ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 12

| 1 | κατ |  | εκεινον |  | δε |  | τον |  | καιρον |  | επεβαλεν |  | ηρωδης |  | ο |  | βασιλευς |  | τας |
|  | And at that |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | time |  | ♦ |  | put 4 forth 5 |  | Herod 1 |  | the 2 |  | king 3 |  | ♦ |

χειρας |  | κακωσαι |  | τινας |  | των |  | απο |  | της |  | εκκλησιας |  |
[his] hands |  | to ill-treat |  | some |  | of those |  | of |  | the |  | assembly; |  |

| 2 | ανειλεν |  | δε |  | ιακωβον |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | ιωαννου |  | μαχαιρα |  |
|  | and he put to death |  | ♦ |  | James |  | the |  | brother |  | of John |  | with a sword. |  |

| 3 | και |  | ιδων |  | οτι |  | αρεστον |  | εστιν |  | τοις |  | ιουδαιοις |  | προσεθετο |  | συλλαβειν |
|  | And |  | having seen |  | that |  | pleasing |  | it is |  | to the |  | Jews |  | he added |  | to take |

και |  | πετρον |  | ησαν |  | δε |  | ημεραι |  | των |  | αζυμων |  |
also |  | Peter: |  | (and they were |  | ♦ |  | days |  | of unleavened bread:) |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | ον |  | και |  | πιασας |  | εθετο |  | εις |  | φυλακην |  | παραδους |  | τεσσαρσιν |
|  | whom |  | also |  | having seized |  | he put |  | in |  | prison, |  | having delivered |  | to four |

τετραδιοις |  | στρατιωτων |  | φυλασσειν |  | αυτον |  | βουλομενος |  | μετα |  | το |  | πασχα |
sets of four |  | soldiers |  | to guard |  | him, |  | purposing |  | after |  | the |  | passover |

αναγαγειν |  | αυτον |  | τω |  | λαω |  |
to bring out |  | him |  | to the |  | people. |  |

| 5 | ο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | πετρος |  | ετηρειτο |  | εν |  | τη |  | φυλακη |  | προσευχη |  | δε |
|  | Peter therefore indeed |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | was kept |  | in |  | the |  | prison; |  | but prayer 2 |  | ♦ |

ην |  | εκτενης |  | γινομενη |  | υπο |  | της |  | εκκλησιας |  | προς |  | τον |  | θεον |  | υπερ |  | αυτου |  |
was 3 |  | fervent 1 |  | made |  | by |  | the |  | assembly |  | to |  | ♦ |  | God |  | concerning |  | him. |  |

| 6 | οτε |  | δε |  | εμελλεν |  | αυτον |  | προαγειν |  | ο |  | ηρωδης |  | τη |  | νυκτι |
|  | But when |  | ♦ |  | was 2 about 3 |  | him 6 |  | to 4 bring 5 forth 7 |  | ♦ |  | Herod, |  | in that night |  | ♦ |

εκεινη |  | ην |  | ο |  | πετρος |  | κοιμωμενος |  | μεταξυ |  | δυο |  | στρατιωτων |  | δεδεμενος |
♦ |  | was |  | ♦ |  | Peter |  | sleeping |  | between |  | two |  | soldiers, |  | bound |

αλυσεσιν |  | δυσιν |  | φυλακες |  | τε |  | προ |  | της |  | θυρας |  | ετηρουν |  | την |  | φυλακην |  |
with chains 2 |  | two, 1 |  | guards |  | also |  | before |  | the |  | door |  | kept |  | the |  | prison. |  |

| 7 | και |  | ιδου |  | αγγελος |  | κυριου |  | επεστη |  | και |  | φως |  | ελαμψεν |  | εν |  | τω |  | οικηματι |
|  | And |  | behold, |  | an angel |  | of [the] Lord |  | stood by, |  | and |  | a light |  | shone |  | in |  | the |  | building. |

