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21 And de when hōs we had parted apospaō from apo them autos, we hēmeis put anagō out to sea and sailed on a straight course euthudromeō to eis · ho Cos, then de on the ho next hexēs day to eis · ho Rhodes Rhodos, and from there kakeithen to eis Patara Patara. ² And kai finding heuriskō a ship ploion bound diaperaō for eis Phoenicia Phoinikē, we went epibainō aboard and set anagō sail . ³ We came in sight anaphainō of · de · ho Cyprus Kypros, and kai leaving kataleipō it autos behind on our port euōnymos side , we sailed pleō on to eis Syria Syria and kai landed katerchomai at eis Tyre Tyros, for gar there ekeise the ho ship ploion was eimi to unload apophortizomai its ho cargo gomos. ⁴ After locating aneuriskō · de the ho disciples mathētēs, we stayed epimenō there autou seven hepta days hēmera; and they hostis kept telling legō · ho Paul Paulos through dia the ho Spirit pneuma not mē to set epibainō foot in eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma. ⁵ When hote · de our hēmeis days hēmera there were ended exartizō, · ho we departed exerchomai and went poreuō on our journey , and they all pas, with syn wives gynē and kai children teknon, accompanied propempō us hēmeis until heōs we were outside exō the ho city polis. Then kai kneeling down tithēmi · ho on epi the ho beach aigialos, we prayed proseuchomai ⁶ and said apaspazomai farewell to one allēlōn another . Then kai we went anabainō on board eis the ho ship ploion, and de they ekeinos returned hypostrephō to eis · ho their idios own homes.

⁷ And de having completed dianyō the ho voyage from apo Tyre Tyros, we hēmeis came katantaō to eis Ptolemais Ptolemais, and kai we greeted aspazomai the ho brothers adelphos and stayed menō one heis day hēmera with para them autos. ⁸ On the ho · de next epaurion day we departed exerchomai and went erchomai to eis Caesarea Kaisareia. · kai There we went eiserchomai into eis the ho house oikos of Philip Philippos the ho evangelist euangelistēs, who was eimi one of ek the ho seven hepta, and stayed menō with para him autos. ⁹ ( He houtos · de had eimi four tessares unmarried parthenos daughters thugatēr who prophesied prophēteuō.) ¹⁰ While we were staying epimenō · de for many polys days hēmera, a tis prophet prophētēs named onoma Agabus Hagabos came katerchomai down from apo · ho Judea Ioudaia. ¹¹ · kai He came erchomai to pros us hēmeis and kai, taking airō · ho Paul’ s Paulos belt zōnē, · ho he tied deō his heautou own · ho hands cheir and kai feet pous · ho with it and said legō, “ The ho Holy hagios Spirit pneuma says legō this hode: · ho ‘ This is how houtōs the ho Jews Ioudaios will tie up deō in en Jerusalem Ierousalēm the ho man anēr whose hos belt zōnē this houtos is eimi, · ho and kai will deliver paradidōmi him into eis the hands cheir of the Gentiles ethnos.’” ¹² When hōs · de we heard akouō this houtos, both te we hēmeis and kai the ho local entopios people urged parakaleō him autos not mē to go anabainō up to eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm. ¹³ Then tote Paul Paulos answered apokrinomai, · ho “ What tis are you doing poieō, weeping klaiō and kai breaking synthryptō my egō · ho heart kardia? For gar I egō am echō ready hetoimōs not ou only monon to be tied deō up but alla also kai to die apothnēskō in eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm for hyper the ho name onoma of the ho Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous.” ¹⁴ And de since he autos would not mē be persuaded peithō, we fell silent hēsychazō, saying legō, “ Let the ho will thelēma of the ho Lord kyrios be done ginomai.”

¹⁵ After meta · de · ho these houtos days hēmera we got episkeuazomai ready and started anabainō up to eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma. ¹⁶ And de · kai some of the ho disciples mathētēs from apo Caesarea Kaisareia came synerchomai with syn us hēmeis, bringing agō Mnason Mnasōn of Cyprus Kyprios, an tis early archaios disciple mathētēs, with para whom hos we should lodge xenizō. ¹⁷ When we hēmeis arrived ginomai · de in eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma, the ho brothers adelphos welcomed apodechomai us hēmeis gladly asmenōs.

