ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ

Acts of the Apostles

CHAPTER 25

| 1 | φηστος |  | ουν |  | επιβας |  | τη |  | επαρχια |  | μετα |  | τρεις |  | ημερας |  | ανεβη |  | εις |
|  | Festus |  | therefore |  | being come into |  | the |  | province, |  | after |  | three |  | days |  | went up |  | to |

ιεροσολυμα |  | απο |  | καισαρειας |  |
Jerusalem |  | from |  | Ceasarea. |  |

| 2 | ενεφανισαν |  | δε |  | αυτω |  | ο |  | αρχιερευς |  | και |  | οι |  | πρωτοι |  | των |
|  | Made 2 a 3 representation 4 before 5 |  | and 1 |  | him |  | the |  | high priest |  | and |  | the |  | chief |  | of the |

ιουδαιων |  | κατα |  | του |  | παυλου |  | και |  | παρεκαλουν |  | αυτον |  |
Jews |  | against |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |  | and |  | besought |  | him, |  |

| 3 | αιτουμενοι |  | χαριν |  | κατ |  | αυτου |  | οπως |  | μεταπεμψηται |  | αυτον |  | εις |
|  | asking |  | a favour |  | against |  | him, |  | that |  | he would send for |  | him |  | to |

ιερουσαλημ |  | ενεδραν |  | ποιουντες |  | ανελειν |  | αυτον |  | κατα |  | την |  | οδον |  |
Jerusalem, |  | an ambush |  | forming |  | to put to death |  | him |  | on |  | the |  | way. |  |

| 4 | ο |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | φηστος |  | απεκριθη |  | τηρεισθαι |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | εν |
|  | Festus therefore |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | answered, |  | should 2 be 3 kept 4 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | in |

καισαρεια |  | εαυτον |  | δε |  | μελλειν |  | εν |  | ταχει |  | εκπορευεσθαι |  |
Ceasarea, |  | and himself |  | ♦ |  | was about |  | shortly |  | ♦ |  | to set out. |  |

| 5 | οι |  | ουν |  | δυνατοι |  | εν |  | υμιν |  | φησιν |  | συγκαταβαντες |  | ει |  | τι |  | εστιν |
|  | Those |  | therefore |  | in power |  | among |  | you, |  | says he, |  | having gone down too, |  | if |  | anything |  | is |

εν |  | τω |  | ανδρι |  | τουτω |  | κατηγορειτωσαν |  | αυτου |  |
in |  | ♦ |  | man 2 |  | this, 1 |  | let them accuse |  | him. |  |

| 6 | διατριψας |  | δε |  | εν |  | αυτοις |  | ημερας |  | πλειους |  | η |  | δεκα |  | καταβας |
|  | And having spent |  | ♦ |  | among |  | them |  | days 4 |  | more 1 |  | then 2 |  | ten, 3 |  | having gone down |

εις |  | καισαρειαν |  | τη |  | επαυριον |  | καθισας |  | επι |  | του |  | βηματος |  | εκελευσεν |  | τον |
to |  | Ceasarea, |  | on the |  | morrow |  | having sat |  | on |  | the |  | judgment seat |  | he commanded |  | ♦ |

παυλον |  | αχθηναι |  |
Paul |  | to be brought. |  |

| 7 | παραγενομενου |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | περιεστησαν |  | οι |  | απο |  | ιεροσολυμων |
|  | Being 3 come 4 |  | and 1 |  | he, 2 |  | stood round |  | the |  | from 2 |  | Jerusalem 3 |

καταβεβηκοτες |  | ιουδαιοι |  | πολλα |  | και |  | βαρεα |  | αιτιαματα |  | φεροντες |  | κατα |
who 4 had 5 come 6 down 7 |  | Jews, 1 |  | many |  | and |  | weighty |  | charges |  | bringing |  | against |

του |  | παυλου |  | α |  | ουκ |  | ισχυον |  | αποδειξαι |  |
♦ |  | Paul, |  | which |  | they were not able |  | ♦ |  | to prove: |  |

| 8 | απολογουμενου |  | αυτου |  | οτι |  | ουτε |  | εις |  | τον |  | νομον |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | ουτε |
|  | and 2 in 3 defence 4 |  | he, 1 |  | ♦ |  | Neither |  | against |  | the |  | law |  | of the |  | Jews |  | nor |

