ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 8

| 1 | σαυλος |  | δε |  | ην |  | συνευδοκων |  | τη |  | αναιρεσει |  | αυτου |  | εγενετο |  | δε |  | εν |
|  | And Saul |  | ♦ |  | was |  | consenting |  | to the |  | killing |  | of him. |  | And took place |  | ♦ |  | on |

εκεινη |  | τη |  | ημερα |  | διωγμος |  | μεγας |  | επι |  | την |  | εκκλησιαν |  | την |  | εν |
that |  | ♦ |  | day |  | a persecution 2 |  | great 1 |  | against |  | the |  | assembly |  | which [was] |  | in |

ιεροσολυμοις |  | παντες |  | τε |  | διεσπαρησαν |  | κατα |  | τας |  | χωρας |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |
Jerusalem, |  | and all |  | ♦ |  | were scattered |  | throughout |  | the |  | countries |  | ♦ |  | of Judaea |

και |  | σαμαρειας |  | πλην |  | των |  | αποστολων |  |
and |  | Samaria |  | except |  | the |  | apostles. |  |

| 2 | συνεκομισαν |  | δε |  | τον |  | στεφανον |  | ανδρες |  | ευλαβεις |  | και |  | εποιησαντο |
|  | And buried 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Stephen 4 |  | men 2 |  | devout 1 |  | and |  | made |

κοπετον |  | μεγαν |  | επ |  | αυτω |  |
lamentation 2 |  | great 1 |  | over |  | him. |  |

| 3 | σαυλος |  | δε |  | ελυμαινετο |  | την |  | εκκλησιαν |  | κατα |  | τους |  | οικους |
|  | But Saul |  | ♦ |  | was ravaging |  | the |  | assembly, |  | house 2 by 3 house 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εισπορευομενος |  | συρων |  | τε |  | ανδρας |  | και |  | γυναικας |  | παρεδιδου |  | εις |
entering, 1 |  | and dragging |  | ♦ |  | men |  | and |  | women |  | delivered [them] up |  | to |

φυλακην |  |
prison. |  |

| 4 | οι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | διασπαρεντες |  | διηλθον |  | ευαγγελιζομενοι |
|  | They who |  | ♦ |  | therefore |  | had been scattered |  | passed through, |  | announcing the glad tidings-- |

τον |  | λογον |  |
the |  | word. |  |

| 5 | φιλιππος |  | δε |  | κατελθων |  | εις |  | πολιν |  | της |  | σαμαρειας |  | εκηρυσσεν |  | αυτοις |  | τον |
|  | And Philip, |  | ♦ |  | going down |  | to |  | a city |  | ♦ |  | of Samaria, |  | proclaimed |  | to them |  | the |

χριστον |  |
Christ; |  |

| 6 | προσειχον |  | τε |  | οι |  | οχλοι |  | τοις |  | λεγομενοις |  | υπο |  | του |  | φιλιππου |
|  | gave 4 heed 5 |  | and 1 |  | the 2 |  | crowds 3 |  | to the things |  | spoken |  | by |  | ♦ |  | Philip |

ομοθυμαδον |  | εν |  | τω |  | ακουειν |  | αυτους |  | και |  | βλεπειν |  | τα |  | σημεια |  | α
with one accord, |  | when they heard |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | saw |  | the |  | signs |  | which

| εποιει |  |
| he did. |  |

| 7 | πολλων |  | γαρ |  | των |  | εχοντων |  | πνευματα |  | ακαθαρτα |  | βοωντα |
|  | For of many |  | ♦ |  | of those who |  | had |  | spirits |  | unclean, |  | crying 4 |

μεγαλη |  | φωνη |  | εξηρχετο |  | πολλοι |  | δε |  | παραλελυμενοι |  | και |  | χωλοι |
with 5 a 6 loud 7 |  | voice 8 |  | they 1 went 2 out; 3 |  | and many |  | ♦ |  | having been paralysed |  | and |  | lame |

εθεραπευθησαν |  |
were healed. |  |

| 8 | και |  | εγενετο |  | χαρα |  | μεγαλη |  | εν |  | τη |  | πολει |  | εκεινη |  |
|  | And |  | was 3 |  | joy 2 |  | great 1 |  | in |  | that city. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 9 | ανηρ |  | δε |  | τις |  | ονοματι |  | σιμων |  | προυπηρχεν |  | εν |  | τη |  | πολει |
|  | But a certain man, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | by name |  | Simon, |  | was formerly |  | in |  | the |  | city |