¹⁸ On the ho · de following epeimi day Paul Paulos went eiseimi · ho with syn us hēmeis to pros James Iakōbos, and te all pas the ho elders presbyteros were present paraginomai. ¹⁹ · kai After he greeted aspazomai them autos, he began to relate exēgeomai one hekastos by kata one heis what hos God theos had done poieō · ho among en the ho Gentiles ethnos through dia · ho his autos ministry diakonia. ²⁰ And de when they ho heard akouō it, they began to praise doxazō · ho God theos. And te they said legō to him autos, “ You see theōreō, brother adelphos, how posos many thousands myrias of ho believers pisteuō there are eimi among en the ho Jews Ioudaios, and kai they are hyparchō all pas zealous zēlōtēs for the ho law nomos. ²¹ But de they were told katēcheō about peri you sy that hoti you are teaching didaskō all pas the ho Jews Ioudaios who are among kata the ho Gentiles ethnos to forsake apostasia Moses Mōysēs, telling legō them autos not mē to circumcise peritemnō their ho children teknon and mēde not to walk according to peripateō our ho customs ethos. ²² What tis then oun is eimi to be done? They will certainly pantōs hear akouō that hoti you have come erchomai. ²³ Therefore oun, do poieō what hos we tell legō you sy. There are eimi with us hēmeis four tessares men anēr who have taken echō upon epi themselves heautou a vow euchē. ²⁴ Take paralambanō these houtos men and purify hagnizō yourself along syn with them autos and kai pay their autos expenses dapanaō that hina they may shave xyraō their ho heads kephalē, and kai everyone pas will know ginōskō that hoti there is eimi nothing oudeis in what hos they have been told katēcheō about peri you sy, but alla that you yourself autos walk stoicheō · kai keeping phylassō the ho law nomos. ²⁵ But de as peri for the ho Gentiles ethnos who have believed pisteuō, we hēmeis sent epistellō a letter with our judgment krinō that they autos should abstain phylassō from what ho has been sacrificed eidōlothutos to idols , and kai from blood haima, and kai from what has been strangled pniktos, and kai from sexual porneia immorality .” ²⁶ Then tote · ho Paul Paulos took paralambanō the ho men anēr and on the ho next echō day hēmera he purified himself hagnizō with syn them autos and went eiseimi into eis the ho temple hieron, giving notice diangellō of the ho completion ekplērōsis of the ho days hēmera of the ho purification hagnismos, at heōs which hos time the ho sacrifice prosphora would be offered prospherō on hyper behalf of each hekastos one heis of them autos.

²⁷ When hōs · de the ho seven hepta days hēmera were about mellō to be completed synteleō, the ho Jews Ioudaios from apo · ho Asia Asia, upon seeing theaomai him autos in en the ho temple hieron, stirred syncheō up the ho whole pas crowd ochlos and kai laid epiballō hands cheir on epi him autos, · ho ²⁸ crying krazō out , “ Men anēr of Israel Israēlitēs, help boētheō! This houtos is eimi the ho man anthrōpos who ho is teaching didaskō everyone pas everywhere pantachē against kata our ho people laos, · kai our ho law nomos, and kai · ho this houtos place topos. And te besides eti, he eisagō even kai brought eisagō Greeks Hellēn into eis the ho temple hieron and kai has made this houtos holy hagios place topos unclean koinoō.” · ho ²⁹ For gar they had eimi previously seen prooraō Trophimus Trophimos the ho Ephesian Ephesios in en the ho city polis with syn him autos, and they assumed nomizō that hoti Paul Paulos had taken eisagō him hos into eis the ho temple hieron. · ho ³⁰ Then te all holos the ho city polis was stirred up kineō, and kai a mob syndromē of ho people laos quickly formed ginomai. · kai They seized epilambanomai · ho Paul Paulos and dragged him autos outside exō the ho temple hieron, and kai immediately eutheōs the ho gates thura were shut kleiō. ³¹ And te while they were trying zēteō to kill apokteinō him autos, a report phasis was sent up anabainō to the ho commanding chiliarchos officer of the ho detachment speira that hoti all holos Jerusalem Ierousalēm was in an uproar syncheō. ³² At once exautēs he hos took paralambanō along some soldiers stratiōtēs and kai centurions hekatontarchēs and ran katatrechō down to epi them autos; and de when they ho saw the ho commanding chiliarchos officer and kai the ho soldiers stratiōtēs, they stopped pauō beating typtō · ho Paul Paulos. ³³ Then tote the ho commanding chiliarchos officer came up engizō and arrested epilambanomai him autos and kai ordered keleuō him to be tied deō up with two dyo chains halysis. Then kai he asked pynthanomai who tis he might be eimi and kai what tis he had eimi done poieō. ³⁴ Some allos · de in en the ho crowd ochlos were shouting epiphōneō one allos thing tis, some another, and de since he autos was unable mē to find ginōskō out the ho truth asphalēs because dia of the ho uproar thorybos, he ordered keleuō him autos to be brought agō into eis the ho barracks parembolē. ³⁵ When hote · de he got ginomai to epi the ho stairs anabathmos, Paul autos had to be symbainō carried bastazō by hypo the ho soldiers stratiōtēs because dia of the ho violence bia of the ho mob ochlos, ³⁶ for gar the ho crowd plēthos of ho people laos kept following akoloutheō and shouting krazō, “ Away airō with him autos!”

