ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 24

| 1 | μετα |  | δε |  | πεντε |  | ημερας |  | κατεβη |  | ο |  | αρχιερευς |  | ανανιας |  | μετα |  | των |
|  | And after |  | ♦ |  | five |  | days |  | came down |  | the |  | high priest |  | Ananias |  | with |  | the |

πρεσβυτερων |  | και |  | ρητορος |  | τερτυλλου |  | τινος |  | οιτινες |  | ενεφανισαν |
elders |  | and |  | an orator |  | Tertullus 3 |  | a 1 certain, 2 |  | who |  | made a representation |

τω |  | ηγεμονι |  | κατα |  | του |  | παυλου |  |
to the |  | governor |  | against |  | ♦ |  | Paul. |  |

| 2 | κληθεντος |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | ηρξατο |  | κατηγορειν |  | ο |  | τερτυλλος |  | λεγων |
|  | Having 3 been 4 called 5 |  | and 1 |  | he 2 |  | began 7 |  | to 8 accuse 9 |  | ♦ |  | Tertullus, 6 |  | saying, |

πολλης |  | ειρηνης |  | τυγχανοντες |  | δια |  | σου |  | και |  | κατορθωματων |  | γινομενων |
Great 2 |  | peace 3 |  | obtaining 1 |  | through |  | thee, |  | and |  | excellent measures |  | being done |

τω |  | εθνει |  | τουτω |  | δια |  | της |  | σης |  | προνοιας |  |
for this nation |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | through |  | thy forethought, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 3 | παντη |  | τε |  | και |  | πανταχου |  | αποδεχομεθα |  | κρατιστε |  | φηλιξ |  | μετα |
|  | both in every way |  | ♦ |  | and |  | everywhere |  | we gladly accept [it], |  | most excellent |  | Felix, |  | with |

πασης |  | ευχαριστιας |  |
all |  | thankfulness. |  |

| 4 | ινα |  | δε |  | μη |  | επι |  | πλειον |  | σε |  | εγκοπτω |  | παρακαλω |  | ακουσαι |
|  | But that |  | ♦ |  | not 3 |  | to 7 |  | longer 9 |  | thee 8 |  | I 1 may 2 be 4 a 5 hindrance 6 |  | I beseech |  | to 2 hear 3 |

σε |  | ημων |  | συντομως |  | τη |  | ση |  | επιεικεια |  |
thee 1 |  | us |  | briefly |  | in thy clemency. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 5 | ευροντες |  | γαρ |  | τον |  | ανδρα |  | τουτον |  | λοιμον |  | και |  | κινουντα |  | στασιν |
|  | Having 2 found 3 |  | for 1 |  | this man |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | a pest, |  | and |  | moving |  | insurrection |

πασιν |  | τοις |  | ιουδαιοις |  | τοις |  | κατα |  | την |  | οικουμενην |  | πρωτοστατην |  | τε |  | της |
among all |  | the |  | Jews |  | ♦ |  | in |  | the |  | habitable world, |  | a 2 leader 3 |  | and 1 |  | of the |

των |  | ναζωραιων |  | αιρεσεως |  |
of 2 the 3 |  | Nazaraeans 4 |  | sect; 1 |  |

| 6 | ος |  | και |  | το |  | ιερον |  | επειρασεν |  | βεβηλωσαι |  | ον |  | και |  | εκρατησαμεν |  | και |
|  | who |  | also |  | the |  | temple |  | attempted |  | to profane, |  | whom |  | also |  | we seized, |  | and |

κατα |  | τον |  | ημετερον |  | νομον |  | ηθελησαμεν |  | κρινειν |  |
according to |  | ♦ |  | our |  | law |  | wished |  | to judge; |  |

| 7 | παρελθων |  | δε |  | λυσιας |  | ο |  | χιλιαρχος |  | μετα |  | πολλης |  | βιας |  | εκ |
|  | but having 5 come 6 up 7 |  | and |  | Lysias 1 |  | the 2 |  | chief 3 captain 4 |  | with |  | great |  | force |  | out of |