μαγευων |  | και |  | εξιστων |  | το |  | εθνος |  | της |  | σαμαρειας |  | λεγων |  | ειναι |  | τινα |
using magic arts |  | and |  | amazing |  | the |  | nation |  | ♦ |  | of Samaria, |  | saying |  | to 2 be 3 |  | some 4 |

εαυτον |  | μεγαν |  |
himself 1 |  | great one. |  |

| 10 | ω |  | προσειχον |  | παντες |  | απο |  | μικρου |  | εως |  | μεγαλου |  | λεγοντες |
|  | To whom |  | were 2 giving 3 heed 4 |  | all 1 |  | from |  | small |  | to |  | great, |  | saying, |

ουτος |  | εστιν |  | η |  | δυναμις |  | του |  | θεου |  | η |  | μεγαλη |  |
This one |  | is |  | the |  | power |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | which |  | [is] great. |  |

| 11 | προσειχον |  | δε |  | αυτω |  | δια |  | το |  | ικανω |  | χρονω |  | ταις |
|  | And they were giving heed |  | ♦ |  | to him, |  | because |  | that for a long |  | ♦ |  | time |  | with the |

μαγειαις |  | εξεστακεναι |  | αυτους |  |
magic arts |  | [he] had amazed |  | them. |  |

| 12 | οτε |  | δε |  | επιστευσαν |  | τω |  | φιλιππω |  | ευαγγελιζομενω |  | τα |
|  | But when |  | ♦ |  | they believed |  | ♦ |  | Philip |  | announcing the glad tidings-- |  | the things |

περι |  | της |  | βασιλειας |  | του |  | θεου |  | και |  | του |  | ονοματος |  | του |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |
concerning |  | the |  | kingdom |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | and |  | the |  | name |  | ♦ |  | of Jesus |  | Christ, |

εβαπτιζοντο |  | ανδρες |  | τε |  | και |  | γυναικες |  |
they were baptized |  | both men |  | ♦ |  | and |  | women. |  |

| 13 | ο |  | δε |  | σιμων |  | και |  | αυτος |  | επιστευσεν |  | και |  | βαπτισθεις |  | ην |
|  | And Simon |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | also |  | himself |  | believed, |  | and |  | having been baptized |  | was |

προσκαρτερων |  | τω |  | φιλιππω |  | θεωρων |  | τε |  | σημεια |  | και |  | δυναμεις |
steadfastly continuing |  | ♦ |  | with Philip; |  | beholding 2 |  | and 1 |  | signs |  | and |  | works 2 of 3 power 4 |

μεγαλας |  | γινομενας |  | εξιστατο |  |
great 1 |  | being done, |  | was amazed. |  |

| 14 | ακουσαντες |  | δε |  | οι |  | εν |  | ιεροσολυμοις |  | αποστολοι |  | οτι |  | δεδεκται |  | η |
|  | And having 4 heard 5 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | in 3 |  | Jerusalem 4 |  | apostles 2 |  | that |  | had 2 received 3 |  | ♦ |

σαμαρεια |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | θεου |  | απεστειλαν |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | τον |  | πετρον |  | και |
Samaria 1 |  | the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | they sent |  | to |  | them |  | ♦ |  | Peter |  | and |

ιωαννην |  |
John; |  |

| 15 | οιτινες |  | καταβαντες |  | προσηυξαντο |  | περι |  | αυτων |  | οπως |
|  | who |  | having come down |  | prayed |  | for |  | them, |  | that |

λαβωσιν |  | πνευμα |  | αγιον |  |
they might receive [the] |  | Spirit 2 |  | Holy; 1 |  |

| 16 | ουπω |  | γαρ |  | ην |  | επ |  | ουδενι |  | αυτων |  | επιπεπτωκος |  | μονον |  | δε |
|  | for not yet |  | ♦ |  | was he |  | upon |  | any (lit. no one) |  | of them |  | fallen, |  | but only |  | ♦ |

βεβαπτισμενοι |  | υπηρχον |  | εις |  | το |  | ονομα |  | του |  | κυριου |  | ιησου |  |
baptized |  | they 1 were 2 |  | to |  | the |  | name |  | of the |  | Lord |  | Jesus. |  |

| 17 | τοτε |  | επετιθουν |  | τας |  | χειρας |  | επ |  | αυτους |  | και |  | ελαμβανον |  | πνευμα |  | αγιον |  |
|  | Then |  | they laid |  | ♦ |  | hands |  | upon |  | them, |  | and |  | they received |  | [the] Spirit 2 |  | Holy. 1 |  |

| 18 | θεασαμενος |  | δε |  | ο |  | σιμων |  | οτι |  | δια |  | της |  | επιθεσεως |  | των |  | χειρων |  | των |
|  | But having 2 seen 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Simon 1 |  | that |  | by |  | the |  | laying on |  | of the |  | hands |  | of the |

