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Acts 23:10-35

10AndwhentherearoseG1096agreatπολλῆςpollēsG4183dissension,thechief captain,fearingφοβηθεὶςphobētheisG5399lestμὴmēG3361PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972shouldbetornδιασπασθῇdiaspasthēaG1288inpiecesbythem,commandedἐκέλευσενekeleusenG2753thesoldierstogoG2597downκαταβὰνkatabanG2597andtakehimbyforcefromamongthem,andbringἄγεινageinG71himintothecastle.

11AndthenightνυκτὶnuktiG3571followingtheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962stoodbyhim,andsaidG3004,Beofgoodcheer:forasthou hasttestifiedμαρτυρῆσαι.¶marturēsaiG3140concerningG4012meatJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmG2419,somustthoubearG3140witnessG3140alsoκαὶkaiG2532atRomeῬώμηνRhōmēnG4516.

12AndwhenitwasdayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453banded together,andboundthemselvesunderacurse,sayingG3004thattheywouldneithereatG2068nordrinkπιεῖνpieinG4095tilltheyhadkilledἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinG615PaulΠαῦλον.PaulonG3972.

13AndtheywereG1510moreπλείουςpleiousG4183thanfortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaG5062thatmadeG4160thisconspiracy.

14AndtheycameπροσελθόντεςproselthontesG4334tothechiefἀρχιερεῦσινarchiereusinG749priestsG749andtheeldersπρεσβυτέροιςpresbuteroisG4245,andsaidG3004,Wehaveboundourselvesunderagreatcurse,totasteG1089nothingμηδενὸςmēdenosG3367untilwehavekilledἀποκτείνωμενapokteinōmenG615PaulΠαῦλον.PaulonG3972.

15NowG1161thereforeοὖνounG3767doyewiththecouncilσυνεδρίῳ,sunedriōG4892signifytothechief captainthathebringκαταγάγῃkatagagēG2609himdownG2609untoyou,asthoughyewouldjudgeofhiscasemore exactly:andwe,beforehecomesnear,areG1510readyἕτοιμοίhetoimoiG2092toslayhim.

16ButPaul’ssister’ssonυἱὸςhuiosG5207heardG191oftheirlyinginwait,andhecameπαραγενόμενοςparagenomenosG3854andenteredεἰσελθὼνeiselthōnG1525intothecastleandtoldG518PaulG3972.

17AndPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972calledπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosG4341untohimoneἕναhenaG1520ofthecenturionsἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchōnG1543,andsaidἔφη·ephēG5346, BringthisyoungνεανίανneanianG3494manG3778untothechief captain;forhehathsomethingτιtiG5100totellG518him.

18SohetookG3880him,andbroughtG71himtothechief captain,andsaith,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972theprisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198calledπροσκαλεσάμενόςproskalesamenosG4341meuntohim,andaskedἠρώτησενērōtēsenG2065metobringG71thisyoungνεανίσκονneaniskonG3495manG3778unto thee,whohathsomethingτιtiG5100tosayλαλῆσαίlalēsaiG2980tothee.

19Andthechief captaintookhimbythehandχειρὸςcheirosG5495,andgoingasideaskedG4441himprivately,WhatisG1510itthatthou hasttotellG518me?

20AndhesaidG3004,TheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453haveagreedtoaskἐρωτῆσαίerōtēsaiG2065theetobringκαταγάγῃςkatagagēsG2609downPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972to-morrow untothecouncilσυνέδριονsunedrionG4892,asthoughthou wouldestinquireπυνθάνεσθαιpunthanesthaiG4441somewhatmore exactlyconcerningG4012him.

21DonotthouthereforeοὖνounG3767yield untothem:fortherelieinwaitforhimofthemmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thanfortyτεσσεράκοντα,tesserakontaG5062menG435,whohaveboundthemselvesunderacurse,neithertoeatG2068nortodrinkπιεῖνpieinG4095tilltheyhaveslainhim:andnowνῦνnunG3568areG1510theyreadyἕτοιμοιhetoimoiG2092,lookingforthepromiseἐπαγγελίαν.¶epangelianG1860fromthee.

