο |  | της |  | ιασεως |  |
had taken place |  | this sign |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | of |  | healing. |  |

| 23 | απολυθεντες |  | δε |  | ηλθον |  | προς |  | τους |  | ιδιους |  | και |
|  | And having been let go |  | ♦ |  | they came |  | to |  | their own [company], |  | ♦ |  | and |

απηγγειλαν |  | οσα |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | οι |  | αρχιερεις |  | και |  | οι |  | πρεσβυτεροι |  | ειπον |  |
reported |  | whatever |  | to |  | them |  | the |  | chief priests |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | said. |  |

| 24 | οι |  | δε |  | ακουσαντες |  | ομοθυμαδον |  | ηραν |  | φωνην |  | προς |  | τον |  | θεον |  | και
|  | And they |  | ♦ |  | having heard, |  | with one accord |  | lifted up |  | [their] voice |  | to |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | and

| ειπον |  | δεσποτα |  | συ |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ο |  | ποιησας |  | τον |  | ουρανον |  | και |  | την |  | γην |  | και |
| said, |  | O master, |  | thou [art] |  | the |  | God |  | who |  | made |  | the |  | heaven |  | and |  | the |  | earth |  | and |

την |  | θαλασσαν |  | και |  | παντα |  | τα |  | εν |  | αυτοις |  |
the |  | sea |  | and |  | all |  | that [are] |  | in |  | them, |  |

| 25 | ο |  | δια |  | στοματος |  | δαβιδ |  | του |  | παιδος |  | σου |  | ειπων |  | ινα |
|  | who |  | by |  | [the] mouth |  | of David |  | thy servant |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | didst say, |  | Why |

τι |  | εφρυαξαν |  | εθνη |  | και |  | λαοι |  | εμελετησαν |  |
did rage 2 haughtily 3 |  | nations, 1 |  | and |  | peoples 2 |  | did meditate 1 |  | vain things? |  |

| 26 | παρεστησαν |  | οι |  | βασιλεις |  | της |  | γης |  | και |  | οι |  | αρχοντες |  | συνηχθησαν |  | επι |
|  | Stood up |  | the |  | kings |  | of the |  | earth, |  | and |  | the |  | rulers |  | were gathered |  | together |

το |  | αυτο |  | κατα |  | του |  | κυριου |  | και |  | κατα |  | του |  | χριστου |  | αυτου |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | against |  | the |  | Lord |  | and |  | against |  | his Christ. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 27 | συνηχθησαν |  | γαρ |  | επ |  | αληθειας |  | επι |  | τον |  | αγιον |  | παιδα |  | σου |
|  | For were gathered together |  | ♦ |  | of a truth |  | ♦ |  | against |  | ♦ |  | holy 2 |  | servant 3 |  | thy 1 |

ιησουν |  | ον |  | εχρισας |  | ηρωδης |  | τε |  | και |  | ποντιος |  | πιλατος |  | συν |  | εθνεσιν |
Jesus, |  | whom |  | thou didst anoint, |  | both Herod |  | ♦ |  | and |  | Pontius |  | Pilate, |  | with |  | nations |

και |  | λαοις |  | ισραηλ |  |
and |  | peoples |  | of Israel, |  |

| 28 | ποιησαι |  | οσα |  | η |  | χειρ |  | σου |  | και |  | η |  | βουλη |  | σου |  | προωρισεν |
|  | to do |  | whatever |  | thy hand |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | ♦ |  | counsel 2 |  | thy 1 |  | predetermined |

γενεσθαι |  |
to come to pass. |  |

| 29 | και |  | τα |  | νυν |  | κυριε |  | επιδε |  | επι |  | τας |  | απειλας |  | αυτων |  | και |  | δος |
|  | And |  | ♦ |  | now, |  | Lord, |  | look |  | upon |  | their threatenings, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | give |

τοις |  | δουλοις |  | σου |  | μετα |  | παρρησιας |  | πασης |  | λαλειν |  | τον |  | λογον |
to thy bondmen |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with |  | boldness 2 |  | all 1 |  | to speak |  | thy word, |  | ♦ |

σου |  |
♦ |  |

| 30 | εν |  | τω |  | την |  | χειρα |  | σου |  | εκτεινειν |  | σε |  | εις |  | ιασιν |  | και |  | σημεια |  | και |
|  | in |  | that |  | thy hand |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | stretchest 2 out 3 |  | thou 1 |  | for |  | healing, |  | and |  | signs |  | and |