παταξας |  | δε |  | την |  | πλευραν |  | του |  | πετρου |  | ηγειρεν |  | αυτον |  | λεγων |
And having smitten |  | ♦ |  | the |  | side |  | ♦ |  | of Peter |  | he roused up |  | him, |  | saying, |

αναστα |  | εν |  | ταχει |  | και |  | εξεπεσον |  | αυτου |  | αι |  | αλυσεις |  | εκ |  | των |  | χειρων |  |
Rise up |  | in |  | haste. |  | And |  | fell off |  | of him |  | the |  | chains |  | from |  | ♦ |  | [his] hands. |  |

| 8 | ειπεν |  | τε |  | ο |  | αγγελος |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | περιζωσαι |  | και |  | υποδησαι |
|  | And said 3 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | angel 2 |  | to |  | him, |  | Gird thyself about, |  | and |  | bind on |

τα |  | σανδαλια |  | σου |  | εποιησεν |  | δε |  | ουτως |  | και |  | λεγει |  | αυτω |
thy sandals. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | He 2 did 3 |  | and 1 |  | so. |  | And |  | he says |  | to him, |

περιβαλου |  | το |  | ιματιον |  | σου |  | και |  | ακολουθει |  | μοι |  |
Cast about [thee] |  | thy garment, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | follow |  | me. |  |

| 9 | και |  | εξελθων |  | ηκολουθει |  | αυτω |  | και |  | ουκ |  | ηδει |  | οτι |  | αληθες |  | εστιν |  | το |
|  | And |  | going forth |  | he followed |  | him, |  | and |  | did not know |  | ♦ |  | that |  | real |  | it is |  | which |

γινομενον |  | δια |  | του |  | αγγελου |  | εδοκει |  | δε |  | οραμα |  | βλεπειν |  |
is happening |  | by means of |  | the |  | angel, |  | but thought |  | ♦ |  | a vision |  | he saw. |  |

| 10 | διελθοντες |  | δε |  | πρωτην |  | φυλακην |  | και |  | δευτεραν |  | ηλθον |  | επι |
|  | And having passed through |  | ♦ |  | a first |  | guard |  | and |  | a second, |  | they came |  | to |

την |  | πυλην |  | την |  | σιδηραν |  | την |  | φερουσαν |  | εις |  | την |  | πολιν |  | ητις |  | αυτοματη |
the |  | gate 2 |  | ♦ |  | iron 1 |  | that |  | leads |  | into |  | the |  | city, |  | which |  | of itself |

ηνοιχθη |  | αυτοις |  | και |  | εξελθοντες |  | προηλθον |  | ρυμην |  | μιαν |  | και |
opened |  | to them; |  | and |  | having gone out |  | they went on through |  | street 2 |  | one, 1 |  | and |

ευθεως |  | απεστη |  | ο |  | αγγελος |  | απ |  | αυτου |  |
immediately |  | departed |  | the |  | angel |  | from |  | him. |  |

| 11 | και |  | ο |  | πετρος |  | γενομενος |  | εν |  | εαυτω |  | ειπεν |  | νυν |  | οιδα |  | αληθως |  | οτι |
|  | And |  | ♦ |  | Peter |  | having come |  | to himself |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | Now |  | I know |  | of a truth |  | that |

εξαπεστειλεν |  | κυριος |  | τον |  | αγγελον |  | αυτου |  | και |  | εξειλετο |  | με |  | εκ |
sent 3 forth 4 |  | [the] 1 Lord 2 |  | his angel, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | delivered |  | me |  | out of |

χειρος |  | ηρωδου |  | και |  | πασης |  | της |  | προσδοκιας |  | του |  | λαου |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  |
[the] hand |  | of Herod |  | and |  | all |  | the |  | expectation |  | of the |  | people |  | of the |  | Jews. |  |

| 12 | συνιδων |  | τε |  | ηλθεν |  | επι |  | την |  | οικιαν |  | μαριας |  | της |  | μητρος |  | ιωαννου |
|  | And considering [it] |  | ♦ |  | he came |  | to |  | the |  | house |  | of Mary |  | the |  | mother |  | of John |