των |  | χειρων |  | ημων |  | απηγαγεν |  |
our hands |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | took away [him], |  |

| 8 | κελευσας |  | τους |  | κατηγορους |  | αυτου |  | ερχεσθαι |  | επι |  | σε |  | παρ |  | ου |
|  | having commanded |  | his accusers |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to come |  | to |  | thee, |  | from |  | whom |

δυνηση |  | αυτος |  | ανακρινας |  | περι |  | παντων |  | τουτων |  | επιγνωναι |
thou wilt be able |  | thyself, |  | having examined |  | concerning |  | all |  | theses things |  | to 6 know 7 |

ων |  | ημεις |  | κατηγορουμεν |  | αυτου |  |
of 1 which 2 |  | we 3 |  | accuse 4 |  | him. 5 |  |

| 9 | συνεθεντο |  | δε |  | και |  | οι |  | ιουδαιοι |  | φασκοντες |  | ταυτα |  | ουτως |  | εχειν |  |
|  | And agreed 4 |  | ♦ |  | also 3 |  | the 1 |  | Jews, 2 |  | declaring |  | these things |  | thus 3 |  | to 1 be. 2 |  |

| 10 | απεκριθη |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | νευσαντος |  | αυτω |  | του |  | ηγεμονος |
|  | But answered 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |  | having 5 made 6 a 7 sign 8 |  | to 9 him 10 |  | the 3 |  | governor 4 |

λεγειν |  | εκ |  | πολλων |  | ετων |  | οντα |  | σε |  | κριτην |  | τω |  | εθνει |  | τουτω
to speak, |  | For 5 |  | many 6 |  | years 7 |  | as 3 being 4 |  | thee 2 |  | judge 8 |  | to 9 this 10 nation 11 |  | ♦ |  | ♦

| επισταμενος |  | ευθυμοτερον |  | τα |  | περι |  | εμαυτου |  | απολογουμαι |  |
| knowing, 1 |  | more cheerfully [as to] |  | the things |  | concerning |  | myself |  | I make defence. |  |

| 11 | δυναμενου |  | σου |  | γνωναι |  | οτι |  | ου |  | πλειους |  | εισιν |  | μοι |  | ημεραι |  | η |
|  | Being 2 able 3 |  | thou 1 |  | to know |  | that |  | not 3 |  | more 4 than 5 |  | there 1 are 2 |  | to 8 me 9 |  | days 7 |  | ♦ |

δεκαδυο |  | αφ |  | ης |  | ανεβην |  | προσκυνησων |  | εν |  | ιερουσαλημ |  |
twelve 6 |  | since |  | ♦ |  | I went up |  | to worship |  | at |  | Jersusalem, |  |

| 12 | και |  | ουτε |  | εν |  | τω |  | ιερω |  | ευρον |  | με |  | προς |  | τινα |  | διαλεγομενον |  | η |
|  | and |  | neither |  | in |  | the |  | temple |  | did they find |  | me |  | with |  | anyone |  | reasoning, |  | or |

επισυστασιν |  | ποιουντα |  | οχλου |  | ουτε |  | εν |  | ταις |  | συναγωγαις |  | ουτε |  | κατα |
a tumultuous gathering |  | making |  | of a crowd |  | neither |  | in |  | the |  | synagogues |  | nor |  | in |

την |  | πολιν |  |
the |  | city; |  |

| 13 | ουτε |  | παραστησαι |  | με |  | δυνανται |  | περι |  | ων |  | νυν |
|  | neither |  | to 4 prove 5 |  | ♦ |  | are 1 they 2 able 3 [the things] |  | concerning |  | which |  | now |

κατηγορουσιν |  | μου |  |
they accuse |  | me. |  |

| 14 | ομολογω |  | δε |  | τουτο |  | σοι |  | οτι |  | κατα |  | την |  | οδον |  | ην |  | λεγουσιν |  | αιρεσιν |
|  | But I confess |  | ♦ |  | this |  | to thee, |  | that |  | in |  | the |  | way |  | which |  | they call |  | sect, |

ουτως |  | λατρευω |  | τω |  | πατρωω |  | θεω |  | πιστευων |  | πασιν |  | τοις |  | κατα |  | τον |
so |  | I serve |  | the |  | ancestral |  | God, |  | believing |  | all things |  | which |  | throughout |  | the |

