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Acts 24:1-21

1AndafterfiveπέντεpenteG4002daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250cameG2597downthehighἀρχιερεὺςarchiereusG749priestG749AnaniasἉνανίαςHananiasG367,withtheeldersπρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōnG4245,andacertainG5100orator calledTertullusΤερτύλλουTertullouG5061,andlaidtheirinformationsagainstPaulΠαύλου.PaulouG3972beforethegovernorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232.

2AndhehavingbeencalledG2564,TertullusΤέρτυλλοςTertullosG5061beganG757toaccuseκατηγορεῖνkatēgoreinG2723,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004, SeeingweenjoygreatπολλῆςpollēsG4183peaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēsG1515throughthee,andthatexcellent measuresareexecutedforthisnationἔθνειethneiG1484bythy forethought,

3wereceive[it]alwaysandeverywhereπανταχοῦpantachouG3837,mostexcellentκράτιστεkratisteG2903FelixΦῆλιξ,PhēlixG5344,withallthankfulness.

4ButthatImaynottoomuchG4183intrudeonthytime,Ibeseech theetohearἀκοῦσαίakousaiG191usbrieflyinthykindness.

5ForfindingG2147thismanἄνδραandraG435apest,andmoving seditionamongalltheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453throughouttheworldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnG3625,andaleaderofthesectαἱρέσεως·haireseōsG139oftheNazaraeans;

6whoalsoG2532attemptedtoprofanethetempleἱερὸνhi'eronG2411;whomwealsoG2532hadseizedG2902, [andwouldhavejudged accordingtoourlaw;

7but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,

8having commandedhisaccuserstocometothee;]ofwhomthou canst thyself,inexamining[him],knowἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaiG1921thecertaintyofallthesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778ofwhichweaccuseκατηγοροῦμενkatēgoroumenG2723him.

9AndtheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453alsoκαὶkaiG2532joinedinpressingthematter against [Paul], sayingthatthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778wereso.

10ButPaulΠαῦλος,PaulosG3972,thegovernorἡγεμόνοςhēgemonosG2232having beckonedtohimtospeakλέγειν·legeinG3004,answeredἈπεκρίθηApekrithēG611,KnowingἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosG1987thatformanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183yearsἐτῶνetōnG2094thou hastbeenG1510judgeκριτὴνkritēnG2923tothisnationἔθνειethneiG1484,IanswerG611readilyastothethingsG3778whichconcernmyself.

11Asthou mayestknowἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaiG1921thatthereareG1510notmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thantwelveδώδεκαdōdekaG1427daysἡμέραιhēmeraiG2250sinceIwentG305uptoworshipπροσκυνήσωνproskunēsōnG4352atJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ·IerousalēmG2419,

12andneitherinthetempledidtheyfindεὗρόνheuronG2147mediscoursingtoanyoneG5100,ormakingG4160anytumultuousgatheringtogetherofthecrowdὄχλουochlouG3793,norinthesynagoguesG4864,norinthecityπόλιν·polinG4172;

13neithercantheymakegoodthethingsὧνhōnG3739ofwhichtheynowνυνὶnuniG3570accuseκατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinG2723me.

14ButthisIavowtothee,thatinthewayὁδὸνhodonG3598whichtheycallsectαἵρεσινairesinG139,soIserveλατρεύωlatreuōG3000myfathers'GodθεῷtheōG2316,believingG4100allthingsG3778whicharewrittenG1125throughoutthelawνόμονnomonG3551,andintheprophetsπροφήταιςprophētaisG4396;

15havinghopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680towardsGodθεὸνtheonG2316,whichtheythemselvesalsoG2532receiveG4327,thatthereisἔσεσθαιesesthaiG1510tobeG1510aresurrectionἀνάστασινanastasinG386bothofjustδικαίωνdikaiōnG1342andunjustἀδίκων·adikōnG94.

16ForthiscauseIalsoG2532exercise [myself]tohaveineverythingG3956aconscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893withoutoffence towardsGodθεὸνtheonG2316andmenG444.

17AndafteralapseofmanyG4183yearsἐτῶνetōnG2094Iarrived,bringingalmsἐλεημοσύναςeleēmosunasG1654tomynationἔθνοςethnosG1484,andofferingsG4376.

18WhereupontheyfoundG2147mepurifiedG48inthetemple,withneithercrowdὄχλουochlouG3793nortumult.ButitwascertainG5100JewsG2453fromAsiaG773,

19whooughtG1163toappearbeforetheeandaccuseG2723,iftheyhaveanythingτιtiG5100againstme;

20orletthesethemselvessayG3004whatwrongtheyfoundG2147inmewhenIstoodστάντοςstantosG2476beforethecouncilσυνεδρίου,sunedriouG4892,

21[other]thanconcerningG4012thisoneμιᾶςmiasG1520voiceφωνῆςphōnēsG5456whichIcriedG2896standingἑστὼςhestōsG2476amongstthem:IamjudgedG2919thisdayσήμερονsēmeronG4594byyoutouching [the]resurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsG386of[the]deadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498.

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