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Acts 23:16-33

16ButPaul's sister'ssonυἱὸςhuiosG5207, havingheardG191ofthelyinginwait,cameπαραγενόμενοςparagenomenosG3854andenteredεἰσελθὼνeiselthōnG1525intothefortressandreportedἀπήγγειλενapēngeilenG518[it]toPaulG3972.

17AndPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,havingcalledπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosG4341oneἕναhenaG1520ofthecenturionsἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchōnG1543,saidἔφη·ephēG5346,Takethisyouthtothechiliarch,forhehassomethingτιtiG5100toreportἀπαγγεῖλαίapangeilaiG518tohim.

18HethereforeοὖνounG3767,havingtakenG3880himwith[him],ledG71himtothechiliarch,andsaysλαλῆσαίlalēsaiG2980,TheprisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972calledπροσκαλεσάμενόςproskalesamenosG4341meto[him]andaskedἠρώτησενērōtēsenG2065metoleadG71thisyouthtothee,whohassomethingτιtiG5100tosayG2980tothee.

19AndthechiliarchhavingtakenhimbythehandχειρὸςcheirosG5495,andhavinggoneapartinprivate,inquiredG4441,WhatisG1510itthatthou hasttoreportἀπαγγεῖλαίapangeilaiG518tome?

20AndhesaidG3004,TheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453haveagreedtogethertomakearequesttothee,thatthou mayestbringκαταγάγῃςkatagagēsG2609PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972downG2609to-morrowintothecouncilσυνέδριονsunedrionG4892,asabouttoinquireπυνθάνεσθαιpunthanesthaiG4441somethingτιtiG5100more preciseconcerningG4012him.

21DonotthouthenbeG1510persuadedG3982bythem,fortherelieinwaitforhimofthemmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thanfortyτεσσεράκοντα,tesserakontaG5062menG435,whohaveputthemselvesunderacurseneithertoeatG2068nordrinkπιεῖνpieinG4095tilltheykillhim;andnowνῦνnunG3568theyareG1510readyἕτοιμοιhetoimoiG2092waitingG4327thepromiseἐπαγγελίαν.¶epangelianG1860fromthee.

22ThechiliarchthenG3767dismissedG630theyouth,commandingG3853[him], UttertonooneμηδενὶmēdeniG3367thatthou hast representedthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778tome.

23Andhavingcalledto[him]certainτινὰςtinasG5100twoδύοduoG1417ofthecenturionsἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchōnG1543,hesaidG3004,PrepareἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateG2090twoG1417hundredδιακοσίουςdiakosiousG1250soldiersστρατιώταςstratiōtasG4757thattheymaygoπορευθῶσινporeuthōsinG4198asfarἕωςhe'ōsG2193asCaesareaΚαισαρείαςKaisareiasG2542,andseventyἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkontaG1440horsemenἱππεῖςhippeisG2460,andtwoG1417hundredδιακοσίουςdiakosiousG1250light-armed footmen,forthethirdτρίτηςtritēsG5154hourὥραςhōrasG5610ofthenightνυκτός,nuktosG3571.

24And[he orderedthem]toprovidebeasts,thattheymight setPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972onthemandcarry [him] safethroughtoFelixΦήλικαPhēlikaG5344thegovernorἡγεμόνα·hēgemonaG2232,

25havingwrittenG1125aletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992, couchedinthisform:

26ClaudiusΚλαύδιοςKlaudiosG2804LysiasΛυσίαςLusiasG3079tothemostκρατίστῳkratistōG2903excellentG2903governorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232FelixΦήλικιPhēlikiG5344,greetingχαίρειν.chaireinG5463.

27ThismanἄνδραandraG435, havingbeenG1510takenbytheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453,andbeingG1510abouttobeG1510killedbythem,IcameἐπιστὰςepistasG2186upwiththemilitaryandtookout[oftheirhands], havinglearnedμαθὼνmathōnG3129thathewasG1510aRomanῬωμαῖόςRhōmaiosG4514.

28AnddesiringtoknowἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaiG1921thechargeαἰτίανaitianG156onwhichtheyaccusedhim,IbroughtG2609himdownκατήγαγονkatēgagonG2609totheircouncilσυνέδριονsunedrionG4892;

29whomIfoundG2147tobeaccusedofquestionsζητημάτωνzētēmatōnG2213oftheirlawνόμουnomouG3551,buttohavenochargelaidagainsthim[makinghim]worthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288orofbonds.

30Buthaving received informationofaplotἐπιβουλῆςepiboulēsG1917abouttobeG1510putG3992inexecutionagainstthemanἄνδραandraG435[bytheJews],IhaveimmediatelyG1824sentG3992himtothee,commandingG3853alsoκαὶkaiG2532hisaccusersκατηγόροιςkatēgoroisG2725tosayG3004beforetheethethingsthatareG1510againsthim. [Farewell.]

31ThesoldiersστρατιῶταιstratiōtaiG4757thereforeοὖνounG3767,accordingκατὰkataG2596towhatwasorderedthem,tookG353PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andbroughtG71himbynightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571toAntipatris,

32andonthemorrow, havingleftthehorsemenἱππεῖςhippeisG2460togoἀπέρχεσθαιaperchesthaiG565withhim,returnedὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanG5290tothefortress.

33Andthese, havingenteredεἰσελθόντεςeiselthontesG1525intoCaesareaΚαισάρειανKaisareianG2542,andgivenuptheletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992tothegovernorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232,presentedπαρέστησανparestēsanG3936PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972alsoG2532tohim.

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