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Acts 21:15-40

15AndafterthesedaysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250, havinggotoureffects ready,wewentG305uptoJerusalemἹεροσόλυμα.Hi'erosolumaG2414.

16And[some]ofthedisciplesG3101fromCaesareaΚαισαρείαςKaisareiasG2542wentwithus,bringingG71[withthem]acertainτινιtiniG5100Mnason,aCyprian,anoldG744discipleG3101,withwhomweweretolodge.

17AndwhenwearrivedatJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414thebrethrengladlyreceivedus.

18AndonthemorrowPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972wentinwithustoJamesἸάκωβον,IakōbonG2385,andalltheeldersπρεσβύτεροι.presbuteroiG4245cameG3854there.

19Andhavingsalutedthem,herelatedoneἓνhenG1520byoneG1520thethingsὧνhōnG3739whichGodθεὸςtheosG2316hadwroughtamongthenationsG1484byhisministryδιακονίαςdiakoniasG1248.

20AndtheyhavingheardG191[it]glorifiedἐδόξαζονedoxazonG1392Godθεόν,theonG2316,andsaidG3004tohim, Thou seest,brotherἀδελφέ,adelpheG80,howπόσαιposaiG4214manyG4214myriadsμυριάδεςmuriadesG3461thereareG1510oftheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453whohavebelievedG4100,andallareG1510zealousζηλωταὶzēlōtaiG2207ofthelawνόμουnomouG3551.

21AndtheyhavebeeninformedconcerningG4012thee,thatthou teachestalltheJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453amongthenationsG1484apostasyἀποστασίανapostasianG646fromMosesΜωϋσέωςMōuseōsG3475,sayingG3004thattheyshouldnotcircumciseπεριτέμνεινperitemneinG4059theirchildrenG5043,norwalkπεριπατεῖν.peripateinG4043inthecustomsἔθεσινethesinG1485.

22WhatisG1510itthenοὖνounG3767?amultitudeG4128mustnecessarilycomeἐλήλυθας.elēluthasG2064togetherG4905,fortheywillhearἀκούσονταιakousontaiG191thatthou artcomeG2064.

23ThisdothereforeοὖνounG3767thatwesayλέγομεν·legomenG3004tothee:WehavefourτέσσαρεςtessaresG5064menG435whohaveavowεὐχὴνeuchēnG2171onthem;

24takeG3880theseandbeG1510purifiedG48withthem,andpaytheirexpenses,thattheymayhavetheirheadsκεφαλήν,kephalēnG2776shaved;andallwillknowγνώσονταιgnōsontaiG1097that[ofthosethingsG3778]ofwhichtheyhavebeenG1510informedabouttheenothingisG1510[true];butthatthou thyselfalsoG2532walkestorderly,keepingφυλάσσωνphulassōnG5442thelawνόμον.nomonG3551.

25ButconcerningπερὶperiG4012[thoseof]thenationsG1484whohavebelievedG4100,wehavewritten, decidingthattheyshould[observeno suchthing,onlyto]keepφυλάσσεσθαιphulassesthaiG5442themselvesbothfromthingsofferedtoidols,andfrombloodαἷμαhaimaG129,andfromthingsstrangled,andfromfornication.

26ThenΤότεToteG5119PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,takingG3880themenG435,onthenextdayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250,havingbeenpurifiedG48, enteredwiththemintothetemple, signifyingthetimethedaysἡμερῶνhēmerōnG2250ofthepurificationwouldbefulfilled,untiltheofferingG4376wasofferedπροσηνέχθηprosēnechthēG4374foreveryoneἑνὸςhenosG1520ofthem.

27AndwhenὡςhōsG5613thesevenἑπτὰheptaG2033daysἡμέραιhēmeraiG2250werenearly completed,theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453fromAsiaἈσίαςAsiasG773, havingseenG2300himinthetemple, setallthecrowdὄχλονochlonG3793inatumult,andlaidG1911handsχεῖραςcheirasG5495uponhim,

28cryingκράζοντες·krazontesG2896,IsraelitesἸσραηλῖται,IsraēlitaiG2475,helpβοηθεῖτε.boētheiteG997!thisisG1510themanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444whoteachesδιδάσκων,didaskōnG1321alleverywhereG3837againstthepeopleλαοῦlaouG2992,andthelawνόμουnomouG3551,andthisplaceτόπουtopouG5117,andhasbroughtG1521GreeksἝλληναςHellēnasG1672toointothetempleἱερὸνhi'eronG2411,andprofanedthisholyἅγιονhagionG40placeτόπονtoponG5117.

