ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 22

| 1 | ανδρες |  | αδελφοι |  | και |  | πατερες |  | ακουσατε |  | μου |  | της |  | προς |  | υμας |  | νυν |
|  | Men, |  | brethren |  | and |  | fathers, |  | hear |  | my |  | ♦ |  | to 2 |  | you 3 |  | now 4 |

απολογιας |  |
defence. 1 |  |

| 2 | ακουσαντες |  | δε |  | οτι |  | τη |  | εβραιδι |  | διαλεκτω |  | προσεφωνει |  | αυτοις |
|  | And having heard |  | ♦ |  | that |  | in the |  | Hebrew |  | language |  | he spoke to |  | them, |

μαλλον |  | παρεσχον |  | ησυχιαν |  | και |  | φησιν |  |
the 3 more 4 |  | they 1 kept 2 |  | quiet; |  | and |  | he says, |  |

| 3 | εγω |  | μεν |  | ειμι |  | ανηρ |  | ιουδαιος |  | γεγεννημενος |  | εν |  | ταρσω |  | της |  | κιλικιας |
|  | I |  | indeed |  | am |  | a man |  | a Jew, |  | born |  | in |  | Tarsus |  | ♦ |  | of Cilicia, |

ανατεθραμμενος |  | δε |  | εν |  | τη |  | πολει |  | ταυτη |  | παρα |  | τους |  | ποδας |  | γαμαλιηλ |
but brought up |  | ♦ |  | in |  | this city |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | at |  | the |  | feet |  | of Gamaliel, |

πεπαιδευμενος |  | κατα |  | ακριβειαν |  | του |  | πατρωου |  | νομου |
having been instructed |  | according to [the] |  | exactness |  | of the |  | ancestral |  | law, |

ζηλωτης |  | υπαρχων |  | του |  | θεου |  | καθως |  | παντες |  | υμεις |  | εστε |  | σημερον |  |
a 2 zealous 3 one 4 |  | being 1 |  | ♦ |  | for God, |  | even as |  | all |  | ye |  | are |  | this day; |  |

| 4 | ος |  | ταυτην |  | την |  | οδον |  | εδιωξα |  | αχρι |  | θανατου |  | δεσμευων |  | και |  | παραδιδους |
|  | who |  | this |  | ♦ |  | way |  | persecuted |  | unto |  | death, |  | binding |  | and |  | delivering up |

εις |  | φυλακας |  | ανδρας |  | τε |  | και |  | γυναικας |  |
to |  | prisons |  | both men |  | ♦ |  | and |  | women; |  |

| 5 | ως |  | και |  | ο |  | αρχιερευς |  | μαρτυρει |  | μοι |  | και |  | παν |  | το |  | πρεσβυτεριον |  | παρ |  | ων |
|  | as |  | also |  | the |  | high priest |  | bears witness |  | to me, |  | and |  | all |  | the |  | elderhood; |  | from |  | whom |

και |  | επιστολας |  | δεξαμενος |  | προς |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | εις |  | δαμασκον |
also |  | letters |  | having received |  | to |  | the |  | brethren, |  | to |  | Damascus |

επορευομην |  | αξων |  | και |  | τους |  | εκεισε |  | οντας |  | δεδεμενους |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |
I went, |  | to bring |  | also |  | those |  | there |  | who were, |  | bound |  | to |  | Jerusalem, |

ινα |  | τιμωρηθωσιν |  |
in order that |  | they might be punished. |  |

| 6 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | μοι |  | πορευομενω |  | και |  | εγγιζοντι |  | τη |  | δαμασκω |  | περι |
|  | And it came to pass |  | ♦ |  | to me |  | journeying |  | and |  | drawing near |  | ♦ |  | to Damascus, |  | about |

μεσημβριαν |  | εξαιφνης |  | εκ |  | του |  | ουρανου |  | περιαστραψαι |  | φως |  | ικανον |  | περι
mid-day |  | suddenly |  | out of |  | the |  | heaven |  | shone |  | a light 2 |  | great 1 |  | about

| εμε |  |
| me. |  |

| 7 | επεσον |  | τε |  | εις |  | το |  | εδαφος |  | και |  | ηκουσα |  | φωνης |  | λεγουσης |  | μοι |  | σαουλ |
|  | And I fell |  | ♦ |  | to |  | the |  | ground, |  | and |  | heard |  | a voice |  | saying |  | to me, |  | Saul, |