του |  | επικαλουμενου |  | μαρκου |  | ου |  | ησαν |  | ικανοι |  | συνηθροισμενοι |  | και |
who |  | is surnamed |  | Mark, |  | where |  | were |  | many |  | gathered together |  | and |

προσευχομενοι |  |
praying. |  |

| 13 | κρουσαντος |  | δε |  | του |  | πετρου |  | την |  | θυραν |  | του |  | πυλωνος |
|  | And having 2 knocked 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Peter 1 |  | [at] the |  | door |  | of the |  | porch, |

προσηλθεν |  | παιδισκη |  | υπακουσαι |  | ονοματι |  | ροδη |  |
came 3 |  | a 1 damsel 2 |  | to listen, |  | by name |  | Rhoda; |  |

| 14 | και |  | επιγνουσα |  | την |  | φωνην |  | του |  | πετρου |  | απο |  | της |  | χαρας |  | ουκ |
|  | and |  | having recognized |  | the |  | voice |  | ♦ |  | of Peter, |  | from |  | ♦ |  | joy |  | she opened not |

ηνοιξεν |  | τον |  | πυλωνα |  | εισδραμουσα |  | δε |  | απηγγειλεν |  | εσταναι |  | τον |
♦ |  | the |  | porch, |  | having 2 run 3 in 4 |  | but 1 |  | she reported |  | to 2 be 3 standing 4 |  | ♦ |

πετρον |  | προ |  | του |  | πυλωνος |  |
Peter 1 |  | before |  | the |  | porch. |  |

| 15 | οι |  | δε |  | προς |  | αυτην |  | ειπον |  | μαινη |  | η |  | δε |  | διισχυριζετο |  | ουτως |
|  | But they |  | ♦ |  | to |  | her |  | said, |  | Thou art mad. |  | But she |  | ♦ |  | strongly affirmed |  | thus |

εχειν |  | οι |  | δ |  | ελεγον |  | ο |  | αγγελος |  | αυτου |  | εστιν |  |
it was. |  | And they |  | ♦ |  | said, |  | The |  | angel |  | of him |  | it is. |  |

| 16 | ο |  | δε |  | πετρος |  | επεμενεν |  | κρουων |  | ανοιξαντες |  | δε |  | ειδον |  | αυτον |
|  | But Peter |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | continued |  | knocking: |  | and having opened |  | ♦ |  | they saw |  | him, |

και |  | εξεστησαν |  |
and |  | were amazed. |  |

| 17 | κατασεισας |  | δε |  | αυτοις |  | τη |  | χειρι |  | σιγαν |  | διηγησατο |  | αυτοις |
|  | And having made a sign |  | ♦ |  | to them |  | with the |  | hand |  | to be silent |  | he related |  | to them |

πως |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | αυτον |  | εξηγαγεν |  | εκ |  | της |  | φυλακης |  | ειπεν |  | δε |
how |  | the |  | Lord |  | him |  | brought |  | out of |  | the |  | prison. |  | And he said, |  | ♦ |

απαγγειλατε |  | ιακωβω |  | και |  | τοις |  | αδελφοις |  | ταυτα |  | και |  | εξελθων |
Report |  | to James |  | and |  | to the |  | brethren |  | these things. |  | And |  | having gone out |

επορευθη |  | εις |  | ετερον |  | τοπον |  |
he went |  | to |  | another |  | place. |  |

| 18 | γενομενης |  | δε |  | ημερας |  | ην |  | ταραχος |  | ουκ |  | ολιγος |  | εν |  | τοις |
|  | And having 2 come 3 |  | ♦ |  | day 1 |  | there was |  | disturbance 3 |  | no 1 |  | small 2 |  | among |  | the |

στρατιωταις |  | τι |  | αρα |  | ο |  | πετρος |  | εγενετο |  |
soldiers, |  | what |  | then [of] 3 |  | ♦ |  | Peter 4 |  | was 1 become. 2 |  |

| 19 | ηρωδης |  | δε |  | επιζητησας |  | αυτον |  | και |  | μη |  | ευρων |  | ανακρινας |
|  | Herod 6 |  | and |  | having sought after |  | him 5 |  | and 1 |  | not 2 |  | having 3 found, 4 |  | having examined |

