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Acts 24:1-21

1AndafterfiveπέντεpenteG4002daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250thehighἀρχιερεὺςarchiereusG749priestG749AnaniasἉνανίαςHananiasG367cameG2597downκατέβηkatebēG2597withcertainG5100eldersπρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōnG4245,andwithanorator,oneG5100TertullusΤερτύλλουTertullouG5061;andtheyinformedthegovernorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232againstPaulΠαύλου.PaulouG3972.

2AndwhenhewascalledG2564,TertullusΤέρτυλλοςTertullosG5061beganG757toaccuseκατηγορεῖνkatēgoreinG2723him,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004, SeeingthatbytheeweenjoymuchG4183peaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēsG1515,andthatbythyprovidenceevilsarecorrectedforthisnationἔθνειethneiG1484,

3weacceptitinallwaysandinallplaces,mostexcellentκράτιστεkratisteG2903FelixΦῆλιξ,PhēlixG5344,withallthankfulness.

4But,thatIbenotfurthertedious unto thee,IentreattheetohearἀκοῦσαίakousaiG191usofthy clemencyafewwords.

5ForwehavefoundG2147thismanἄνδραandraG435apestilent fellow,andamoverofinsurrectionsamongalltheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453throughouttheworldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnG3625,andaringleaderofthesectαἱρέσεως·haireseōsG139oftheNazarenes:

6whomoreover assayedtoprofanethetempleἱερὸνhi'eronG2411:onwhomalsoG2532welaidG2902holdG2902:

8fromwhomthou wiltbeableδυνήσῃdunēsēG1410,byexamininghimthyself,totakeknowledgeofallthesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778whereofweaccuseκατηγοροῦμενkatēgoroumenG2723him.

9AndtheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453alsoκαὶkaiG2532joinedinthecharge, affirmingthatthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778wereso.

10AndwhenthegovernorἡγεμόνοςhēgemonosG2232hadbeckoned untohimtospeakλέγειν·legeinG3004,PaulΠαῦλος,PaulosG3972answeredἈπεκρίθηApekrithēG611, ForasmuchasIknowἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosG1987thatthou hastbeenG1510ofmanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183yearsἐτῶνetōnG2094ajudgeκριτὴνkritēnG2923untothisnationἔθνειethneiG1484,Icheerfullymakemydefence:

11seeingthatthou cansttakeknowledgethatitisG1510notmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thantwelveδώδεκαdōdekaG1427daysἡμέραιhēmeraiG2250sinceIwentG305uptoworshipπροσκυνήσωνproskunēsōnG4352atJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ·IerousalēmG2419:

12andneitherinthetempledidtheyfindεὗρόνheuronG2147medisputingwithanymanorstirring upacrowdὄχλουochlouG3793,norinthesynagoguesG4864,norinthecityπόλιν·polinG4172.

13NeithercantheyprovetotheethethingsὧνhōnG3739whereoftheynowνυνὶnuniG3570accuseκατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinG2723me.

14ButthisIconfessὁμολογῶhomologōG3670unto thee,thataftertheWayὁδὸνhodonG3598whichtheycallasectαἵρεσινairesinG139,soserveλατρεύωlatreuōG3000ItheGodθεῷtheōG2316ofourfathersG3971,believingG4100allthingsG3778whichareaccordingG2596tothelawνόμονnomonG3551,andwhicharewrittenG1125intheprophetsπροφήταιςprophētaisG4396;

15havinghopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680towardGodθεὸνtheonG2316,whichthesealsoG2532themselveslookfor,thatthereshallbeἔσεσθαιesesthaiG1510aresurrectionἀνάστασινanastasinG386bothofthejustδικαίωνdikaiōnG1342andunjustἀδίκων·adikōnG94.

16HereinIalsoG2532exercisemyselftohaveaconscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893voidofoffencetowardGodθεὸνtheonG2316andmenG444always.

17NowδὲdeG1161aftersomeyearsἐτῶνetōnG2094IcameG3854tobringalmsἐλεημοσύναςeleēmosunasG1654tomynationἔθνοςethnosG1484,andofferingsG4376:

18amidstwhichtheyfoundG2147mepurifiedG48inthetemple,withnocrowdὄχλουochlouG3793,noryetwithtumult:buttherewerecertainG5100JewsG2453fromAsiaG773—

19whooughtG1163tohavebeenherebeforethee,andtomakeaccusationκατηγορεῖν,katēgoreinG2723,iftheyhadaughtagainstme.

20OrelseletthesemenG3778themselvessayG3004whatwrong-doingtheyfoundG2147whenIstoodστάντοςstantosG2476beforethecouncilσυνεδρίου,sunedriouG4892,

21exceptitbeforthisoneμιᾶςmiasG1520voiceφωνῆςphōnēsG5456,thatIcriedG2896standingἑστὼςhestōsG2476amongthem, TouchingtheresurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsG386ofthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498IamcalledinquestionbeforeyouthisdayσήμερονsēmeronG4594.

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