ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 15

| 1 | και |  | τινες |  | κατελθοντες |  | απο |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | εδιδασκον |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | οτι
|  | And |  | certain |  | having come down |  | from |  | ♦ |  | Judaea |  | were teaching |  | the |  | brethren, |  | ♦

| εαν |  | μη |  | περιτεμνησθε |  | τω |  | εθει |  | μωυσεως |  | ου |  | δυνασθε |  | σωθηναι |  |
| Unless |  | ♦ |  | ye be circumcised |  | after the |  | custom |  | of Moses |  | ye cannot |  | ♦ |  | be saved. |  |

| 2 | γενομενης |  | ουν |  | στασεως |  | και |  | συζητησεως |  | ουκ |  | ολιγης |  | τω |  | παυλω |
|  | Having taken place |  | therefore |  | a commotion |  | and |  | discussion |  | not |  | a little |  | ♦ |  | by Paul |

και |  | τω |  | βαρναβα |  | προς |  | αυτους |  | εταξαν |  | αναβαινειν |  | παυλον |  | και |
and |  | ♦ |  | Barnabas |  | with |  | them, |  | they appointed |  | to 4 go 5 up 6 |  | Paul 1 |  | and 2 |

βαρναβαν |  | και |  | τινας |  | αλλους |  | εξ |  | αυτων |  | προς |  | τους |  | αποστολους |  | και |
Barnabas 3 |  | and |  | certain |  | others |  | from amongst |  | them |  | to |  | the |  | apostles |  | and |

πρεσβυτερους |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | περι |  | του |  | ζητηματος |  | τουτου |  |
elders |  | to |  | Jerusalem, |  | about |  | this question. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 3 | οι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | προπεμφθεντες |  | υπο |  | της |  | εκκλησιας |  | διηρχοντο |  | την
|  | They |  | indeed |  | therefore |  | having been sent forward |  | by |  | the |  | assembly |  | passed through |  | ♦

| φοινικην |  | και |  | σαμαρειαν |  | εκδιηγουμενοι |  | την |  | επιστροφην |  | των |  | εθνων |  | και
| Phoenicia |  | and |  | Samaria, |  | relating |  | the |  | conversion |  | of the |  | nations. |  | And

| εποιουν |  | χαραν |  | μεγαλην |  | πασιν |  | τοις |  | αδελφοις |  |
| they caused |  | joy 2 |  | great 1 |  | to all |  | the |  | brethren. |  |

| 4 | παραγενομενοι |  | δε |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | απεδεχθησαν |  | υπο |  | της |  | εκκλησιας |
|  | And having come |  | ♦ |  | to |  | Jerusalem |  | they were welcomed |  | by |  | the |  | assembly |

και |  | των |  | αποστολων |  | και |  | των |  | πρεσβυτερων |  | ανηγγειλαν |  | τε |  | οσα |  | ο |  | θεος |
and |  | the |  | apostles |  | and |  | the |  | elders, |  | and they declared |  | ♦ |  | all that |  | ♦ |  | God |

εποιησεν |  | μετ |  | αυτων |  |
did |  | with |  | them. |  |

| 5 | εξανεστησαν |  | δε |  | τινες |  | των |  | απο |  | της |  | αιρεσεως |  | των |  | φαρισαιων |
|  | And rose up |  | ♦ |  | certain |  | of those |  | of |  | the |  | sect |  | of the |  | Pharisees |

πεπιστευκοτες |  | λεγοντες |  | οτι |  | δει |  | περιτεμνειν |  | αυτους |
who believed, |  | saying, |  | ♦ |  | It is necessary |  | to circumcise |  | them, |

παραγγελλειν |  | τε |  | τηρειν |  | τον |  | νομον |  | μωυσεως |  |
and charge [them] |  | ♦ |  | to keep |  | the |  | law |  | of Moses. |  |

| 6 | συνηχθησαν |  | δε |  | οι |  | αποστολοι |  | και |  | οι |  | πρεσβυτεροι |  | ιδειν |  | περι |
|  | Were 2 gathered 3 together 4 |  | and 1 |  | the |  | apostles |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | to see |  | about |

του |  | λογου |  | τουτου |  |
♦ |  | this matter. |  | ♦ |  |

| 7 | πολλης |  | δε |  | συζητησεως |  | γενομενης |  | αναστας |  | πετρος |  | ειπεν |  | προς
|  | And much |  | ♦ |  | discussion |  | having taken place, |  | having 2 risen 3 up 4 |  | Peter 1 |  | said |  | to

| αυτους |  | ανδρες |  | αδελφοι |  | υμεις |  | επιστασθε |  | οτι |  | αφ |  | ημερων |  | αρχαιων |  | ο |
| them, |  | Men |  | brethren, |  | ye |  | know |  | that |  | from |  | days 2 |  | early 1 |  | ♦ |