τερατα |  | γινεσθαι |  | δια |  | του |  | ονοματος |  | του |  | αγιου |  | παιδος |  | σου |  | ιησου |  |
wonders |  | take place |  | through |  | the |  | name |  | ♦ |  | holy 3 |  | servant 4 |  | of 1 thy 2 |  | Jesus. |  |

| 31 | και |  | δεηθεντων |  | αυτων |  | εσαλευθη |  | ο |  | τοπος |  | εν |  | ω |  | ησαν |
|  | And |  | having 2 prayed 3 |  | they 1 |  | was 6 shaken 7 |  | the 4 |  | place 5 |  | in |  | which |  | they were |

συνηγμενοι |  | και |  | επλησθησαν |  | απαντες |  | πνευματος |  | αγιου |  | και |  | ελαλουν |
assembled, |  | and |  | they were filled 2 |  | all 1 |  | with [the] Spirit 2 |  | Holy, |  | and |  | spoke |

τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | θεου |  | μετα |  | παρρησιας |  |
the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | with |  | boldness. |  |

| 32 | του |  | δε |  | πληθους |  | των |  | πιστευσαντων |  | ην |  | η |  | καρδια |  | και |  | η |
|  | And of the |  | ♦ |  | multitude |  | of those that |  | believed |  | were 6 |  | the 1 |  | heart 2 |  | and 3 |  | the 4 |

ψυχη |  | μια |  | και |  | ουδε |  | εις |  | τι |  | των |  | υπαρχοντων |  | αυτω |  | ελεγεν |
soul 5 |  | one, |  | and |  | not |  | one |  | anything 2 |  | of 3 that 4 which 5 |  | possessed 7 |  | he 6 |  | said 1 |

ιδιον |  | ειναι |  | αλλ |  | ην |  | αυτοις |  | απαντα |  | κοινα |  |
his 9 own 10 |  | was, 8 |  | but 11 |  | were 14 |  | to 15 them 16 |  | all 12 things 13 |  | common: |  |

| 33 | και |  | μεγαλη |  | δυναμει |  | απεδιδουν |  | το |  | μαρτυριον |  | οι |  | αποστολοι |  | της |
|  | And |  | with great |  | powers |  | gave 3 |  | ♦ |  | testimony 4 |  | the 1 |  | apostles 2 |  | of the |

αναστασεως |  | του |  | κυριου |  | ιησου |  | χαρις |  | τε |  | μεγαλη |  | ην |  | επι |  | παντας |
resurrection |  | of the |  | Lord |  | Jesus, |  | and grace 2 |  | ♦ |  | great 1 |  | was |  | upon |  | all |

αυτους |  |
them. |  |

| 34 | ουδε |  | γαρ |  | ενδεης |  | τις |  | υπηρχεν |  | εν |  | αυτοις |  | οσοι |  | γαρ |
|  | For neither |  | ♦ |  | in want |  | anyone 2 |  | was 1 |  | among |  | them; |  | for as many as |  | ♦ |

κτητορες |  | χωριων |  | η |  | οικιων |  | υπηρχον |  | πωλουντες |  | εφερον |  | τας |  | τιμας |
owners |  | of estates |  | or |  | houses |  | were, |  | selling [them] |  | brought |  | the |  | values |

των |  | πιπρασκομενων |  |
of those |  | sold, |  |

| 35 | και |  | ετιθουν |  | παρα |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | των |  | αποστολων |  | διεδιδοτο |  | δε |
|  | and |  | laid [them] |  | at |  | the |  | feet |  | of the |  | apostles; |  | and distribution was made |  | ♦ |

εκαστω |  | καθοτι |  | αν |  | τις |  | χρειαν |  | ειχεν |  |
to each |  | according as |  | ♦ |  | anyone |  | need 2 |  | had. 1 |  |

| 36 | ιωσης |  | δε |  | ο |  | επικληθεις |  | βαρναβας |  | υπο |  | των |  | αποστολων |  | ο |  | εστιν |
|  | And Joses |  | ♦ |  | who |  | was surnamed |  | Barnabas |  | by |  | the |  | apostles |  | (which |  | is, |

μεθερμηνευομενον |  | υιος |  | παρακλησεως |  | λευιτης |  | κυπριος |  | τω |  | γενει |  |
being interpreted, |  | Son |  | of consolation), |  | a Levite, |  | a Cypriot |  | by birth, |  | ♦ |  |

| 37 | υπαρχοντος |  | αυτω |  | αγρου |  | πωλησας |  | ηνεγκεν |  | το |  | χρημα |  | και |  | εθηκεν |
|  | having |  | ♦ |  | land, |  | having sold [it] |  | brought |  | the |  | money |  | and |  | laid [it] |

παρα |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | των |  | αποστολων |  |
at |  | the |  | feet |  | of the |  | apostles. |  |