New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 9:19-26

19and he tookλαβὼνlabōnG2983foodτροφὴνtrophēnG5160and was strengthenedἐνίσχυσεν.¶enischusenG1765.NowδὲdeG1161for severalτινάς·tinasG5100daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250he was withthe disciplesμαθητῶνmathētōnG3101who were at DamascusΔαμασκῷDamaskōG1154,

20and immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112he beganto proclaimἐκήρυσσενekērussenG2784JesusἸησοῦν,IēsounG2424in the synagoguesσυναγωγαῖςsunagōgaisG4864,sayingὅτιhotiG3754, “He isthe SonυἱὸςhuiosG5207of Godθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.”

21AllπάντεςpantesG3956thoseG3588hearingἀκούοντεςakouontesG191him continued to be amazedἐξίσταντοexistantoG1839,and were sayingἔλεγον·elegonG3004, “Is thisG3778not he who in JerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419destroyedπορθήσαςporthēsasG4199thoseG3588whocalledἐπικαλουμένουςepikaloumenousG1941on thisG3778nameὄνομαonomaG3686, and whohad comeἐληλύθειelēlutheiG2064hereὧδεhōdeG5602for the purpose of bringingἀγάγῃagagēG71them boundδεδεμένουςdedemenousG1210beforeἐπὶepiG1909the chiefἀρχιερεῖς.¶archiereisG749priestsG749?”

22But SaulΣαῦλοςSaulosG4569kept increasingG1743in strengthG1743and confoundingσυνέχυννενsunechunnenG4797the JewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453who livedκατοικοῦνταςkatoikountasG2730at DamascusΔαμασκῷ,DamaskōG1154by provingσυμβιβάζωνsumbibazōnG4822that thisοὗτόςhoutosG3778Jesus is theChristχριστός.christosG5547.

23WhenὡςhōsG5613manyἱκαναί,hikanaiG2425daysἡμέραιhēmeraiG2250had elapsedἐπληροῦντοeplērountoG4137,the JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453plottedG4823togetherσυνεβουλεύσαντοsunebouleusantoG4823to doG337awayG337with him,

24buttheir plotἐπιβουλὴepiboulēG1917became knownἐγνώσθηegnōsthēG1097to SaulΣαύλῳSaulōG4569.They were alsoG2532watchingπαρετηροῦντοparetērountoG3906the gatesπύλαςpulasG4439dayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250and nightνυκτός,nuktosG3571soὅπωςhopōsG3704that they might putG337him to deathG337;

25but his disciplesμαθηταὶmathētaiG3101tookλαβόντεςlabontesG2983him by nightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571and letG2524him downκαθῆκανkathēkanG2524throughδιὰdiaG1223an opening inthe wallτείχουςteichousG5038,loweringχαλάσαντεςchalasantesG2524 G5465him in a largeG4711basketG4711.

26When he cameΠαραγενόμενοςParagenomenosG3854to JerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419,he was tryingἐπείραζενepeirazenG3985to associateκολλᾶσθαιkollasthaiG2853with the disciplesμαθηταῖς·mathētaisG3101;but they were allπάντεςpantesG3956afraidἐφοβοῦντοephobountoG5399of him, not believingπιστεύοντεςpisteuontesG4100that he was a discipleμαθητής.mathētēsG3101.

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