29FortheyhadbeforeseenTrophimusΤρόφιμονTrophimonG5161theEphesianG2180withhiminthecityπόλειpoleiG4172,whomtheysupposedthatPaulΠαῦλος.PaulosG3972hadbroughtG1521intothetemple.

30AndthewholeὅληholēG3650cityπόλιςpolisG4172wasmovedG2795,andtherewasaconcourseofthepeopleλαοῦ,laouG2992;andhaving laidholdἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoiG1949onPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972theydrewG1670himoutofthetemple,andimmediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112thedoorsθύραι.thuraiG2374wereshutἐκλείσθησανekleisthēsanG2808.

31AndastheywereseekingζητούντωνzētountōnG2212tokillἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiG615him,arepresentationcameG305tothechiliarchofthebandthatthewholeG3650ofJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ·IerousalēmG2419wasinatumult;

32who,takingG3880withhimimmediatelyG1824soldiersστρατιώταςstratiōtasG4757andcenturionsἑκατοντάρχαςhekatontarchasG1543,randownuponthem.Butthey,seeingG3708thechiliarchandthesoldiersστρατιώταςstratiōtasG4757,ceasedG3973beatingτύπτοντεςtuptontesG5180PaulΠαῦλον.PaulonG3972.

33ThenthechiliarchcameupandlaidholdἐπελάβετοepelabetoG1949uponhim,andcommandedἐκέλευσενekeleusenG2753[him]tobeG1510boundG1210withtwoδυσὶνdusinG1417chainsἁλύσεσινhalusesinG254,andinquiredG4441whohemightbeG1510,andwhathehaddone.

34Anddifferent persons criedsomedifferentthinginthecrowdὄχλῳ.ochlōG3793.Buthe,notbeingableδυναμένουdunamenouG1410toknowγνῶναιgnōnaiG1097thecertaintyonaccountδιὰdiaG1223oftheuproarθόρυβονthorubonG2351,commandedG2753himtobebroughtG71intothefortress.

35ButwhenὅτεhoteG3753hegotuponthestairsἀναβαθμούς,anabathmousG304itwassothathewasborneG941bythesoldiersστρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnG4757onaccountG1223oftheviolenceβίανbianG970ofthecrowdὄχλου·ochlouG3793.

36ForthemultitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128ofthepeopleλαοῦlaouG2992followedἠκολούθειēkoloutheiG190,cryingκράζοντες·krazontesG2896,AwayαἶρεaireG142withhim.

37Butashewasabouttobeledintothefortress,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972saysλέγειlegeiG3004tothechiliarch,IsitallowedmetosayG3004somethingτιtiG5100tothee?AndhesaidG3004, Dost thouknowγινώσκεις;ginōskeisG1097GreekἑλληνιστὶhellēnistiG1676?

38Thou artnotthenthatEgyptianΑἰγύπτιοςAiguptiosG124whobeforethesedaysἡμερῶνhēmerōnG2250raisedaseditionandledoutintothewildernessἔρημονerēmonG2048thefourτετρακισχιλίουςtetrakischiliousG5070thousandG5070menG435oftheassassins?

39ButPaulΠαῦλος·PaulosG3972saidG3004,IamG1510aJewἸουδαῖοςIoudaiosG2453ofTarsusΤαρσεὺςTarseusG5018,citizenG4177ofnoinsignificantcityπόλεωςpoleōsG4172ofCiliciaΚιλικίαςKilikiasG2791,andIbeseechofthee,allowἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonG2010metospeakλαλῆσαιlalēsaiG2980tothepeopleλαόν.laonG2992.

40AndwhenhehadallowedG2010him,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,standingG2476onthestairsἀναβαθμῶνanabathmōnG304, beckonedwithhishandχειρὶcheiriG5495tothepeopleλαῷ,laōG2992;andagreatπολλῆςpollēsG4183silenceσιγῆςsigēsG4602havingbeenmade,headdressedthemintheHebrewἙβραΐδιHebraidiG1446tongue,sayingλέγων·¶legōnG3004,

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