θεος |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | εξελεξατο |  | δια |  | του |  | στοματος |  | μου |  | ακουσαι |  | τα |
God |  | among |  | us |  | chose |  | by |  | my mouth |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | [for] to 3 hear 4 |  | the 1 |

εθνη |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | ευαγγελιου |  | και |  | πιστευσαι |  |
nations 2 |  | the |  | word |  | of the |  | glad tidings, |  | and |  | to believe. |  |

| 8 | και |  | ο |  | καρδιογνωστης |  | θεος |  | εμαρτυρησεν |  | αυτοις |  | δους |  | αυτοις |  | το |
|  | And |  | the |  | heart-knowing |  | God |  | bore witness |  | to them, |  | giving |  | to them |  | the |

πνευμα |  | το |  | αγιον |  | καθως |  | και |  | ημιν |  |
Spirit |  | the |  | Holy |  | as |  | also |  | to us, |  |

| 9 | και |  | ουδεν |  | διεκρινεν |  | μεταξυ |  | ημων |  | τε |  | και |  | αυτων |  | τη |  | πιστει |
|  | and |  | put no difference |  | ♦ |  | between |  | us 2 |  | both 1 |  | and |  | them, |  | by the |  | faith |

καθαρισας |  | τας |  | καρδιας |  | αυτων |  |
having purified |  | their hearts. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 10 | νυν |  | ουν |  | τι |  | πειραζετε |  | τον |  | θεον |  | επιθειναι |  | ζυγον |  | επι |  | τον |  | τραχηλον |
|  | Now |  | therefore |  | why |  | tempt ye |  | ♦ |  | God |  | to put |  | a yoke |  | upon |  | the |  | neck |

των |  | μαθητων |  | ον |  | ουτε |  | οι |  | πατερες |  | ημων |  | ουτε |  | ημεις |  | ισχυσαμεν |
of the |  | disciples, |  | which |  | neither |  | our fathers |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | nor |  | we |  | were able |

βαστασαι |  |
to bear? |  |

| 11 | αλλα |  | δια |  | της |  | χαριτος |  | κυριου |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | πιστευομεν |  | σωθηναι |
|  | But |  | by |  | the |  | grace |  | of [the] Lord |  | Jesus |  | Christ |  | we believe |  | to be saved, |

καθ |  | ον |  | τροπον |  | κακεινοι |  |
in the same manner as |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | they also. |  |

| 12 | εσιγησεν |  | δε |  | παν |  | το |  | πληθος |  | και |  | ηκουον |  | βαρναβα |  | και |  | παυλου |
|  | Kept 2 silent 3 |  | and 1 |  | all |  | the |  | multitude, |  | and |  | heard |  | Barnabas |  | and |  | Paul |

εξηγουμενων |  | οσα |  | εποιησεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | σημεια |  | και |  | τερατα |  | εν |  | τοις |  | εθνεσιν
relating |  | what |  | did 5 |  | ♦ |  | God 4 |  | signs 1 |  | and 2 |  | wonders 3 |  | among |  | the |  | nations

| δι |  | αυτων |  |
| by |  | them. |  |

| 13 | μετα |  | δε |  | το |  | σιγησαι |  | αυτους |  | απεκριθη |  | ιακωβος |  | λεγων |  | ανδρες |
|  | And after |  | ♦ |  | were 2 silent 3 |  | ♦ |  | they 1 |  | answered 5 |  | James, 4 |  | saying, |  | Men |

αδελφοι |  | ακουσατε |  | μου |  |
brethren, |  | hear |  | me. |  |

| 14 | συμεων |  | εξηγησατο |  | καθως |  | πρωτον |  | ο |  | θεος |  | επεσκεψατο |  | λαβειν |  | εξ |
|  | Simeon |  | related |  | how |  | first |  | ♦ |  | God |  | visited |  | to take |  | out of |

εθνων |  | λαον |  | επι |  | τω |  | ονοματι |  | αυτου |  |
nations |  | a people |  | for |  | his name. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 15 | και |  | τουτω |  | συμφωνουσιν |  | οι |  | λογοι |  | των |  | προφητων |  | καθως |
|  | And |  | with this |  | agree |  | the |  | words |  | of the |  | prophets: |  | as |