αποστολων |  | διδοται |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | το |  | αγιον |  | προσηνεγκεν |  | αυτοις |  | χρηματα |  |
apostles |  | was given |  | the |  | Spirit |  | the |  | Holy, |  | he offered |  | to them |  | riches, |  |

| 19 | λεγων |  | δοτε |  | καμοι |  | την |  | εξουσιαν |  | ταυτην |  | ινα |  | ω |  | αν |  | επιθω |
|  | saying, |  | Give |  | also to me |  | ♦ |  | this authority, |  | ♦ |  | that |  | on whomsoever |  | ♦ |  | I may lay |

τας |  | χειρας |  | λαμβανη |  | πνευμα |  | αγιον |  |
♦ |  | hands, |  | he may receive |  | [the] Spirit 2 |  | Holy. 1 |  |

| 20 | πετρος |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | το |  | αργυριον |  | σου |  | συν |  | σοι |  | ειη |  | εις
|  | But Peter |  | ♦ |  | said |  | to |  | him, |  | Thy money |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with |  | thee |  | may it bee |  | to

| απωλειαν |  | οτι |  | την |  | δωρεαν |  | του |  | θεου |  | ενομισας |  | δια |  | χρηματων |
| destruction, |  | because |  | the |  | gift |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | thou didst think |  | by |  | riches |

κτασθαι |  |
to be obtained. |  |

| 21 | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | σοι |  | μερις |  | ουδε |  | κληρος |  | εν |  | τω |  | λογω |  | τουτω |  | η |
|  | Not 3 |  | there 1 is 2 |  | to thee |  | part |  | nor |  | lot |  | in |  | this matter; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for the |

γαρ |  | καρδια |  | σου |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | ευθεια |  | ενωπιον |  | του |  | θεου |  |
♦ |  | heart |  | of thee |  | is not |  | ♦ |  | right |  | before |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 22 | μετανοησον |  | ουν |  | απο |  | της |  | κακιας |  | σου |  | ταυτης |  | και |  | δεηθητι |
|  | Repent |  | therefore |  | of |  | thy 2 wickedness 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | this, 1 |  | and |  | supplicate |

του |  | θεου |  | ει |  | αρα |  | αφεθησεται |  | σοι |  | η |  | επινοια |  | της |  | καρδιας |  | σου |  |
♦ |  | God, |  | if |  | indeed |  | may be forgiven |  | to thee |  | the |  | thought |  | of thy heart; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 23 | εις |  | γαρ |  | χολην |  | πικριας |  | και |  | συνδεσμον |  | αδικιας |  | ορω |  | σε |  | οντα |  |
|  | in 2 |  | for 1 |  | a gall |  | of bitterness |  | and |  | a bond |  | of unrighteousness |  | I see |  | thee |  | to be. |  |

| 24 | αποκριθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | σιμων |  | ειπεν |  | δεηθητε |  | υμεις |  | υπερ |  | εμου |  | προς |  | τον |
|  | And answering 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Simon 1 |  | said, |  | Supplicate |  | ye |  | on behalf |  | of me |  | to |  | the |

κυριον |  | οπως |  | μηδεν |  | επελθη |  | επ |  | εμε |  | ων |  | ειρηκατε |  |
Lord, |  | so that |  | nothing |  | may come |  | upon |  | me |  | of which |  | ye have spoken. |  |

| 25 | οι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | διαμαρτυραμενοι |  | και |  | λαλησαντες |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |
|  | They |  | ♦ |  | therefore |  | having earnestly testified |  | and |  | having spoken |  | the |  | word |  | of the |

κυριου |  | υπεστρεψαν |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | πολλας |  | τε |  | κωμας |  | των |
Lord, |  | returned |  | to |  | Jerusalem, |  | and [to] many |  | ♦ |  | villages |  | of the |

σαμαρειτων |  | ευηγγελισαντο |  |
Samaritans |  | announced the glad tidings. |  |

| 26 | αγγελος |  | δε |  | κυριου |  | ελαλησεν |  | προς |  | φιλιππον |  | λεγων |  | αναστηθι |  | και |
|  | But an angel |  | ♦ |  | of [the] Lord |  | spoke |  | to |  | Philip, |  | saying, |  | Rise up |  | and |

