New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 22:1-5

1“BrethrenἌνδρες ἀδελφοὶAndres adelphoiG435 G80and fathersπατέρες,pateresG3962,hearἀκούσατέakousateG191my defenseἀπολογίας.apologiasG627which I nowνυνὶnuniG3570offer to you.”

2And when they heardἀκούσαντεςakousantesG191that he was addressingπροσεφώνειprosephōneiG4377them in theHebrewἙβραΐδιHebraidiG1446dialectδιαλέκτῳdialektōG1258,they becameπαρέσχονpareschonG3930even moreμᾶλλονmallonG3123quietἡσυχίαν.¶hēsuchianG2271;and he saidφησίν·phēsinG5346,

3“I amG1510a JewἸουδαῖοςIoudaiosG2453,bornγεγεννημένοςgegennēmenosG1080inTarsusΤαρσῷTarsōG5019ofCiliciaΚιλικίας,KilikiasG2791,but broughtἀνατεθραμμένοςanatethrammenosG397up in thisταύτῃ,tautēG3778cityπόλειpoleiG4172,educatedπεπαιδευμένοςpepaideumenosG3811underπαρὰ πόδαςpara podasG3844 G3588 G4228GamalielΓαμαλιὴλGamaliēlG1059,strictlyἀκρίβειανakribeianG195accordingκατὰkataG2596to the lawνόμου,nomouG3551of our fathersπατρῴουpatrōouG3971,beingὑπάρχωνhuparchōnG5225zealousζηλωτὴςzēlōtēsG2207for GodθεοῦtheouG2316justκαθὼςkathōsG2531asyou allπάντεςpantesG3956are todayσήμερον,sēmeronG4594.

4I persecutedἐδίωξαediōxaG1377thisταύτηνtautēnG3778WayὁδὸνhodonG3598to the deathθανάτουthanatouG2288,bindingδεσμεύωνdesmeuōnG1195and puttingπαραδιδοὺςparadidousG3860bothτεteG5037menἄνδραςandrasG435and womenγυναῖκας,gunaikasG1135into prisonsφυλακὰςphulakasG5438,

5as alsoG2532the highἀρχιερεὺςarchiereusG749priestG749and allπᾶνpanG3956the CouncilG4244of the eldersG4244can testifyμαρτυρεῖmartureiG3140.From them I alsoG2532receivedδεξάμενοςdexamenosG1209lettersἐπιστολὰςepistolasG1992tothe brethrenἀδελφοὺςadelphousG80,and startedἐπορευόμην,eporeuomēnG4198off forDamascusΔαμασκὸνDamaskonG1154in order to bringἄξωνaxōnG71evenG2532thoseG3588who were thereἐκεῖσεekeiseG1566to JerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419as prisonersδεδεμένουςdedemenousG1210to be punishedτιμωρηθῶσιν.timōrēthōsinG5097.

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