γεγραπται |  |
it has been written, |  |

| 16 | μετα |  | ταυτα |  | αναστρεψω |  | και |  | ανοικοδομησω |  | την |  | σκηνην |  | δαβιδ |  | την
|  | After |  | these things |  | I will return |  | and |  | will build again |  | the |  | tabernacle |  | of David |  | which

| πεπτωκυιαν |  | και |  | τα |  | κατεσκαμμενα |  | αυτης |  | ανοικοδομησω |  | και |  | ανορθωσω |
| is fallen; |  | and |  | the |  | ruins |  | of it |  | I will build again, |  | and |  | will set up |

αυτην |  |
it, |  |

| 17 | οπως |  | αν |  | εκζητησωσιν |  | οι |  | καταλοιποι |  | των |  | ανθρωπων |  | τον |
|  | so that |  | may 5 seek 6 out 7 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | residue 2 |  | ♦ |  | of 3 men 4 |  | the |

κυριον |  | και |  | παντα |  | τα |  | εθνη |  | εφ |  | ους |  | επικεκληται |  | το |  | ονομα |  | μου |  | επ |
Lord, |  | and |  | all |  | the |  | nations |  | upon |  | whom |  | has been called |  | my name |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | upon |

αυτους |  | λεγει |  | κυριος |  | ο |  | ποιων |  | ταυτα |  | παντα |  |
them, |  | says |  | [the] Lord |  | who |  | does |  | these 2 things 3 |  | all: 1 |  |

| 18 | γνωστα |  | απ |  | αιωνος |  | εστιν |  | τω |  | θεω |  | παντα |  | τα |  | εργα |  | αυτου |  |
|  | known |  | from |  | eternity |  | are |  | ♦ |  | to God |  | all |  | his works. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | διο |  | εγω |  | κρινω |  | μη |  | παρενοχλειν |  | τοις |  | απο |  | των |  | εθνων |
|  | Wherefore |  | I |  | judge |  | not |  | to trouble |  | those who |  | from |  | the |  | nations |

επιστρεφουσιν |  | επι |  | τον |  | θεον |  |
turn |  | to |  | ♦ |  | God; |  |

| 20 | αλλα |  | επιστειλαι |  | αυτοις |  | του |  | απεχεσθαι |  | απο |  | των |  | αλισγηματων |  | των |
|  | but |  | to write |  | to them |  | ♦ |  | to abstain |  | from |  | the |  | pollutions |  | of the |

ειδωλων |  | και |  | της |  | πορνειας |  | και |  | του |  | πνικτου |  | και |  | του |  | αιματος |  |
idols |  | and |  | ♦ |  | fornication |  | and |  | ♦ |  | what is strangled |  | and |  | ♦ |  | blood. |  |

| 21 | μωσης |  | γαρ |  | εκ |  | γενεων |  | αρχαιων |  | κατα |  | πολιν |  | τους |  | κηρυσσοντας |
|  | For Moses |  | ♦ |  | from |  | generations |  | of old |  | in every city |  | ♦ |  | those 2 |  | proclaiming 3 |

αυτον |  | εχει |  | εν |  | ταις |  | συναγωγαις |  | κατα |  | παν |  | σαββατον |  | αναγινωσκομενος |  |
him 4 |  | has 1 |  | in |  | the |  | synagogues, |  | every |  | ♦ |  | sabbath |  | being read. |  |

| 22 | τοτε |  | εδοξεν |  | τοις |  | αποστολοις |  | και |  | τοις |  | πρεσβυτεροις |  | συν |  | ολη |  | τη |
|  | Then |  | it seemed good |  | to the |  | apostles |  | and |  | to the |  | elders |  | with |  | whole 2 |  | the 1 |

εκκλησια |  | εκλεξαμενους |  | ανδρας |  | εξ |  | αυτων |  | πεμψαι |  | εις |  | αντιοχειαν |
assembly, |  | chosen |  | men |  | from among |  | them |  | to send |  | to |  | Antioch |

συν |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | και |  | βαρναβα |  | ιουδαν |  | τον |  | επικαλουμενον |  | βαρσαβαν |  | και |
with |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | and |  | Barnabas, |  | Judas |  | ♦ |  | surnamed |  | Barnabas, |  | and |

σιλαν |  | ανδρας |  | ηγουμενους |  | εν |  | τοις |  | αδελφοις |  |
Silas, |  | men 2 |  | leading 1 |  | among |  | the |  | brethren, |  |

| 23 | γραψαντες |  | δια |  | χειρος |  | αυτων |  | ταδε |  | οι |  | αποστολοι |  | και |  | οι |  | πρεσβυτεροι |
|  | having written |  | by |  | their hand |  | ♦ |  | thus: |  | The |  | apostles |  | and |  | the |  | elders |