22Sothechief captainlettheyoungνεανίσκονneaniskonG3495manG3778goG630, charginghim,TellnomanG3778thatthou hast signifiedthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778tome.

23AndhecalleduntohimtwoδύοduoG1417ofthecenturionsἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchōnG1543,andsaidG3004,MakeG2090readyG2090twoG1417hundredδιακοσίουςdiakosiousG1250soldiersστρατιώταςstratiōtasG4757togoπορευθῶσινporeuthōsinG4198asfarἕωςhe'ōsG2193asCæsarea,andhorsemenἱππεῖςhippeisG2460threescoreandten,andspearmentwoG1417hundredδιακοσίουςdiakosiousG1250,atthethirdτρίτηςtritēsG5154hourὥραςhōrasG5610ofthenightνυκτός,nuktosG3571:

24andhe badethemprovidebeasts,thattheymight setPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972thereon,andbringhimsafe untoFelixΦήλικαPhēlikaG5344thegovernorἡγεμόνα·hēgemonaG2232.

25AndhewroteG1125aletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992afterthisform:

26ClaudiusΚλαύδιοςKlaudiosG2804LysiasΛυσίαςLusiasG3079untothemostκρατίστῳkratistōG2903excellentG2903governorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232FelixΦήλικιPhēlikiG5344,greetingχαίρειν.chaireinG5463.

27ThismanἄνδραandraG435wasG1510seizedbytheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453,andwasG1510abouttobeG1510slainofthem,whenIcameἐπιστὰςepistasG2186uponthemwiththesoldiersandrescuedhim, havinglearnedμαθὼνmathōnG3129thathewasG1510aRomanῬωμαῖόςRhōmaiosG4514.

28AnddesiringtoknowἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaiG1921thecauseG156whereforetheyaccusedhim,IbroughtG2609himdownκατήγαγονkatēgagonG2609untotheircouncilσυνέδριονsunedrionG4892:

29whomIfoundG2147tobeaccusedaboutquestionsζητημάτωνzētēmatōnG2213oftheirlawνόμουnomouG3551,buttohavenothingG3367laidtohischargeworthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288orofbonds.

30AndwhenitwasG1510showntomethattherewouldbeG1510aplotἐπιβουλῆςepiboulēsG1917againstthemanἄνδραandraG435,IsentG3992himtothee forthwith, charginghisaccusersκατηγόροιςkatēgoroisG2725alsoκαὶkaiG2532tospeakλέγεινlegeinG3004againsthimbeforethee.

31SothesoldiersστρατιῶταιstratiōtaiG4757,asitwascommandedG1299them,tookG353PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andbroughtG71himbynightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571toAntipatris.

32ButonthemorrowtheyleftthehorsemenἱππεῖςhippeisG2460togoἀπέρχεσθαιaperchesthaiG565withhim,andreturnedὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanG5290tothecastle:

33andthey,whentheycameG1525toCæsareaanddeliveredtheletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992tothegovernorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232,presentedπαρέστησανparestēsanG3936PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972alsoG2532beforehim.

34AndwhenhehadreadἀναγνοὺςanagnousG314it,heaskedἐπερωτήσαςeperōtēsasG1905ofwhatprovinceἐπαρχείαςeparcheiasG1885hewasG1510;andwhenheunderstoodthathewasG1510ofCiliciaΚιλικίας,KilikiasG2791,

35Iwillhear thee fully,saidἔφη,ephēG5346he,whenὅτανhotanG3752thineaccusersκατήγοροίkatēgoroiG2725alsoκαὶkaiG2532arecomeG3854:andhecommandedκελεύσαςkeleusasG2753himtobekeptG5442inHerod’spalace.

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