ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 17

| 1 | διοδευσαντες |  | δε |  | την |  | αμφιπολιν |  | και |  | απολλωνιαν |  | ηλθον |  | εις |
|  | And having journeyed through |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Amphipolis |  | and |  | Apollonia |  | they came |  | to |

θεσσαλονικην |  | οπου |  | ην |  | η |  | συναγωγη |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  |
Thessalonica, |  | where |  | was |  | the |  | synagogue |  | of the |  | Jews. |  |

| 2 | κατα |  | δε |  | το |  | ειωθος |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | εισηλθεν |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | και |  | επι |
|  | And acccording to |  | ♦ |  | the |  | custom |  | ♦ |  | with Paul |  | he went in |  | to |  | them, |  | and |  | for |

σαββατα |  | τρια |  | διελεγετο |  | αυτοις |  | απο |  | των |  | γραφων |  |
sabbaths 2 |  | three 1 |  | reasoned |  | with them |  | from |  | the |  | scriptures, |  |

| 3 | διανοιγων |  | και |  | παρατιθεμενος |  | οτι |  | τον |  | χριστον |  | εδει |  | παθειν |
|  | opening |  | and |  | setting forth |  | that |  | the 3 |  | Christ 4 |  | it 1 behoved 2 |  | to have suffered |

και |  | αναστηναι |  | εκ |  | νεκρων |  | και |  | οτι |  | ουτος |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | ιησους |
and |  | to have risen |  | from among |  | [the] dead, |  | and |  | that |  | this |  | is |  | the |  | Christ |  | Jesus, |

ον |  | εγω |  | καταγγελλω |  | υμιν |  |
whom |  | I |  | announce |  | to you. |  |

| 4 | και |  | τινες |  | εξ |  | αυτων |  | επεισθησαν |  | και |  | προσεκληρωθησαν |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | και |
|  | And |  | some |  | of |  | them |  | were obedient, |  | and |  | joined themselves |  | ♦ |  | to Paul |  | and |

τω |  | σιλα |  | των |  | τε |  | σεβομενων |  | ελληνων |  | πολυ |  | πληθος |  | γυναικων |  | τε |
♦ |  | to Silas, |  | and of the |  | ♦ |  | worshipping |  | Greeks |  | a great |  | multitude, |  | and of women 3 |  | ♦ |

των |  | πρωτων |  | ουκ |  | ολιγαι |  |
the 1 |  | chief 2 |  | not |  | a few. |  |

| 5 | ζηλωσαντες |  | δε |  | οι |  | απειθουντες |  | ιουδαιοι |  | και |
|  | But having 4 become 5 envious 6 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | disobeying 2 |  | Jews, 3 |  | and |

προσλαβομενοι |  | των |  | αγοραιων |  | τινας |  | ανδρας |  | πονηρους |  | και |
having taken to [them] |  | of 2 the 3 |  | market-loungers 4 |  | certain 1 |  | men 6 |  | evil, 5 |  | and |

οχλοποιησαντες |  | εθορυβουν |  | την |  | πολιν |  | επισταντες |  | τε |  | τη |  | οικια |
having collected a crowd |  | roused in 3 tumult 4 |  | the 1 |  | city; 2 |  | and having assaulted |  | ♦ |  | the |  | house |

ιασονος |  | εζητουν |  | αυτους |  | αγαγειν |  | εις |  | τον |  | δημον |  |
of Jason |  | they sought |  | them 3 |  | to 1 bring 2 out |  | to |  | the |  | people; |  |

| 6 | μη |  | ευροντες |  | δε |  | αυτους |  | εσυρον |  | τον |  | ιασονα |  | και |  | τινας |
|  | but not having found |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | them |  | they dragged |  | ♦ |  | Jason |  | and |  | certain |

αδελφους |  | επι |  | τους |  | πολιταρχας |  | βοωντες |  | οτι |  | οι |  | την |  | οικουμενην |
brethren |  | before |  | the |  | city magistrates, |  | crying out, |  | ♦ |  | Those who |  | the 5 |  | habitable 6 world 7 |