και |  | οι |  | αδελφοι |  | τοις |  | κατα |  | την |  | αντιοχειαν |  | και |  | συριαν |  | και |  | κιλικιαν |
and |  | the |  | brethren, |  | to those |  | in |  | ♦ |  | Antioch |  | and |  | Syria |  | and |  | Cilicia, |

αδελφοις |  | τοις |  | εξ |  | εθνων |  | χαιρειν |  |
brethren |  | ♦ |  | from among |  | [the] nations, |  | greeting. |  |

| 24 | επειδη |  | ηκουσαμεν |  | οτι |  | τινες |  | εξ |  | ημων |  | εξελθοντες |  | εταραξαν |
|  | Inasmuch as |  | he have heard |  | that |  | certain |  | from amongst |  | us |  | having gone out |  | troubled |

υμας |  | λογοις |  | ανασκευαζοντες |  | τας |  | ψυχας |  | υμων |  | λεγοντες |
you |  | by words, |  | upsetting |  | your souls, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | saying |

περιτεμνεσθαι |  | και |  | τηρειν |  | τον |  | νομον |  | οις |  | ου |
[ye must] be circumcised |  | and |  | keep |  | the |  | law; |  | to whom |  | we gave no [such] command; |

διεστειλαμεθα |  |
♦ |  |

| 25 | εδοξεν |  | ημιν |  | γενομενοις |  | ομοθυμαδον |  | εκλεξαμενους |  | ανδρας |
|  | it seemed good |  | to us |  | having come |  | with one accord, |  | chosen |  | men |

πεμψαι |  | προς |  | υμας |  | συν |  | τοις |  | αγαπητοις |  | ημων |  | βαρναβα |  | και |  | παυλω |  |
to send |  | to |  | you, |  | with |  | our beloved |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Barnabas |  | and |  | Paul, |  |

| 26 | ανθρωποις |  | παραδεδωκοσιν |  | τας |  | ψυχας |  | αυτων |  | υπερ |  | του |  | ονοματος |
|  | men |  | who have given up |  | their lives |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for |  | the |  | name |

του |  | κυριου |  | ημων |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  |
of our Lord |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | Christ. |  |

| 27 | απεσταλκαμεν |  | ουν |  | ιουδαν |  | και |  | σιλαν |  | και |  | αυτους |  | δια |  | λογου |
|  | We have sent |  | therefore |  | Judas |  | and |  | Silas, |  | also 2 |  | themselves 1 |  | by |  | word |

απαγγελλοντας |  | τα |  | αυτα |  |
telling [you] |  | the |  | same things. |  |

| 28 | εδοξεν |  | γαρ |  | τω |  | αγιω |  | πνευματι |  | και |  | ημιν |  | μηδεν |  | πλεον |
|  | For it seemed good |  | ♦ |  | to the |  | Holy |  | Spirit |  | and |  | to us, |  | no |  | further |

επιτιθεσθαι |  | υμιν |  | βαρος |  | πλην |  | των |  | επαναγκες |  | τουτων |  |
to 2 lay 3 |  | upon 4 you 5 |  | burden 1 |  | than |  | ♦ |  | these necessary things: |  | ♦ |  |

| 29 | απεχεσθαι |  | ειδωλοθυτων |  | και |  | αιματος |  | και |  | πνικτου |  | και
|  | to abstain |  | from things sacrificed to idols, |  | and |  | from blood |  | and |  | from what is strangled, |  | and

| πορνειας |  | εξ |  | ων |  | διατηρουντες |  | εαυτους |  | ευ |  | πραξετε |  | ερρωσθε |  |
| from fornication; |  | from |  | which |  | keeping |  | yourselves, |  | well |  | ye will do. |  | Farewell. |  |

| 30 | οι |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | απολυθεντες |  | ηλθον |  | εις |  | αντιοχειαν |  | και |  | συναγαγοντες |
|  | They |  | ♦ |  | therefore. |  | being let go |  | went |  | to |  | Antioch, |  | and |  | having gathered |

το |  | πληθος |  | επεδωκαν |  | την |  | επιστολην |  |
the |  | multitude |  | delivered |  | the |  | epistle. |  |

| 31 | αναγνοντες |  | δε |  | εχαρησαν |  | επι |  | τη |  | παρακλησει |  |
|  | And having read |  | ♦ |  | they rejoiced |  | at |  | the |  | consolation. |  |

| 32 | ιουδας |  | τε |  | και |  | σιλας |  | και |  | αυτοι |  | προφηται |  | οντες |  | δια |  | λογου |
|  | And Judas |  | ♦ |  | and |  | Silas, |  | also 2 |  | themselves 1 |  | prophets 4 |  | being, 3 |  | by |  | discourse 2 |

