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Acts 26:9-23

9IindeedμὲνmenG3303myselfthoughtG1380thatIoughtG1163todomuchG4183againstthenameὄνομαonomaG3686ofJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424theNazaraean.

10WhichalsoG2532IdidinJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςHi'erosolumoisG2414,andmyselfshutupinprisonsφυλακαῖςphulakaisG5438manyπολλούςpollousG4183ofthesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40,havingreceivedG2983theauthorityἐξουσίανexousianG1849fromthechiefἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnG749priestsG749;andwhentheywereputtodeathIgavemyvote.

11AndoftenπολλάκιςpollakisG4178punishingtheminallthesynagoguesG4864,IcompelledG315themtoblasphemeβλασφημεῖν,blasphēmeinG987.And, being exceedingly furiousagainstthem,IpersecutedG1377themevenG2532tocitiesπόλεις.poleisG4172out[ofourownG1438land].

12Andwhen, [engaged]inthis,IwasjourneyingπορευόμενοςporeuomenosG4198toDamascusΔαμασκὸνDamaskonG1154,withauthorityἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849andpowerG1849fromthechiefἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnG749priestsG749,

13atmid-day,onthewayG3598,IsawG3708, Okingβασιλεῦ,basileuG935,alightφῶςphōsG5457abovethebrightnessofthesunἡλίουhēliouG2246,shiningfromheavenοὐρανόθενouranothenG3771roundaboutmeandthosewhowerejourneyingπορευομένους.poreuomenousG4198withme.

14And,whenwewereallfallentothegroundγῆνgēnG1093,IheardG191avoiceφωνὴνphōnēnG5456sayingλέγουσανlegousanG3004tomeintheHebrewἙβραΐδιHebraidiG1446tongue,SaulΣαοὺλSaoulG4549,SaulΣαούλ,SaoulG4549,whyτίtiG5101persecutest thoume? [itis]hardσκληρόνsklēronG4642fortheetokickagainstgoads.

15AndIsaidG3004,Whoart thou,Lordκύριε;kurieG2962?AndtheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962saidG3004,IamG1510JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424whomthou persecutest:

16butriseἀνάστηθιanastēthiG450upandstandστῆθιstēthiG2476onthyfeetG4228;for,forthispurposehaveIappearedtothee,toappointG4400theetobeaservantandawitnessμάρτυραmarturaG3144bothofwhatthou hastseenG3708,andofwhatIshallappeartotheein,

17taking theeoutfromamongthepeopleλαοῦlaouG2992,andthenationsG1484,towhomIsendἀποστέλλωapostellōG649thee,

18toopenἀνοῖξαιanoixaiG455theireyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmousG3788,thattheymayturnἐπιστρέψαιepistrepsaiG1994fromdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655tolightφῶςphōsG5457,andfromthepowerἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849ofSatanσατανᾶsatanaG4567toGodθεόν,theonG2316,thattheymayreceiveλαβεῖνlabeinG2983remissionofsinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōnG266andinheritanceκλῆρονklēronG2819amongthemthataresanctifiedG37byfaithπίστειpisteiG4102inme.

19Whereupon,kingβασιλεῦbasileuG935AgrippaἈγρίππα,AgrippaG67,IwasnotdisobedientἀπειθὴςapeithēsG545totheheavenlyοὐρανίῳouraniōG3770visionὀπτασίᾳ,optasiaG3701;

20buthave,firstπρῶτόνprōtonG4413tothosebothinDamascusΔαμασκῷDamaskōG1154andJerusalemἹεροσολύμοις,Hi'erosolumoisG2414,andtoalltheregionχώρανchōranG5561ofJudaea,andtothenationsG1484,announcedthattheyshouldrepentμετανοεῖνmetanoeinG3340andturnἐπιστρέφεινepistrepheinG1994toGodθεὸνtheonG2316,doingworksἔργαergaG2041worthyἄξιαaxiaG514ofrepentanceμετανοίαςmetanoiasG3341.

21OnaccountofthesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453, havingseizedmeinthetemple, attemptedtolay handsonanddestroyme.

22HavingthereforeοὖνounG3767metwith[the]helpwhichisfromGodθεοῦtheouG2316,IhavestoodG2476firmG2476untothisdayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250, witnessingbothtosmallμικρῷmikrōG3398andgreatμεγάλῳ,megalōG3173,sayingλέγωνlegōnG3004nothingelsethanthosethingsG3778whichboththeprophetsπροφῆταιprophētaiG4396andMosesΜωϋσῆς,MōusēsG3475havesaidG3004shouldhappenγίνεσθαιginesthaiG1096,

23[namely,]whetherChristχριστός,christosG5547shouldsuffer;whetherhefirstπρῶτοςprōtosG4413,throughresurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsG386of[the]deadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498,shouldannouncelightφῶςphōsG5457bothtothepeopleλαῷlaōG2992andtothenationsG1484.

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