αναστατωσαντες |  | ουτοι |  | και |  | ενθαδε |  | παρεισιν |  |
have 1 set 2 in 3 confusion 4 |  | these |  | also 4 |  | here 3 |  | are 1 come, 2 |  |

| 7 | ους |  | υποδεδεκται |  | ιασων |  | και |  | ουτοι |  | παντες |  | απεναντι |  | των |  | δογματων |
|  | whom |  | has 2 received 3 |  | Jason; 1 |  | and |  | these |  | all |  | contrary to |  | the |  | decrees |

καισαρος |  | πραττουσιν |  | βασιλεα |  | λεγοντες |  | ετερον |  | ειναι |  | ιησουν |  |
of Ceasar |  | do, |  | king 3 |  | saying 1 |  | another 2 |  | there is-- |  | Jesus. |  |

| 8 | εταραξαν |  | δε |  | τον |  | οχλον |  | και |  | τους |  | πολιταρχας |  | ακουοντας |  | ταυτα |  |
|  | And they troubled |  | ♦ |  | the |  | crowd |  | and |  | the |  | city magistrates |  | hearing |  | these things. |  |

| 9 | και |  | λαβοντες |  | το |  | ικανον |  | παρα |  | του |  | ιασονος |  | και |  | των |  | λοιπων |  | απελυσαν |
|  | And |  | having taken |  | ♦ |  | security |  | from |  | ♦ |  | Jason |  | and |  | the |  | rest |  | they let go 2 |

αυτους |  |
them. 1 |  |

| 10 | οι |  | δε |  | αδελφοι |  | ευθεως |  | δια |  | της |  | νυκτος |  | εξεπεμψαν |  | τον |  | τε |
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | brethren |  | immediately |  | by |  | ♦ |  | night |  | sent away |  | both Paul |  | ♦ |

παυλον |  | και |  | τον |  | σιλαν |  | εις |  | βεροιαν |  | οιτινες |  | παραγενομενοι |  | εις |  | την |
♦ |  | and |  | ♦ |  | Silas |  | to |  | Beroea; |  | who, |  | being arrived, |  | into |  | the |

συναγωγην |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | απηεσαν |  |
synagogue |  | of the |  | Jews |  | went. |  |

| 11 | ουτοι |  | δε |  | ησαν |  | ευγενεστεροι |  | των |  | εν |  | θεσσαλονικη |  | οιτινες |
|  | And these |  | ♦ |  | were |  | more noble |  | than those |  | in |  | Thessalonica, |  | who |

εδεξαντο |  | τον |  | λογον |  | μετα |  | πασης |  | προθυμιας |  | το |  | καθ |  | ημεραν |  | ανακρινοντες
received |  | the |  | word |  | with |  | all |  | readiness, |  | ♦ |  | daily |  | ♦ |  | examining

| τας |  | γραφας |  | ει |  | εχοι |  | ταυτα |  | ουτως |  |
| the |  | scriptures |  | if |  | were |  | these things |  | so. |  |

| 12 | πολλοι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | εξ |  | αυτων |  | επιστευσαν |  | και |  | των |  | ελληνιδων |
|  | Many |  | indeed |  | therefore |  | from among |  | them |  | believed, |  | and |  | of the |  | Grecian 2 |

γυναικων |  | των |  | ευσχημονων |  | και |  | ανδρων |  | ουκ |  | ολιγοι |  |
women 3 |  | ♦ |  | honourable 1 |  | and |  | men |  | not |  | a few. |  |

| 13 | ως |  | δε |  | εγνωσαν |  | οι |  | απο |  | της |  | θεσσαλονικης |  | ιουδαιοι |  | οτι |  | και |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | But when |  | ♦ |  | knew 5 |  | the 1 |  | from 3 |  | ♦ |  | Thessalonica 4 |  | Jews 2 |  | that |  | also |  | in |  | ♦ |

βεροια |  | κατηγγελη |  | υπο |  | του |  | παυλου |  | ο |  | λογος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ηλθον |  | κακει |
Beroea |  | was announced |  | by |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | they came |  | also there |

σαλευοντες |  | τους |  | οχλους |  |
stirring up |  | the |  | crowds. |  |

| 14 | ευθεως |  | δε |  | τοτε |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | εξαπεστειλαν |  | οι |  | αδελφοι |
|  | And immediately |  | ♦ |  | then |  | ♦ |  | Paul 5 |  | sent 3 away 4 |  | the 1 |  | brethren 2 |