πολλου |  | παρεκαλεσαν |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | και |  | επεστηριξαν |  |
much 1 |  | exhorted |  | the |  | brethren, |  | and |  | established [them]. |  |

| 33 | ποιησαντες |  | δε |  | χρονον |  | απελυθησαν |  | μετ |  | ειρηνης |  | απο |  | των |
|  | And having continued |  | ♦ |  | a time |  | they were let go |  | in |  | peace |  | from |  | the |

αδελφων |  | προς |  | τους |  | αποστολους |  |
brethren |  | to |  | the |  | apostles; |  |

| 34 | εδοξεν |  | δε |  | τω |  | σιλα |  | επιμειναι |  | αυτου |  |
|  | but it seemed good |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to Silas |  | to remain |  | there. |  |

| 35 | παυλος |  | δε |  | και |  | βαρναβας |  | διετριβον |  | εν |  | αντιοχεια |  | διδασκοντες |  | και |
|  | And Paul |  | ♦ |  | and |  | Barnabas |  | stayed |  | in |  | Antioch, |  | teaching |  | and |

ευαγγελιζομενοι |  | μετα |  | και |  | ετερων |  | πολλων |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |
announcing 5 the 6 glad 7 tidings 8 |  | with 1 |  | also 4 |  | others 3 |  | many-- 2 |  | the |  | word |  | of the |

κυριου |  |
Lord. |  |

| 36 | μετα |  | δε |  | τινας |  | ημερας |  | ειπεν |  | παυλος |  | προς |  | βαρναβαν |  | επιστρεψαντες |
|  | But after |  | ♦ |  | certain |  | days |  | said |  | Paul |  | to |  | Barnabas, |  | Having turned back |

δη |  | επισκεψωμεθα |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | ημων |  | κατα |  | πασαν |  | πολιν |  | εν |
indeed 3 |  | let 1 us 2 look after |  | our brethren |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | every |  | city |  | in |

αις |  | κατηγγειλαμεν |  | τον |  | λογον |  | του |  | κυριου |  | πως |  | εχουσιν |  |
which |  | we have annonuced |  | the |  | word |  | of the |  | Lord, |  | how |  | they are. |  |

| 37 | βαρναβας |  | δε |  | εβουλευσατο |  | συμπαραλαβειν |  | τον |  | ιωαννην |  | τον |
|  | And Barnabas |  | ♦ |  | purposed |  | to take with [them] |  | ♦ |  | John |  | ♦ |

καλουμενον |  | μαρκον |  |
called |  | Mark; |  |

| 38 | παυλος |  | δε |  | ηξιου |  | τον |  | αποσταντα |  | απ |  | αυτων |  | απο |  | παμφυλιας |
|  | Paul 2 |  | but 1 |  | thought it well |  | him who |  | withdrew |  | from |  | them |  | from |  | Pamphylia, |

και |  | μη |  | συνελθοντα |  | αυτοις |  | εις |  | το |  | εργον |  | μη |  | συμπαραλαβειν |
and |  | went not with |  | ♦ |  | them |  | to |  | the |  | work, |  | not |  | to take with 2 [them] 3 |

τουτον |  |
him. 1 |  |

| 39 | εγενετο |  | ουν |  | παροξυσμος |  | ωστε |  | αποχωρισθηναι |  | αυτους |  | απ |
|  | Arose |  | therefore |  | a sharp contention |  | so that |  | departed 2 |  | they 1 |  | from |

αλληλων |  | τον |  | τε |  | βαρναβαν |  | παραλαβοντα |  | τον |  | μαρκον |  | εκπλευσαι |
one another, |  | and Barnabas |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having taken |  | ♦ |  | Mark |  | sailed |

εις |  | κυπρον |  |
to |  | Cyprus; |  |

| 40 | παυλος |  | δε |  | επιλεξαμενος |  | σιλαν |  | εξηλθεν |  | παραδοθεις |  | τη |  | χαριτι |
|  | but Paul |  | ♦ |  | having chosen |  | Silas |  | went forth, |  | having been committed |  | to the |  | grace |

του |  | θεου |  | υπο |  | των |  | αδελφων |  |
♦ |  | of God |  | by |  | the |  | brethren. |  |

| 41 | διηρχετο |  | δε |  | την |  | συριαν |  | και |  | κιλικιαν |  | επιστηριζων |  | τας |
|  | And he passed through |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Syria |  | and |  | Cilicia, |  | establishing |  | the |

εκκλησιας |  |
assemblies. |  |