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Acts 26:9-23

9IverilythoughtG1380withmyselfthatIoughtG1163todomanyπολλὰpollaG4183thingsG4183contraryἐναντίαenantiaG1727tothenameὄνομαonomaG3686ofJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ofNazarethΝαζωραίουNazōraiouG3480.

10AndthisIalsoG2532didinJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςHi'erosolumoisG2414:andIbothshutupmanyπολλούςpollousG4183ofthesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40inprisonsφυλακαῖςphulakaisG5438,havingreceivedG2983authorityἐξουσίανexousianG1849fromthechiefἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnG749priestsG749,andwhentheywereputtodeathIgavemyvoteagainstthem.

11AndpunishingthemoftentimesinallthesynagoguesG4864,Istrovetomakethemblasphemeβλασφημεῖν,blasphēmeinG987;andbeing exceedingly madagainstthem,IpersecutedG1377themevenG2532untoforeigncitiesπόλεις.poleisG4172.

12WhereuponasIjourneyedtoDamascusΔαμασκὸνDamaskonG1154withtheauthorityἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849andcommissionofthechiefἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnG749priestsG749,

13atmidday, Okingβασιλεῦ,basileuG935,IsawG3708onthewayG3598alightφῶςphōsG5457fromheavenοὐρανόθενouranothenG3771,abovethebrightnessofthesunἡλίουhēliouG2246,shiningroundaboutmeandthemthatjourneyedwithme.

14AndwhenwewereallfallentotheearthG1093,IheardG191avoiceφωνὴνphōnēnG5456sayingλέγουσανlegousanG3004untomeintheHebrewἙβραΐδιHebraidiG1446languageδιαλέκτῳ·dialektōG1258,SaulΣαοὺλSaoulG4549,SaulΣαούλ,SaoulG4549,whyτίtiG5101persecutest thoume?itishardσκληρόνsklēronG4642fortheetokickagainstthegoad.

15AndIsaidG3004,Whoart thou,Lordκύριε;kurieG2962?AndtheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962saidG3004,IamG1510JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424whomthou persecutest.

16ButariseG450,andstandστῆθιstēthiG2476uponthyfeetG4228:fortothisendhaveIappearedunto thee,toappointG4400theeaministerandawitnessμάρτυραmarturaG3144bothofthethingsG3778wherein thou hastseenG3708me,andofthethingsG3778whereinIwillappearunto thee;

17delivering theefromthepeopleλαοῦlaouG2992,andfromtheGentilesἐθνῶν,ethnōnG1484, untowhomIsendἀποστέλλωapostellōG649thee,

18toopenἀνοῖξαιanoixaiG455theireyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmousG3788,thattheymayturnἐπιστρέψαιepistrepsaiG1994fromdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655tolightφῶςphōsG5457andfromthepowerἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849ofSatanσατανᾶsatanaG4567untoGodθεόν,theonG2316,thattheymayreceiveλαβεῖνlabeinG2983remissionofsinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōnG266andaninheritanceκλῆρονklēronG2819amongthemthataresanctifiedG37byfaithπίστειpisteiG4102inme.

19Wherefore, OkingβασιλεῦbasileuG935AgrippaἈγρίππα,AgrippaG67,IwasnotdisobedientἀπειθὴςapeithēsG545untotheheavenlyοὐρανίῳouraniōG3770visionὀπτασίᾳ,optasiaG3701:

20butdeclaredG518bothtothemofDamascusΔαμασκῷDamaskōG1154firstπρῶτόνprōtonG4413,andatJerusalemἹεροσολύμοις,Hi'erosolumoisG2414,andthroughoutallthecountryG5561ofJudæa,andalsoG2532totheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484,thattheyshouldrepentμετανοεῖνmetanoeinG3340andturnἐπιστρέφεινepistrepheinG1994toGodθεὸνtheonG2316,doingworksἔργαergaG2041worthyἄξιαaxiaG514ofrepentanceμετανοίαςmetanoiasG3341.

21ForthiscausetheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453seizedmeinthetemple,andassayedtokillme.

22HavingthereforeοὖνounG3767obtainedτυχὼνtuchōnG5177thehelpthatisfromGodθεοῦtheouG2316,IstandG2476untothisdayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250testifyingG3143bothtosmallμικρῷmikrōG3398andgreatμεγάλῳ,megalōG3173,sayingλέγωνlegōnG3004nothingbutwhattheprophetsπροφῆταιprophētaiG4396andMosesΜωϋσῆς,MōusēsG3475didsayG3004shouldcomeG1096;

23howthattheChristχριστός,christosG5547mustsuffer,andhowthathefirstπρῶτοςprōtosG4413bytheresurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsG386ofthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498shouldproclaimG2605lightφῶςphōsG5457bothtothepeopleλαῷlaōG2992andtotheGentilesἔθνεσιν.¶ethnesinG1484.

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