πορευεσθαι |  | ως |  | επι |  | την |  | θαλασσαν |  | υπεμενον |  | δε |  | ο |  | τε |  | σιλας |  | και |  | ο |
to go |  | as |  | to |  | the |  | sea; |  | but remained |  | ♦ |  | both Silas |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | ♦ |

τιμοθεος |  | εκει |  |
Timotheus |  | there. |  |

| 15 | οι |  | δε |  | καθιστωντες |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | ηγαγον |  | αυτον |  | εως |  | αθηνων |  | και |
|  | But those |  | ♦ |  | conducting |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | brought |  | him |  | unto |  | Athens; |  | and |

λαβοντες |  | εντολην |  | προς |  | τον |  | σιλαν |  | και |  | τιμοθεον |  | ινα |  | ως |  | ταχιστα |
having received |  | a command |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Silas |  | and |  | Timotheus, |  | that |  | as |  | quickly as possible |

ελθωσιν |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | εξηεσαν |  |
they should come |  | to |  | him, |  | they departed. |  |

| 16 | εν |  | δε |  | ταις |  | αθηναις |  | εκδεχομενου |  | αυτους |  | του |  | παυλου |
|  | But in |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Athens |  | waiting 2 for 3 |  | them 4 |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |

παρωξυνετο |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | αυτου |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | θεωρουντι |
was 7 painfully 8 excited 9 |  | his 5 spirit 6 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | him |  | seeing |

κατειδωλον |  | ουσαν |  | την |  | πολιν |  |
full 4 of 5 idols 6 |  | being 3 |  | the 1 |  | city. 2 |  |

| 17 | διελεγετο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | εν |  | τη |  | συναγωγη |  | τοις |  | ιουδαιοις |  | και |  | τοις |
|  | He reasoned |  | indeed |  | therefore |  | in |  | the |  | synagogue |  | with the |  | Jews |  | and |  | those who |

σεβομενοις |  | και |  | εν |  | τη |  | αγορα |  | κατα |  | πασαν |  | ημεραν |  | προς |  | τους |
worshipped, |  | and |  | in |  | the |  | market-place |  | every day |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with |  | those who |

παρατυγχανοντας |  |
met with [him]. |  |

| 18 | τινες |  | δε |  | των |  | επικουρειων |  | και |  | των |  | στωικων |  | φιλοσοφων |
|  | But some |  | ♦ |  | of the |  | Epicureans |  | and |  | the |  | Stoics, |  | philosophers, |

συνεβαλλον |  | αυτω |  | και |  | τινες |  | ελεγον |  | τι |  | αν |  | θελοι |  | ο |
encountered |  | him. |  | And |  | some |  | said, |  | What |  | ♦ |  | may desire 3 |  | this 1 chatterer 2 |

σπερμολογος |  | ουτος |  | λεγειν |  | οι |  | δε |  | ξενων |  | δαιμονιων |  | δοκει |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | to say? |  | And some, |  | ♦ |  | Of foreign |  | gods (lit. demons) |  | he seems |

καταγγελευς |  | ειναι |  | οτι |  | τον |  | ιησουν |  | και |  | την |  | αναστασιν |  | αυτοις |
a proclaimer |  | to be, |  | because [of] |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | and |  | the |  | resurrection |  | to them |

ευηγγελιζετο |  |
he announced the glad tidings. |  |

| 19 | επιλαβομενοι |  | τε |  | αυτου |  | επι |  | τον |  | αρειον |  | παγον |  | ηγαγον |
|  | And having taken hold |  | ♦ |  | of him, |  | to |  | the |  | Mars’ |  | hill |  | the brought [him], |

λεγοντες |  | δυναμεθα |  | γνωναι |  | τις |  | η |  | καινη |  | αυτη |  | η |  | υπο |  | σου |
saying, |  | Are we able |  | to know |  | what [is] |  | this new |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | which 2 |  | by 3 |  | thee 4 |

λαλουμενη |  | διδαχη |  |
is 5 spoken 6 |  | teaching? 1 |  |

| 20 | ξενιζοντα |  | γαρ |  | τινα |  | εισφερεις |  | εις |  | τας |  | ακοας |  | ημων |
|  | For strange 2 things 3 |  | ♦ |  | certain 1 |  | thou bringest |  | to |  | our ears. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