σαουλ |  | τι |  | με |  | διωκεις |  |
Saul, |  | why |  | me |  | persecutest thou? |  |

| 8 | εγω |  | δε |  | απεκριθην |  | τις |  | ει |  | κυριε |  | ειπεν |  | τε |  | προς |  | με |  | εγω |  | ειμι |
|  | And I |  | ♦ |  | answered, |  | Who |  | art thou, |  | Lord? |  | And he said |  | ♦ |  | to |  | me, |  | I |  | am |

ιησους |  | ο |  | ναζωραιος |  | ον |  | συ |  | διωκεις |  |
Jesus |  | the |  | Nazaraean, |  | whom |  | thou |  | persecutest. |  |

| 9 | οι |  | δε |  | συν |  | εμοι |  | οντες |  | το |  | μεν |  | φως |  | εθεασαντο |  | και |  | εμφοβοι |
|  | But those |  | ♦ |  | with 2 |  | me 3 |  | being 1 |  | the |  | indeed 2 |  | light 1 |  | beheld, |  | and |  | alarmed |

εγενοντο |  | την |  | δε |  | φωνην |  | ουκ |  | ηκουσαν |  | του |  | λαλουντος |  | μοι |  |
were, |  | but the |  | ♦ |  | voice |  | did not hear |  | ♦ |  | of him |  | speaking |  | to me. |  |

| 10 | ειπον |  | δε |  | τι |  | ποιησω |  | κυριε |  | ο |  | δε |  | κυριος |  | ειπεν |  | προς |  | με |
|  | And I said, |  | ♦ |  | What |  | shall I do, |  | Lord? |  | And the |  | ♦ |  | Lord |  | said |  | to |  | me, |

αναστας |  | πορευου |  | εις |  | δαμασκον |  | κακει |  | σοι |  | λαληθησεται |  | περι |
Having risen up |  | go |  | to |  | Damascus, |  | and there |  | thee |  | it shall be told |  | concerning |

παντων |  | ων |  | τετακται |  | σοι |  | ποιησαι |  |
all things |  | which |  | it has been appointed |  | thee |  | to do. |  |

| 11 | ως |  | δε |  | ουκ |  | ενεβλεπον |  | απο |  | της |  | δοξης |  | του |  | φωτος |  | εκεινου |
|  | And as |  | ♦ |  | I did not see |  | ♦ |  | from |  | the |  | glory |  | of that light, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

χειραγωγουμενος |  | υπο |  | των |  | συνοντων |  | μοι |  | ηλθον |  | εις |  | δαμασκον |  |
being led by the hand |  | by |  | those |  | being with |  | me, |  | I came |  | to |  | Damascus. |  |

| 12 | ανανιας |  | δε |  | τις |  | ανηρ |  | ευσεβης |  | κατα |  | τον |  | νομον |
|  | And a certain Ananias, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | a man 2 |  | pious 1 |  | according to |  | the |  | law, |

μαρτυρουμενος |  | υπο |  | παντων |  | των |  | κατοικουντων |  | ιουδαιων |  |
borne witness to |  | by |  | all |  | the |  | dwelling 2 [there] 3 |  | Jews, 1 |  |

| 13 | ελθων |  | προς |  | με |  | και |  | επιστας |  | ειπεν |  | μοι |  | σαουλ |  | αδελφε |  | αναβλεψον |
|  | coming |  | to |  | me |  | and |  | standing by |  | said |  | to me, |  | Saul 2 |  | brother, 1 |  | look up. |

καγω |  | αυτη |  | τη |  | ωρα |  | ανεβλεψα |  | εις |  | αυτον |  |
And I |  | in the same hour |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | looked up |  | on |  | him. |  |

| 14 | ο |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | των |  | πατερων |  | ημων |  | προεχειρισατο |  | σε |
|  | And he |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | The |  | God |  | of our fathers |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | appointed |  | thee |

γνωναι |  | το |  | θελημα |  | αυτου |  | και |  | ιδειν |  | τον |  | δικαιον |  | και |  | ακουσαι |  | φωνην |
to know |  | his will, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | to see |  | the |  | Just One, |  | and |  | to hear |  | a voice |

εκ |  | του |  | στοματος |  | αυτου |  |
out of |  | his mouth; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 15 | οτι |  | εση |  | μαρτυς |  | αυτω |  | προς |  | παντας |  | ανθρωπους |  | ων |  | εωρακας |
|  | for |  | thou shalt be |  | a witness |  | for him |  | to |  | all |  | men |  | of what |  | thou hast seen |

και |  | ηκουσας |  |
and |  | heard. |  |

| 16 | και |  | νυν |  | τι |  | μελλεις |  | αναστας |  | βαπτισαι |  | και |  | απολουσαι |  | τας |
|  | And |  | now |  | why |  | delayest thou? |  | Having arisen |  | be baptized |  | and |  | wash away |  | ♦ |