νομον |  | και |  | τοις |  | προφηταις |  | γεγραμμενοις |  |
law |  | and |  | the |  | prophets |  | have been written, |  |

| 15 | ελπιδα |  | εχων |  | εις |  | τον |  | θεον |  | ην |  | και |  | αυτοι |  | ουτοι |  | προσδεχονται |
|  | a hope |  | having |  | in |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | which |  | also |  | they |  | themselves |  | receive, |

αναστασιν |  | μελλειν |  | εσεσθαι |  | νεκρων |  | δικαιων |  | τε |  | και |  | αδικων |  |
[that] a resurrection |  | is about |  | to be |  | of [the] dead, |  | both of just |  | ♦ |  | and |  | of unjust. |  |

| 16 | εν |  | τουτω |  | δε |  | αυτος |  | ασκω |  | απροσκοπον |  | συνειδησιν |  | εχειν |
|  | And in this |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | myself |  | I exercise, |  | without 5 offence 6 |  | a 3 conscience 4 |  | to 1 have 2 |

προς |  | τον |  | θεον |  | και |  | τους |  | ανθρωπους |  | διαπαντος |  |
towards |  | ♦ |  | God |  | and |  | ♦ |  | men |  | continually. 2 |  |

| 17 | δι |  | ετων |  | δε |  | πλειονων |  | παρεγενομην |  | ελεημοσυνας |  | ποιησων |
|  | And after years |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | many 1 |  | I arrived |  | alms 2 |  | bringing 1 |

εις |  | το |  | εθνος |  | μου |  | και |  | προσφορας |  |
to |  | my nation |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | offerings. |  |

| 18 | εν |  | οις |  | ευρον |  | με |  | ηγνισμενον |  | εν |  | τω |  | ιερω |  | ου |  | μετα |  | οχλου |  | ουδε |
|  | Amidst |  | which |  | they found |  | me |  | purified |  | in |  | the |  | temple, |  | not |  | with |  | crowd |  | nor |

μετα |  | θορυβου |  | τινες |  | δε |  | απο |  | της |  | ασιας |  | ιουδαιοι |  |
with |  | tumult. |  | But [it was] certain |  | ♦ |  | from 2 |  | ♦ |  | Asia 3 |  | Jews, 1 |  |

| 19 | ους |  | δει |  | επι |  | σου |  | παρειναι |  | και |  | κατηγορειν |  | ει |  | τι |  | εχοιεν |  | προς |
|  | who |  | ought |  | before |  | thee |  | to appear |  | and |  | to accuse |  | if |  | anything |  | they may have |  | against |

με |  |
me; |  |

| 20 | η |  | αυτοι |  | ουτοι |  | ειπατωσαν |  | ει |  | τι |  | ευρον |  | εν |  | εμοι |  | αδικημα
|  | or |  | these themselves |  | ♦ |  | let them say, |  | if |  | any |  | they 2 found 3 |  | in 4 |  | me 5 |  | unrighteousness, 1

| σταντος |  | μου |  | επι |  | του |  | συνεδριου |  |
| when I stood |  | ♦ |  | before |  | the |  | sanhedrim, |  |

| 21 | η |  | περι |  | μιας |  | ταυτης |  | φωνης |  | ης |  | εκραξα |  | εστως |  | εν |
|  | [other] than |  | concerning |  | this one |  | ♦ |  | voice, |  | which |  | I cried out |  | standing |  | among |

αυτοις |  | οτι |  | περι |  | αναστασεως |  | νεκρων |  | εγω |  | κρινομαι |  | σημερον |  | υφ |
them: |  | ♦ |  | Concerning |  | a resurrection |  | of [the] dead |  | I |  | am judged |  | this day |  | by |

υμων |  |
you. |  |

| 22 | ακουσας |  | δε |  | ταυτα |  | ο |  | φηλιξ |  | ανεβαλετο |  | αυτους |
|  | And having 2 heard 3 |  | ♦ |  | these 4 things 5 |  | ♦ |  | Felix 1 |  | he put off 2 |  | them, 1 |