βουλομεθα |  | ουν |  | γνωναι |  | τι |  | αν |  | θελοι |  | ταυτα |  | ειναι |  |
We wish |  | therefore |  | to know |  | what |  | may 3 mean 4 |  | ♦ |  | these 1 things. 2 |  | ♦ |  |

| 21 | αθηναιοι |  | δε |  | παντες |  | και |  | οι |  | επιδημουντες |  | ξενοι |  | εις |  | ουδεν |  | ετερον |
|  | Athenians 7 |  | now 5 |  | all 6 |  | and |  | the |  | sojourning |  | strangers |  | in |  | nothing |  | else |

ευκαιρουν |  | η |  | λεγειν |  | τι |  | και |  | ακουειν |  | καινοτερον |  |
spent their leisure |  | than |  | to tell |  | something 4 |  | and 1 |  | to 2 hear 3 |  | newer. |  |

| 22 | σταθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | εν |  | μεσω |  | του |  | αρειου |  | παγου |  | εφη |  | ανδρες |
|  | And 2 having 3 stood |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | in |  | [the] midst |  | ♦ |  | of Mars’ |  | hill |  | said, |  | Men |

αθηναιοι |  | κατα |  | παντα |  | ως |  | δεισιδαιμονεστερους |  | υμας |  | θεωρω |  |
Athenians, |  | in |  | all things |  | ♦ |  | very religious (lit. very reverent to demons) |  | you |  | I behold; |  |

| 23 | διερχομενος |  | γαρ |  | και |  | αναθεωρων |  | τα |  | σεβασματα |  | υμων |  | ευρον |
|  | for passing through |  | ♦ |  | and |  | beholding |  | ♦ |  | objects 2 of 3 veneration 4 |  | your, 1 |  | I found |

και |  | βωμον |  | εν |  | ω |  | επεγεγραπτο |  | αγνωστω |  | θεω |  | ον |  | ουν |
also |  | an altar |  | on |  | which |  | had been inscribed, |  | To an unknown |  | God. |  | Whom |  | therefore |

αγνοουντες |  | ευσεβειτε |  | τουτον |  | εγω |  | καταγγελλω |  | υμιν |  |
not knowing |  | ye reverence, |  | him |  | I |  | announce |  | to you. |  |

| 24 | ο |  | θεος |  | ο |  | ποιησας |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | και |  | παντα |  | τα |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | ουτος |
|  | The |  | God |  | who |  | made |  | the |  | world |  | and |  | all things |  | that [are] |  | in |  | it, |  | he |

ουρανου |  | και |  | γης |  | κυριος |  | υπαρχων |  | ουκ |  | εν |  | χειροποιητοις |  | ναοις |  | κατοικει |  |
of heaven |  | and |  | earth |  | Lord |  | being, |  | not |  | in |  | hand-made |  | temples |  | dwells, |  |

| 25 | ουδε |  | υπο |  | χειρων |  | ανθρωπων |  | θεραπευεται |  | προσδεομενος |  | τινος |
|  | nor |  | by |  | hands |  | of men |  | is served |  | as needing |  | anything, |

αυτος |  | διδους |  | πασιν |  | ζωην |  | και |  | πνοην |  | κατα |  | παντα |  |
himself |  | giving |  | to all |  | life |  | and |  | breath |  | in every [respect]; |  | ♦ |  |

| 26 | εποιησεν |  | τε |  | εξ |  | ενος |  | αιματος |  | παν |  | εθνος |  | ανθρωπων |  | κατοικειν |  | επι |  | παν |
|  | and he made |  | ♦ |  | of |  | one |  | blood |  | every |  | nation |  | of men, |  | to dwell |  | upon |  | all |

το |  | προσωπον |  | της |  | γης |  | ορισας |  | προτεταγμενους |  | καιρους |  | και |  | τας |
the |  | face |  | of the |  | earth, |  | having determined |  | fore-arranged |  | times |  | and |  | the |

οροθεσιας |  | της |  | κατοικιας |  | αυτων |  |
boundaries |  | of their dwelling-- |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 27 | ζητειν |  | τον |  | κυριον |  | ει |  | αρα |  | γε |  | ψηλαφησειαν |  | αυτον |  | και |  | ευροιεν |
|  | to seek |  | the |  | Lord; |  | if |  | perhaps |  | ♦ |  | they might feel after |  | him |  | and |  | might find him, |