αμαρτιας |  | σου |  | επικαλεσαμενος |  | το |  | ονομα |  | του |  | κυριου |  |
thy sins, |  | ♦ |  | calling on |  | the |  | name |  | of the |  | Lord. |  |

| 17 | εγενετο |  | δε |  | μοι |  | υποστρεψαντι |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | και |
|  | It 2 came 3 to 4 pass 5 |  | and 1 |  | to me |  | having returned |  | to |  | Jerusalem, |  | and |

προσευχομενου |  | μου |  | εν |  | τω |  | ιερω |  | γενεσθαι |  | με |  | εν |  | εκστασει |  |
on praying 2 |  | my 1 |  | in |  | the |  | temple, |  | I became |  | ♦ |  | in |  | a trance, |  |

| 18 | και |  | ιδειν |  | αυτον |  | λεγοντα |  | μοι |  | σπευσον |  | και |  | εξελθε |  | εν |  | ταχει |  | εξ |
|  | and |  | saw |  | him |  | saying |  | to me, |  | Make haste |  | and |  | go away |  | with |  | speed |  | out of |

ιερουσαλημ |  | διοτι |  | ου |  | παραδεξονται |  | σου |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |
Jerusalem, |  | because |  | they will not receive |  | ♦ |  | thy |  | ♦ |  | testimony |

περι |  | εμου |  |
concerning |  | me. |  |

| 19 | καγω |  | ειπον |  | κυριε |  | αυτοι |  | επιστανται |  | οτι |  | εγω |  | ημην |  | φυλακιζων |  | και |
|  | And I |  | said, |  | Lord, |  | themselves |  | know |  | that |  | I |  | was |  | imprisoning |  | and |

δερων |  | κατα |  | τας |  | συναγωγας |  | τους |  | πιστευοντας |  | επι |  | σε |  |
beating |  | in every synagogue |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | those |  | believing |  | on |  | thee; |  |

| 20 | και |  | οτε |  | εξεχειτο |  | το |  | αιμα |  | στεφανου |  | του |  | μαρτυρος |  | σου |  | και |
|  | and |  | when |  | was poured out |  | the |  | blood |  | of Stephen |  | thy witness, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | also |

αυτος |  | ημην |  | εφεστως |  | και |  | συνευδοκων |  | τη |  | αναιρεσει |  | αυτου |  | και |
myself |  | was |  | standing by |  | and |  | consenting |  | to the |  | putting to death |  | of him, |  | and |

φυλασσων |  | τα |  | ιματια |  | των |  | αναιρουντων |  | αυτον |  |
keeping |  | the |  | garments |  | of those who |  | killed |  | him. |  |

| 21 | και |  | ειπεν |  | προς |  | με |  | πορευου |  | οτι |  | εγω |  | εις |  | εθνη |  | μακραν |  | εξαποστελω |  | σε |  |
|  | And |  | he said |  | to |  | me, |  | Go, |  | for |  | I |  | to |  | nations |  | afar off |  | will send forth |  | thee. |  |

| 22 | ηκουον |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | αχρι |  | τουτου |  | του |  | λογου |  | και |  | επηραν |  | την |
|  | And they heard |  | ♦ |  | him |  | until |  | this |  | ♦ |  | word, |  | and |  | lifted up |  | their voice, |

φωνην |  | αυτων |  | λεγοντες |  | αιρε |  | απο |  | της |  | γης |  | τον |  | τοιουτον |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | saying, |  | away with |  | from 4 |  | the 5 |  | earth 6 |  | such 1 a 2 one, 3 |  | ♦ |

ου |  | γαρ |  | καθηκον |  | αυτον |  | ζην |  |
for not 3 |  | ♦ |  | it 1 is 2 fit |  | he |  | should live. |  |

| 23 | κραυγαζοντων |  | δε |  | αυτων |  | και |  | ριπτουντων |  | τα |  | ιματια |  | και |
|  | And as were 2 crying 3 out 4 |  | ♦ |  | they, |  | and |  | casting off [their] |  | ♦ |  | garments, |  | and |

κονιορτον |  | βαλλοντων |  | εις |  | τον |  | αερα |  |
dust 2 |  | throwing 1 |  | into |  | the |  | air, |  |

| 24 | εκελευσεν |  | αυτον |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | αγεσθαι |  | εις |  | την |  | παρεμβολην |
|  | commanded 4 |  | him 5 |  | the 1 |  | chief 2 captain 3 |  | to be brought |  | into |  | the |  | fortress, |