εις |  | το |  | ιερον |  | ουτε |  | εις |  | καισαρα |  | τι |  | ημαρτον |  |
against |  | the |  | temple |  | nor |  | against |  | Ceasar |  | [in] anything |  | sinned I. |  |

| 9 | ο |  | φηστος |  | δε |  | τοις |  | ιουδαιοις |  | θελων |  | χαριν |  | καταθεσθαι |
|  | But Festus, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with 7 the 8 |  | Jews 9 |  | wishing 1 |  | favour 6 |  | to 2 acquire 3 for 4 himself 5 |

αποκριθεις |  | τω |  | παυλω |  | ειπεν |  | θελεις |  | εις |  | ιεροσολυμα |  | αναβας |  | εκει
answering |  | ♦ |  | Paul |  | said, |  | Art thou willing |  | to |  | Jeruslaem |  | having gone up |  | there

| περι |  | τουτων |  | κρινεσθαι |  | επ |  | εμου |  |
| concerning |  | these things |  | to be judged |  | before |  | me? |  |

| 10 | ειπεν |  | δε |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | επι |  | του |  | βηματος |  | καισαρος |  | εστως |  | ειμι |  | ου |
|  | But said 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Paul, 1 |  | Before |  | the |  | judgment seat |  | of Ceasar |  | standing |  | I am, |  | where |

με |  | δει |  | κρινεσθαι |  | ιουδαιους |  | ουδεν |  | ηδικησα |  | ως |  | και |  | συ |  | καλλιον
it behoves me |  | ♦ |  | to be judged. |  | To Jews |  | nothing 3 |  | I 1 did 2 wrong, |  | as |  | also |  | thou |  | very well

| επιγινωσκεις |  |
| knowest. |  |

| 11 | ει |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | αδικω |  | και |  | αξιον |  | θανατου |  | πεπραχα |  | τι |
|  | If 2 |  | indeed 3 |  | for 1 |  | I do wrong |  | and |  | worthy |  | of death |  | have done |  | anything, |

ου |  | παραιτουμαι |  | το |  | αποθανειν |  | ει |  | δε |  | ουδεν |  | εστιν |  | ων |
I do not deprecate |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to die; |  | but if |  | ♦ |  | nothing |  | there is |  | of which |

ουτοι |  | κατηγορουσιν |  | μου |  | ουδεις |  | με |  | δυναται |  | αυτοις |  | χαρισασθαι |  | καισαρα |
they |  | accuse |  | me, |  | no one |  | me |  | can |  | to them |  | give up. |  | To Ceasar |

επικαλουμαι |  |
I appeal. |  |

| 12 | τοτε |  | ο |  | φηστος |  | συλλαλησας |  | μετα |  | του |  | συμβουλιου |  | απεκριθη |  | καισαρα |
|  | Then |  | ♦ |  | Festus, |  | having conferred |  | with |  | the |  | council, |  | answered, |  | To Ceasar |

επικεκλησαι |  | επι |  | καισαρα |  | πορευση |  |
thou hast appealed, |  | to |  | Ceasar |  | thou shalt go. |  |

| 13 | ημερων |  | δε |  | διαγενομενων |  | τινων |  | αγριππας |  | ο |  | βασιλευς |  | και |  | βερνικη |
|  | And days 2 |  | ♦ |  | having 3 passed 4 |  | certain, 1 |  | Agrippa |  | the |  | king |  | and |  | Bernice |

κατηντησαν |  | εις |  | καισαρειαν |  | ασπασομενοι |  | τον |  | φηστον |  |
came down |  | to |  | Ceasarea, |  | saluting |  | ♦ |  | Festus. |  |

| 14 | ως |  | δε |  | πλειους |  | ημερας |  | διετριβον |  | εκει |  | ο |  | φηστος |  | τω |  | βασιλει |
|  | And when |  | ♦ |  | many |  | days |  | they stayed |  | there |  | ♦ |  | Festus |  | the 3 |  | king 4 |

ανεθετο |  | τα |  | κατα |  | τον |  | παυλον |  | λεγων |  | ανηρ |  | τις |  | εστιν |
laid 1 before 2 |  | the things |  | relating to |  | ♦ |  | Paul, |  | saying, |  | A man 2 |  | certain 1 |  | there is |

καταλελειμμενος |  | υπο |  | φηλικος |  | δεσμιος |  |
left |  | by |  | Felix |  | a prisoner, |  |

| 15 | περι |  | ου |  | γενομενου |  | μου |  | εις |  | ιεροσολυμα |  | ενεφανισαν |
|  | concerning |  | whom, |  | being 3 |  | on 1 my 2 |  | in |  | Jerusalem, |  | made 4 a 5 representation 6 |