πορευου |  | κατα |  | μεσημβριαν |  | επι |  | την |  | οδον |  | την |  | καταβαινουσαν |  | απο |
go |  | towards [the] |  | south, |  | on |  | the |  | way |  | which |  | goes down |  | from |

ιερουσαλημ |  | εις |  | γαζαν |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | ερημος |  |
Jerusalem |  | to |  | Gaza: |  | the same |  | is |  | desert. |  |

| 27 | και |  | αναστας |  | επορευθη |  | και |  | ιδου |  | ανηρ |  | αιθιοψ |  | ευνουχος |  | δυναστης
|  | And |  | having risen up |  | he went. |  | And |  | lo, |  | a man |  | an Ethiopian, |  | a eunuch, |  | one in power

| κανδακης |  | της |  | βασιλισσης |  | αιθιοπων |  | ος |  | ην |  | επι |  | πασης |  | της |
| under Candace |  | the |  | queen |  | of [the] Ethiopians, |  | who |  | was |  | over |  | all |  | her treasure, |

γαζης |  | αυτης |  | ος |  | εληλυθει |  | προσκυνησων |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | who |  | had come |  | to 3 worship 4 |  | to 1 |  | Jesusalem, 2 |  |

| 28 | ην |  | τε |  | υποστρεφων |  | και |  | καθημενος |  | επι |  | του |  | αρματος |  | αυτου |  | και |
|  | and was |  | ♦ |  | returning |  | and |  | sitting |  | in |  | his chariot, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |

ανεγινωσκεν |  | τον |  | προφητην |  | ησαιαν |  |
he was reading |  | the |  | prophet |  | Esaias. |  |

| 29 | ειπεν |  | δε |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | τω |  | φιλιππω |  | προσελθε |  | και |  | κολληθητι |  | τω |
|  | And said |  | ♦ |  | the |  | Spirit |  | ♦ |  | to Philip, |  | Go near |  | and |  | join thyself |  | to this chariot. |

αρματι |  | τουτω |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 30 | προσδραμων |  | δε |  | ο |  | φιλιππος |  | ηκουσεν |  | αυτου |  | αναγινωσκοντος |  | τον |
|  | And running up |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Philip |  | heard |  | him |  | reading |  | the |

προφητην |  | ησαιαν |  | και |  | ειπεν |  | αρα |  | γε |  | γινωσκεις |  | α |
prophet |  | Esaias, |  | and |  | said, |  | Then 3 dost 1 thou 2 |  | ♦ |  | know |  | what |

αναγινωσκεις |  |
thou readest? |  |

| 31 | ο |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | πως |  | γαρ |  | αν |  | δυναιμην |  | εαν |  | μη |  | τις |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | [No,] for how |  | ♦ |  | should I be able |  | ♦ |  | unless |  | ♦ |  | some one |

οδηγηση |  | με |  | παρεκαλεσεν |  | τε |  | τον |  | φιλιππον |  | αναβαντα |  | καθισαι |  | συν |
should guide |  | me? |  | And he besought |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Philip |  | having come up |  | to sit |  | with |

αυτω |  |
him. |  |

| 32 | η |  | δε |  | περιοχη |  | της |  | γραφης |  | ην |  | ανεγινωσκεν |  | ην |  | αυτη |  | ως |
|  | And the |  | ♦ |  | passage |  | of the |  | scripture |  | which |  | he was reading |  | was |  | this, |  | As |

προβατον |  | επι |  | σφαγην |  | ηχθη |  | και |  | ως |  | αμνος |  | εναντιον |  | του |  | κειροντος |
a sheep |  | to |  | slaughter |  | he was led, |  | and |  | as |  | a lamb |  | before |  | him who |  | shears |

αυτον |  | αφωνος |  | ουτως |  | ουκ |  | ανοιγει |  | το |  | στομα |  | αυτου |  |
him |  | [is] dumb, |  | thus |  | he opens not |  | ♦ |  | his mouth. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 33 | εν |  | τη |  | ταπεινωσει |  | αυτου |  | η |  | κρισις |  | αυτου |  | ηρθη |
|  | In |  | his humiliation |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | his judgment |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | was taken away, |

την |  | δε |  | γενεαν |  | αυτου |  | τις |  | διηγησεται |  | οτι |  | αιρεται |  | απο |  | της |  | γης |  | η |
and the |  | ♦ |  | generation |  | of him |  | who |  | shall declare? |  | for |  | is taken |  | from |  | the |  | earth |  | his life. |