τους |  | φυλακας |  | εκελευσεν |  | απαχθηναι |  | και |  | κατελθων |  | απο
the |  | guards |  | he commanded [them] |  | to be led away [to death]. |  | And |  | having gone down |  | from

| της |  | ιουδαιας |  | εις |  | την |  | καισαρειαν |  | διετριβεν |  |
| ♦ |  | Judaea |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Ceasarea |  | he stayed [there]. |  |

| 20 | ην |  | δε |  | ο |  | ηρωδης |  | θυμομαχων |  | τυριοις |  | και |  | σιδωνιοις |
|  | Was 3 |  | and 1 |  | ♦ |  | Herod 2 |  | in bitter hostility |  | with [the] Tyrians |  | and |  | Sidonians; |

ομοθυμαδον |  | δε |  | παρησαν |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | και |  | πεισαντες |  | βλαστον |  | τον |
but with one accord |  | ♦ |  | they came |  | to |  | him, |  | and |  | having gained |  | Blastus |  | who [was] |

επι |  | του |  | κοιτωνος |  | του |  | βασιλεως |  | ητουντο |  | ειρηνην |  | δια |  | το |  | τρεφεσθαι |
over |  | the |  | bedchamber |  | of the |  | king, |  | sought |  | peace, |  | because |  | ♦ |  | was nourished |

αυτων |  | την |  | χωραν |  | απο |  | της |  | βασιλικης |  |
their |  | ♦ |  | country |  | by |  | the |  | king’s. |  |

| 21 | τακτη |  | δε |  | ημερα |  | ο |  | ηρωδης |  | ενδυσαμενος |  | εσθητα |  | βασιλικην |  | και |
|  | And on a set |  | ♦ |  | day |  | ♦ |  | Herod |  | having put on |  | apparel 2 |  | royal, 1 |  | and |

καθισας |  | επι |  | του |  | βηματος |  | εδημηγορει |  | προς |  | αυτους |  |
having sat |  | on |  | the |  | tribunal, |  | was making an oration |  | to |  | them. |  |

| 22 | ο |  | δε |  | δημος |  | επεφωνει |  | θεου |  | φωνη |  | και |  | ουκ |  | ανθρωπου |  |
|  | And the |  | ♦ |  | people |  | were crying out, |  | Of 3 a 4 god 5 |  | [the] 1 voice 2 |  | and |  | not |  | of a man! |  |

| 23 | παραχρημα |  | δε |  | επαταξεν |  | αυτον |  | αγγελος |  | κυριου |  | ανθ |  | ων |
|  | And immediately |  | ♦ |  | smote 6 |  | him 7 |  | an 1 angel 2 |  | of 3 [the] 4 Lord, 5 |  | because |  | ♦ |

ουκ |  | εδωκεν |  | την |  | δοξαν |  | τω |  | θεω |  | και |  | γενομενος |  | σκωληκοβρωτος |
he gave not |  | ♦ |  | the |  | glory |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | and |  | having been |  | eaten by worms |

εξεψυξεν |  |
he expired. |  |

| 24 | ο |  | δε |  | λογος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ηυξανεν |  | και |  | επληθυνετο |  |
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | grew |  | and |  | multiplied. |  |

| 25 | βαρναβας |  | δε |  | και |  | σαυλος |  | υπεστρεψαν |  | εξ |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | πληρωσαντες |
|  | And Barnabas |  | ♦ |  | and |  | Saul |  | returned |  | from |  | Jerusalem, |  | having fulfilled |

την |  | διακονιαν |  | συμπαραλαβοντες |  | και |  | ιωαννην |  | τον |  | επικληθεντα |  | μαρκον |  |
the |  | ministration, |  | having taken with [them] |  | also |  | John |  | who |  | was surnamed |  | Mark. |  |