οι |  | αρχιερεις |  | και |  | οι |  | πρεσβυτεροι |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | αιτουμενοι |  | κατ |
the 1 |  | chief 2 priests 3 |  | and |  | the |  | elders |  | of the |  | Jews, |  | asking |  | against 2 |

αυτου |  | δικην |  |
him 3 |  | judgment: 1 |  |

| 16 | προς |  | ους |  | απεκριθην |  | οτι |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εθος |  | ρωμαιοις |  | χαριζεσθαι |  | τινα |
|  | to |  | whom |  | I answered, |  | ♦ |  | It is not |  | ♦ |  | a custom |  | with Romans |  | to give up |  | any |

ανθρωπον |  | εις |  | απωλειαν |  | πριν |  | η |  | ο |  | κατηγορουμενος |  | κατα |  | προσωπον |
man |  | to |  | destruction, |  | before |  | ♦ |  | he |  | being accused |  | face to face |  | ♦ |

εχοι |  | τους |  | κατηγορους |  | τοπον |  | τε |  | απολογιας |  | λαβοι |  | περι |  | του
may have |  | the |  | accusers, |  | and opportunity |  | ♦ |  | of defence |  | he may get |  | concerning |  | the

| εγκληματος |  |
| accusation. |  |

| 17 | συνελθοντων |  | ουν |  | αυτων |  | ενθαδε |  | αναβολην |  | μηδεμιαν |
|  | Having 2 come 3 together 4 |  | therefore 5 |  | they 1 |  | here, |  | delay |  | none |

ποιησαμενος |  | τη |  | εξης |  | καθισας |  | επι |  | του |  | βηματος |  | εκελευσα |  | αχθηναι |
having made, |  | the |  | next [day] |  | having sat |  | on |  | the |  | judgment seat |  | I commanded |  | to be brought |

τον |  | ανδρα |  |
the |  | man; |  |

| 18 | περι |  | ου |  | σταθεντες |  | οι |  | κατηγοροι |  | ουδεμιαν |  | αιτιαν |  | επεφερον |
|  | concerning |  | whom |  | standing up |  | the |  | accusers |  | no 2 |  | charge 3 |  | brought 1 |

ων |  | υπενοουν |  | εγω |  |
of which |  | supposed 2 |  | I; 1 |  |

| 19 | ζητηματα |  | δε |  | τινα |  | περι |  | της |  | ιδιας |
|  | but questions 2 |  | ♦ |  | certain 1 |  | concerning |  | their own |  | ♦ |

δεισιδαιμονιας |  | ειχον |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | και |  | περι |  | τινος |
system of religion (lit. demon-worship) |  | they had |  | against |  | him, |  | and |  | concerning |  | a certain |

ιησου |  | τεθνηκοτος |  | ον |  | εφασκεν |  | ο |  | παυλος |  | ζην |  |
Jesus |  | who is dead, |  | whom |  | affirmed 2 |  | ♦ |  | Paul 1 |  | to be alive. |  |

| 20 | απορουμενος |  | δε |  | εγω |  | εις |  | την |  | περι |  | τουτου |  | ζητησιν |  | ελεγον |
|  | And being 2 perplexed 3 |  | ♦ |  | I 1 |  | as to |  | the |  | concerning 2 |  | this 3 |  | inquiry 1 |  | said, |

ει |  | βουλοιτο |  | πορευεσθαι |  | εις |  | ιερουσαλημ |  | κακει |  | κρινεσθαι |
Would he be willing |  | ♦ |  | to go |  | to |  | Jerusalem, |  | and there |  | to be judged |

περι |  | τουτων |  |
concerning |  | these things. |  |

| 21 | του |  | δε |  | παυλου |  | επικαλεσαμενου |  | τηρηθηναι |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | την |  | του |
|  | But Paul |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having appealed for |  | to 2 be 3 kept 4 |  | himself 1 |  | for |  | the |  | ♦ |

σεβαστου |  | διαγνωσιν |  | εκελευσα |  | τηρεισθαι |  | αυτον |  | εως |  | ου |  | πεμψω |
of 2 Augustus 3 |  | cognizance, 1 |  | I commanded |  | to 2 be 3 kept 4 |  | him 1 |  | till |  | ♦ |  | I might send |

αυτον |  | προς |  | καισαρα |  |
him |  | to |  | Ceasar. |  |

| 22 | αγριππας |  | δε |  | προς |  | τον |  | φηστον |  | εφη |  | εβουλομην |  | και |  | αυτος |  | του |
|  | Agrippa 2 |  | and 1 |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Festus |  | said, |  | I was desiring |  | also |  | myself |  | the |