ζωη |  | αυτου |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 34 | αποκριθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | ευνουχος |  | τω |  | φιλιππω |  | ειπεν |  | δεομαι |  | σου |  | περι |
|  | And answering |  | ♦ |  | the |  | eunuch |  | ♦ |  | to 2 Philip 3 |  | said, 1 |  | I pray |  | thee, |  | concerning |

τινος |  | ο |  | προφητης |  | λεγει |  | τουτο |  | περι |  | εαυτου |  | η |  | περι |  | ετερου |
whom |  | the 2 |  | prophet 3 |  | says 1 |  | this? |  | concerning |  | himself, |  | or |  | concerning |  | some other? |

τινος |  |
♦ |  |

| 35 | ανοιξας |  | δε |  | ο |  | φιλιππος |  | το |  | στομα |  | αυτου |  | και |  | αρξαμενος |
|  | And having 2 opened 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Philip 1 |  | his mouth, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | having begun |

απο |  | της |  | γραφης |  | ταυτης |  | ευηγγελισατο |  | αυτω |  | τον |
from |  | this scripture, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | announced to him the glad tidings-- |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ιησουν |  |
Jesus. |  |

| 36 | ως |  | δε |  | επορευοντο |  | κατα |  | την |  | οδον |  | ηλθον |  | επι |  | τι |  | υδωρ |  | και |
|  | And as |  | ♦ |  | they were going |  | along |  | the |  | way, |  | they came |  | upon |  | a certain |  | water, |  | and |

φησιν |  | ο |  | ευνουχος |  | ιδου |  | υδωρ |  | τι |  | κωλυει |  | με |  | βαπτισθηναι |  |
says 3 |  | the 1 |  | eunuch, 2 |  | Behold |  | water; |  | what |  | hinders |  | me |  | to be baptized? |  |

| 37 | ειπεν |  | δε |  | ο |  | φιλιππος |  | ει |  | πιστευεις |  | εξ |  | ολης |  | της |  | καρδιας |  | εξεστιν |
|  | And said 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Philip, 1 |  | If |  | thou believest |  | from |  | whole 2 |  | the 1 |  | heart, |  | it is lawful. |

αποκριθεις |  | δε |  | ειπεν |  | πιστευω |  | τον |  | υιον |  | του |  | θεου |  | ειναι |  | τον |  | ιησουν |
And answering |  | ♦ |  | he said, |  | I believe |  | the 5 |  | Son 6 |  | ♦ |  | of 7 God 8 |  | to 3 be 4 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus 1 |

χριστον |  |
Christ. 2 |  |

| 38 | και |  | εκελευσεν |  | στηναι |  | το |  | αρμα |  | και |  | κατεβησαν |  | αμφοτεροι |  | εις |
|  | And |  | he commanded |  | to 3 stand 4 still 5 |  | the 1 |  | chariot. 2 |  | And |  | they went down |  | both |  | to |

το |  | υδωρ |  | ο |  | τε |  | φιλιππος |  | και |  | ο |  | ευνουχος |  | και |  | εβαπτισεν |  | αυτον |  |
the |  | water, |  | both Philip |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | the |  | eunuch, |  | and |  | he baptized |  | him. |  |

| 39 | οτε |  | δε |  | ανεβησαν |  | εκ |  | του |  | υδατος |  | πνευμα |  | κυριου |  | ηρπασεν |  | τον |
|  | But when |  | ♦ |  | they came up |  | out of |  | the |  | water |  | [the] Spirit |  | of [the] Lord |  | caught away |  | ♦ |

φιλιππον |  | και |  | ουκ |  | ειδεν |  | αυτον |  | ουκετι |  | ο |  | ευνουχος |  | επορευετο |  | γαρ |
Philip, |  | and |  | ♦ |  | saw 3 |  | him 4 |  | no 5 longer 6 |  | the 1 |  | eunuch, 2 |  | for he went |  | ♦ |

την |  | οδον |  | αυτου |  | χαιρων |  |
his way |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | rejoicing. |  |

| 40 | φιλιππος |  | δε |  | ευρεθη |  | εις |  | αζωτον |  | και |  | διερχομενος |
|  | Philip 2 |  | and 1 |  | was found |  | at |  | Azotus, |  | and |  | passing through |

ευηγγελιζετο |  | τας |  | πολεις |  | πασας |  | εως |  | του |  | ελθειν |  | αυτον |  | εις |
he announced the glad tidings [to] |  | the 2 |  | cities 3 |  | all, 1 |  | till |  | he came |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to |

καισαρειαν |  |
Ceasarea. |  |