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Acts 24:5-14

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;

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