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Acts 23:23-35

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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