ειπων |  | μαστιξιν |  | ανεταζεσθαι |  | αυτον |  | ινα |  | επιγνω |  | δι |  | ην |  | αιτιαν |
bidding |  | by 5 scourges 6 |  | to 2 be 3 examined 4 |  | him, 1 |  | that |  | he might know |  | for |  | what |  | cause |

ουτως |  | επεφωνουν |  | αυτω |  |
thus |  | they cried out |  | against him. |  |

| 25 | ως |  | δε |  | προετεινεν |  | αυτον |  | τοις |  | ιμασιν |  | ειπεν |  | προς |  | τον |
|  | But as |  | ♦ |  | he stretched forward |  | him |  | with the |  | thongs |  | said 2 |  | to 3 |  | the 4 |

εστωτα |  | εκατονταρχον |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | ει |  | ανθρωπον |  | ρωμαιον |  | και |
who 6 stood 7 by 8 |  | centurion 5 |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |  | ♦ |  | A man |  | a Roman |  | and |

ακατακριτον |  | εξεστιν |  | υμιν |  | μαστιζειν |  |
uncondemned |  | it is lawful |  | to you |  | to scourge? |  |

| 26 | ακουσας |  | δε |  | ο |  | εκατονταρχος |  | προσελθων |  | απηγγειλεν |  | τω |
|  | And having 3 heard 4 [it] 5 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | centurion, 2 |  | having gone |  | he reported [it] |  | to the |

χιλιαρχω |  | λεγων |  | ορα |  | τι |  | μελλεις |  | ποιειν |  | ο |  | γαρ |  | ανθρωπος |
chief captain |  | saying, |  | See |  | what |  | art thou about |  | to do? |  | For this man |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ουτος |  | ρωμαιος |  | εστιν |  |
♦ |  | a Roman |  | is. |  |

| 27 | προσελθων |  | δε |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | ειπεν |  | αυτω |  | λεγε |  | μοι |  | ει |  | συ |  | ρωμαιος |
|  | And having come up |  | ♦ |  | the |  | chief captain |  | said |  | to him, |  | Tell |  | me, |  | ♦ |  | thou 2 |  | a 3 Roman 4 |

ει |  | ο |  | δε |  | εφη |  | ναι |  |
art? 1 |  | And he |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Yes. |  |

| 28 | απεκριθη |  | τε |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | εγω |  | πολλου |  | κεφαλαιου |  | την |
|  | And answered 4 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | chief 2 captain, 3 |  | I |  | with a great |  | sum |  | this citizenship |

πολιτειαν |  | ταυτην |  | εκτησαμην |  | ο |  | δε |  | παυλος |  | εφη |  | εγω |  | δε |  | και |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | I bought. |  | And Paul |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | But I |  | ♦ |  | also |

γεγεννημαι |  |
was [free] born. |  |

| 29 | ευθεως |  | ουν |  | απεστησαν |  | απ |  | αυτου |  | οι |  | μελλοντες |  | αυτον |
|  | Immediately |  | therefore |  | departed |  | from |  | him |  | those |  | being about |  | him 3 |

ανεταζειν |  | και |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | δε |  | εφοβηθη |  | επιγνους |  | οτι |  | ρωμαιος |
to 1 examine, 2 |  | and |  | the |  | chief captain |  | also |  | was afraid |  | having ascertained |  | that |  | a Roman |

εστιν |  | και |  | οτι |  | ην |  | αυτον |  | δεδεκως |  |
he is, |  | and |  | because |  | he had bound him. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 30 | τη |  | δε |  | επαυριον |  | βουλομενος |  | γνωναι |  | το |  | ασφαλες |  | το |  | τι |
|  | And on the |  | ♦ |  | morrow, |  | desiring |  | to know |  | the |  | certainty |  | wherefore |  | ♦ |

κατηγορειται |  | παρα |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | ελυσεν |  | αυτον |  | απο |  | των |  | δεσμων |  | και |
he is accused |  | by |  | the |  | Jews, |  | he loosed |  | him |  | from |  | the |  | bonds, |  | and |

εκελευσεν |  | ελθειν |  | τους |  | αρχιερεις |  | και |  | ολον |  | το |  | συνεδριον |
commanded |  | to come |  | the |  | chief priests |  | and |  | whole 2 |  | their sanhedrim, 1 |  | ♦ |

αυτων |  | και |  | καταγαγων |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | εστησεν |  | εις |  | αυτους |  |
♦ |  | and |  | having brought down |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | he set [him] |  | among |  | them. |  |