ακριβεστερον |  | ειδως |  | τα |  | περι |  | της |  | οδου |  | ειπων |  | οταν |  | λυσιας |  | ο |
more accurately |  | knowing |  | the things |  | concerning |  | the |  | way, |  | saying |  | When |  | Lysias |  | the |

χιλιαρχος |  | καταβη |  | διαγνωσομαι |  | τα |  | καθ |  | υμας |  |
chief captain |  | may have come down, |  | I will examine |  | the things |  | as to |  | you; |  |

| 23 | διαταξαμενος |  | τε |  | τω |  | εκατονταρχη |  | τηρεισθαι |  | τον |  | παυλον |
|  | having ordered |  | ♦ |  | the |  | centurion |  | to keep |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |

εχειν |  | τε |  | ανεσιν |  | και |  | μηδενα |  | κωλυειν |  | των |  | ιδιων |  | αυτου |
and to [let him] have |  | ♦ |  | ease, |  | and |  | none 3 |  | to 1 forbid 2 |  | of his own |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

υπηρετειν |  | η |  | προσερχεσθαι |  | αυτω |  |
to minister |  | or |  | to come |  | to him. |  |

| 24 | μετα |  | δε |  | ημερας |  | τινας |  | παραγενομενος |  | ο |  | φηλιξ |  | συν |  | δρουσιλλη |
|  | And after |  | ♦ |  | days 2 |  | certain 1 |  | having 4 arrived 5 |  | ♦ |  | Felix 3 |  | with |  | Drusilla |

τη |  | γυναικι |  | αυτου |  | ουση |  | ιουδαια |  | μετεπεμψατο |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | και |
his wife, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | who was |  | a Jewess, |  | he sent for |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |  | and |

ηκουσεν |  | αυτου |  | περι |  | της |  | εις |  | χριστον |  | πιστεως |  |
heard |  | him |  | conerning |  | the |  | in 2 |  | Christ 3 |  | faith. 1 |  |

| 25 | διαλεγομενου |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | περι |  | δικαιοσυνης |  | και |  | εγκρατειας |  | και |  | του |
|  | And as reasoned 2 |  | ♦ |  | he 1 |  | concerning |  | righteousness |  | and |  | self-control |  | and |  | the |

κριματος |  | του |  | μελλοντος |  | εσεσθαι |  | εμφοβος |  | γενομενος |  | ο |  | φηλιξ |  | απεκριθη
judgment |  | ♦ |  | about |  | to be, |  | afraid 2 |  | becoming 1 |  | ♦ |  | Felix |  | answered,

| το |  | νυν |  | εχον |  | πορευου |  | καιρον |  | δε |  | μεταλαβων |
| For the present |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | go, |  | and an apportunity |  | ♦ |  | having found |

μετακαλεσομαι |  | σε |  |
I will call for |  | thee; |  |

| 26 | αμα |  | δε |  | και |  | ελπιζων |  | οτι |  | χρηματα |  | δοθησεται |  | αυτω |  | υπο |  | του |  | παυλου |
|  | withal |  | too |  | also |  | hoping |  | that |  | riches |  | will be given |  | him |  | by |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |

οπως |  | λυση |  | αυτον |  | διο |  | και |  | πυκνοτερον |  | αυτον |  | μεταπεμπομενος |
that |  | he might loose |  | him: |  | wherefore |  | also |  | oftener |  | him |  | sending for |

ωμιλει |  | αυτω |  |
he conversed |  | with him. |  |

| 27 | διετιας |  | δε |  | πληρωθεισης |  | ελαβεν |  | διαδοχον |  | ο |  | φηλιξ |  | πορκιον |
|  | But two years |  | ♦ |  | being completed |  | received 2 [as] 3 |  | successor 4 |  | ♦ |  | Felix 1 |  | Porcius |

φηστον |  | θελων |  | τε |  | χαριτας |  | καταθεσθαι |  | τοις |  | ιουδαιοις |  | ο |  | φηλιξ |
Festus; |  | and wishing |  | ♦ |  | favours |  | to acquire for himself |  | with the |  | Jews |  | ♦ |  | Felix |

κατελιπεν |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | δεδεμενον |  |
left |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | bound. |  |