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Acts 4:17-37

17Butthatitspreadnofurtheramongthepeopleλαόν,laonG2992,letusthreatenthem,thattheyspeakλαλεῖνlaleinG2980henceforthtonomanἀνθρώπων.anthrōpōnG444inthisnameὀνόματιonomatiG3686.

18AndtheycalledκαλέσαντεςkalesantesG2564them,andchargedthemnottospeakatallnorteachδιδάσκεινdidaskeinG1321inthenameὀνόματιonomatiG3686ofJesusἸησοῦ.¶IēsouG2424.

19ButPeterΠέτροςPetrosG4074andJohnἸωάννηςIōannēsG2491answeredἀποκριθέντεςapokrithentesG611andsaidG3004untothem,WhetheritisG1510rightδίκαιόνdikaionG1342inthesightofGodθεοῦtheouG2316tohearken untoyouratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123thanuntoGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,judgeκρίνατε.krinateG2919ye:

20forwecannotbutspeakλαλεῖν.laleinG2980thethingsG3739whichwesawG3708andheardG191.

21Andthey,whentheyhadfurtherthreatenedthem,letthemgoἀπέλυσανapelusanG630,findingεὑρίσκοντεςheuriskontesG2147nothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367howπῶςpōsG4459theymightpunishthem,becauseofthepeopleλαόν,laonG2992;forallmenglorifiedἐδόξαζονedoxazonG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316forthatwhichwasdone.

22ForthemanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444wasG1510moreG4183thanfortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaG5062yearsἐτῶνetōnG2094old,onwhomthismiracleofhealingἰάσεως.¶iaseōsG2392wasG1510wrought.

23AndbeingletgoἈπολυθέντεςApoluthentesG630,theycameG2064totheirownἰδίουςidiousG2398company,andreportedἀπήγγειλανapēngeilanG518allthatthechiefἀρχιερεῖςarchiereisG749priestsG749andtheeldersπρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroiG4245hadsaidG3004untothem.

24Andthey,whentheyheardG191it,liftedἦρανēranG142uptheirvoiceφωνὴνphōnēnG5456toGodθεὸνtheonG2316withoneὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothumadonG3661accordG3661,andsaidG3004, OLordδέσποτα,despotaG1203, thouthatdidstmakeG4160theheavenοὐρανὸνouranonG3772andtheearthγῆνgēnG1093andtheseaθάλασσανthalassanG2281,andallthatinthemis:

25whobytheHolyἁγίουhagiouG40SpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151,bythemouthστόματοςstomatosG4750ofourfatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962DavidΔαυὶδDauidG1138thyservantπαιδόςpaidosG3816, didstsayG3004,WhydidtheGentilesἔθνηethnēG1484rage,AndthepeoplesG2992imaginevainκενά;kenaG2756things?

26ThekingsβασιλεῖςbasileisG935oftheearthγῆςgēsG1093setthemselvesinarray,AndtherulersἄρχοντεςarchontesG758weregatheredσυνήχθησανsunēchthēsanG4863togetherG4863,AgainsttheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962,andagainsthisAnointed:

27forofatruthἀληθείαςalētheiasG225inthiscityπόλειpoleiG4172againstthyholyἅγιονhagionG40ServantπαῖδάpaidaG3816JesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424,whomthou didst anoint,bothHerodἩρῴδηςHērōdēsG2264andPontiusΠόντιοςPontiosG4194PilateΠιλᾶτοςPilatosG4091,withtheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484andthepeoplesG2992ofIsraelἸσραήλIsraēlG2474,weregatheredG4863togetherσυνήχθησανsunēchthēsanG4863,

28todowhatsoever thyhandχείρcheirG5495andthy council foreordainedtocomeG1096topassG1096.

29Andnowνῦν,nunG3568,Lordκύριε,kurieG2962, lookupontheirthreatenings:andgrantδὸςdosG1325unto thyservantsδούλοιςdouloisG1401tospeakλαλεῖνlaleinG2980thywordλόγονlogonG3056withallboldnessπαρρησίαςparrēsiasG3954,

30whilethou stretchest forth thyhandχεῖράcheiraG5495tohealἴασινiasinG2392;andthatsignsσημεῖαsēmeiaG4592andwondersτέραταterataG5059maybedonethroughthenameὀνόματοςonomatosG3686ofthyholyἁγίουhagiouG40ServantπαιδόςpaidosG3816JesusἸησοῦ.IēsouG2424.

31AndwhentheyhadprayedδεηθέντωνdeēthentōnG1189,theplaceτόποςtoposG5117wasG1510shakenἐσαλεύθηesaleuthēG4531whereintheywereG1510gatheredG4863togetherG4863;andtheywereG1510allfilledἐπλήσθησανeplēsthēsanG4130withtheHolyἁγίουhagiouG40SpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151,andtheyspakethewordλόγονlogonG3056ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316withboldnessπαρρησίας.¶parrēsiasG3954.

32AndthemultitudeπλήθουςplēthousG4128ofthemthatbelievedG4100wereG1510ofoneμία·miaG1520heartκαρδίαkardiaG2588andsoulψυχὴpsuchēG5590:andnotoneεἷςheisG1520ofthemsaidG3004thataughtofthethingsG3956whichhepossessedwasG1510hisownἴδιονidionG2398;buttheyhadallthingsG3956commonκοινά.koinaG2839.

33AndwithgreatG3173powerδυνάμειdunameiG1411gaveG591theapostlesG652theirwitnessoftheresurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsG386oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦ,IēsouG2424:andgreatG3173graceχάριςcharisG5485wasG1510uponthemall.

34ForneitherwasG1510thereamongthemanythatlacked:forasmanyὅσοιhosoiG3745aswereG1510possessorsoflandsχωρίωνchōriōnG5564orhousesG3614soldπωλοῦντεςpōlountesG4453them,andbroughtἔφερονepheronG5342thepricesofthethingsthatwereG1510soldG4453,

35andlaidἐτίθουνetithounG5087themattheapostles’G652feetG4228:anddistributionwasmadeuntoeach, accordingasanyoneG5100hadneedχρείανchreianG5532.

36AndJosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501,whobytheapostlesG652wasG1510surnamedBarnabasΒαρναβᾶςBarnabasG921(whichisG1510,beingG1510interpreted,SonυἱὸςhuiosG5207ofexhortationG3874),aLeviteΛευίτης,LeuitēsG3019,amanofCyprusbyraceG1085,

37havingafieldἀγροῦ,agrouG68,soldG4453it,andbroughtG5342themoneyχρῆμαchrēmaG5536andlaidG5087itattheapostles’G652feetG4228.

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