ανθρωπου |  | ακουσαι |  | ο |  | δε |  | αυριον |  | φησιν |  | ακουση |  | αυτου |  |
man |  | to hear. |  | And he |  | ♦ |  | To-morrow 2 |  | says, 1 |  | thou shalt hear |  | him. |  |

| 23 | τη |  | ουν |  | επαυριον |  | ελθοντος |  | του |  | αγριππα |  | και |  | της |  | βερνικης |  | μετα |
|  | On the |  | therefore 2 |  | morrow 1 |  | having 4 come 5 |  | ♦ |  | Agrippa 3 |  | and |  | ♦ |  | Bernice, |  | with |

πολλης |  | φαντασιας |  | και |  | εισελθοντων |  | εις |  | το |  | ακροατηριον |  | συν |  | τε |  | τοις |
great |  | pomp, |  | and |  | having entered |  | into |  | the |  | hall of audience, |  | with |  | both |  | the |

χιλιαρχοις |  | και |  | ανδρασιν |  | τοις |  | κατ |  | εξοχην |  | ουσιν |  | της |  | πολεως |  | και |
chief captains |  | and |  | men |  | ♦ |  | of eminence |  | ♦ |  | being |  | of the |  | city, |  | and |

κελευσαντος |  | του |  | φηστου |  | ηχθη |  | ο |  | παυλος |  |
having 2 commanded 3 |  | ♦ |  | Festus 1 |  | was 5 brought 6 |  | ♦ |  | Paul. 4 |  |

| 24 | και |  | φησιν |  | ο |  | φηστος |  | αγριππα |  | βασιλευ |  | και |  | παντες |  | οι |  | συμπαροντες |
|  | And |  | says 2 |  | ♦ |  | Festus, 1 |  | Agrippa 4 |  | king 3 |  | and |  | all |  | the |  | being 2 present 3 with 4 |

ημιν |  | ανδρες |  | θεωρειτε |  | τουτον |  | περι |  | ου |  | παν |  | το |  | πληθος |  | των |
us 5 |  | men, 1 |  | ye see |  | this one |  | concerning |  | whom |  | all |  | the |  | multitude |  | of the |

ιουδαιων |  | ενετυχον |  | μοι |  | εν |  | τε |  | ιεροσολυμοις |  | και |  | ενθαδε |  | επιβοωντες |
Jews |  | pleaded |  | with me |  | in |  | both |  | Jerusalem |  | and |  | here, |  | crying out [that] |

μη |  | δειν |  | ζην |  | αυτον |  | μηκετι |  |
♦ |  | ought 2 |  | to 3 live 4 |  | he 1 |  | no longer. |  |

| 25 | εγω |  | δε |  | καταλαβομενος |  | μηδεν |  | αξιον |  | θανατου |  | αυτον |  | πεπραχεναι |  | και |
|  | But I |  | ♦ |  | having perceived |  | nothing |  | worthy |  | of death |  | he |  | had done, |  | also 5 |

αυτου |  | δε |  | τουτου |  | επικαλεσαμενου |  | τον |  | σεβαστον |  | εκρινα |  | πεμπειν |
himself 4 |  | and 1 |  | this 2 one 3 |  | having appealed to |  | ♦ |  | Augustus, |  | I determined |  | to send |

αυτον |  |
him, |  |

| 26 | περι |  | ου |  | ασφαλες |  | τι |  | γραψαι |  | τω |  | κυριω |  | ουκ |  | εχω |
|  | concerning |  | whom |  | certain 2 |  | anything 1 |  | to write |  | to [my] lord |  | ♦ |  | I have not. |  | ♦ |

διο |  | προηγαγον |  | αυτον |  | εφ |  | υμων |  | και |  | μαλιστα |  | επι |  | σου |  | βασιλευ |
Wherefore |  | I brought forth 2 |  | him 1 |  | before |  | you, |  | and |  | specially |  | before |  | thee, |  | king |

αγριππα |  | οπως |  | της |  | ανακρισεως |  | γενομενης |  | σχω |  | τι |  | γραψαι |  |
Agrippa, |  | so that |  | the |  | examination |  | having taken place |  | I may have |  | something |  | to write; |  |

| 27 | αλογον |  | γαρ |  | μοι |  | δοκει |  | πεμποντα |  | δεσμιον |  | μη |  | και |  | τας |  | κατ |  | αυτου |
|  | for irrational |  | ♦ |  | to me |  | it seems |  | sending |  | a prisoner, |  | not |  | also |  | the |  | against 2 |  | him 3 |

αιτιας |  | σημαναι |  |
charges 1 |  | to signify. |  |