καιτοιγε |  | ου |  | μακραν |  | απο |  | ενος |  | εκαστου |  | ημων |  | υπαρχοντα |  |
though indeed |  | not 2 |  | far 3 |  | from 4 |  | one 6 |  | each 5 |  | of 7 us 8 |  | being; 1 |  |

| 28 | εν |  | αυτω |  | γαρ |  | ζωμεν |  | και |  | κινουμεθα |  | και |  | εσμεν |  | ως |  | και |  | τινες |  | των |
|  | for in him |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | we live |  | and |  | move |  | and |  | are; |  | as |  | also |  | some |  | of the |

καθ |  | υμας |  | ποιητων |  | ειρηκασιν |  | του |  | γαρ |  | και |  | γενος |  | εσμεν |  |
among 2 |  | you 3 |  | poets 1 |  | have said, |  | For of him |  | ♦ |  | also 2 |  | offspring 1 |  | we are. |  |

| 29 | γενος |  | ουν |  | υπαρχοντες |  | του |  | θεου |  | ουκ |  | οφειλομεν |  | νομιζειν |
|  | Offspring |  | therefore |  | being |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | we ought not |  | ♦ |  | to think |

χρυσω |  | η |  | αργυρω |  | η |  | λιθω |  | χαραγματι |  | τεχνης |  | και |  | ενθυμησεως |
to gold |  | or |  | to silver |  | or |  | to stone, |  | a graven thing |  | of art |  | and |  | imagination |

ανθρωπου |  | το |  | θειον |  | ειναι |  | ομοιον |  |
of man, |  | that which [is] |  | divine |  | to be |  | like. |  |

| 30 | τους |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | χρονους |  | της |  | αγνοιας |  | υπεριδων |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τα |
|  | The |  | indeed 2 |  | therefore 3 |  | times 1 |  | ♦ |  | of ignorance |  | having 2 overlooked 3 |  | ♦ |  | God, 1 |  | ♦ |

νυν |  | παραγγελλει |  | τοις |  | ανθρωποις |  | πασιν |  | πανταχου |  | μετανοειν |  |
now |  | charges |  | ♦ |  | men |  | all |  | everywhere |  | to repent, |  |

| 31 | διοτι |  | εστησεν |  | ημεραν |  | εν |  | η |  | μελλει |  | κρινειν |  | την |  | οικουμενην |  | εν |
|  | because |  | he set |  | a day |  | in |  | which |  | he is about |  | to judge |  | the |  | habitable world |  | in |

δικαιοσυνη |  | εν |  | ανδρι |  | ω |  | ωρισεν |  | πιστιν |  | παρασχων |  | πασιν |
righteousness, |  | by |  | a man |  | whom |  | he appointed; |  | proof 3 |  | having 1 given 2 |  | to all |

αναστησας |  | αυτον |  | εκ |  | νεκρων |  |
[in] having raised |  | him |  | from among |  | [the] dead. |  |

| 32 | ακουσαντες |  | δε |  | αναστασιν |  | νεκρων |  | οι |  | μεν |  | εχλευαζον |  | οι |  | δε |
|  | And having heard |  | ♦ |  | a resurrection |  | of [the] dead, |  | some |  | ♦ |  | mocked, |  | and some |  | ♦ |

ειπον |  | ακουσομεθα |  | σου |  | παλιν |  | περι |  | τουτου |  |
said, |  | We will hear |  | thee |  | again |  | concerning |  | this. |  |

| 33 | και |  | ουτως |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | εξηλθεν |  | εκ |  | μεσου |  | αυτων |  |
|  | And |  | thus |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | went out |  | from |  | [the] midst |  | of them. |  |

| 34 | τινες |  | δε |  | ανδρες |  | κολληθεντες |  | αυτω |  | επιστευσαν |  | εν |  | οις |  | και |
|  | But some |  | ♦ |  | men |  | joining themselves |  | to him |  | believed; |  | among |  | whom |  | also |

διονυσιος |  | ο |  | αρεοπαγιτης |  | και |  | γυνη |  | ονοματι |  | δαμαρις |  | και |  | ετεροι |  | συν |
[was] Dionysius |  | the |  | Areopagite, |  | and |  | a woman |  | by name |  | Damaris, |  | and |  | others |  | with |

αυτοις |  |
them. |  |