³⁷ As he was about mellō to be brought eisagō into eis the ho barracks parembolē, · ho Paul Paulos said legō to the ho commanding chiliarchos officer , “Is it allowed for me egō to say legō something tis to pros you sy?” He ho · de replied phēmi, “ Do you know ginōskō Greek Hellēnisti? ³⁸ Then ara you sy are eimi not ou the ho Egyptian Aigyptios who ho prior pro to these houtos · ho days hēmera stirred anastatoō up a revolt and kai led exagō into eis the ho desert erēmos the ho four tetrakischilioi thousand men anēr of the ho Assassins sikarios?” ³⁹ But de Paul Paulos replied legō, · ho “ I egō am eimi a Jew Ioudaios, from Tarsus Tarseus in ho Cilicia Kilikia, a citizen politēs of no ou obscure asēmos city polis. I beg deomai · de you sy, allow epitrepō me egō to speak laleō to pros the ho people laos.” ⁴⁰ And de when he autos had given epitrepō him permission , · ho Paul Paulos stood histēmi on epi the ho steps anabathmos and motioned kataseiō with his ho hand cheir to the ho people laos. And de when there was ginomai a great polys hush sigē, he addressed prosphōneō them in the ho Hebrew Hebrais language dialektos, saying legō:

22 “ My brothers anēr and kai fathers patēr, listen akouō now nyni to me egō · ho as I make my defense apologia to pros you hymeis.” ² And de when they heard akouō that hoti he was addressing prosphōneō them autos in the ho Hebrew Hebrais language dialektos, they became parechō even more mallon quiet hēsychia. And kai he said phēmi: ³ “ I egō am eimi a Jewish Ioudaios man anēr, born gennaō in en Tarsus Tarsos of ho Cilicia Kilikia, but de brought anatrephō up in en · ho this houtos city polis at para the ho feet pous of Gamaliel Gamaliēl, educated paideuō according kata to the strictness akribeia of the ho ancestral patrōos law nomos, being hyparchō zealous zēlōtēs for ho God theos just kathōs as you hymeis all pas are eimi today sēmeron. ⁴ I persecuted diōkō the followers of this houtos · ho Way hodos even to achri their death thanatos, putting desmeuō in chains both te men anēr and kai women gynē and kai delivering paradidōmi them to eis prison phylakē, ⁵ as hōs also kai the ho high archiereus priest and kai the whole pas · ho council of elders presbyterion can bear martyreō me egō witness martyreō. From para them hos · kai I received dechomai letters epistolē to pros the ho brothers adelphos, and I went poreuō toward eis Damascus Damaskos to take agō those ho also kai who were eimi there ekeise and bring deō them in bonds to eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm to hina be punished timōreō. ⁶ · de As I egō journeyed poreuō and kai came engizō near to ho Damascus Damaskos, about peri noon mesēmbria suddenly exaiphnēs out ek of · ho heaven ouranos flashed periastraptō a brilliant hikanos light phōs all around peri me egō. ⁷ I fell piptō to eis the ho ground edaphos and kai heard akouō a voice phōnē saying legō to me egō, ‘ Saul Saoul, Saul Saoul, why tis are you persecuting diōkō me egō?’ ⁸ And de I egō answered apokrinomai, ‘ Who tis are eimi you , Lord kyrios?’ And te he said legō to pros me egō, ‘ I egō am eimi Jesus Iēsous of ho Nazareth Nazōraios, whom hos you sy are persecuting diōkō.’ ⁹ Now de those ho who were eimi with syn me egō saw theaomai the ho light phōs but de did akouō not ou understand akouō the ho voice phōnē of the ho one who was speaking laleō to me egō. ¹⁰ And de I said legō, ‘ What tis shall I do poieō, Lord kyrios?’ And de the ho Lord kyrios said legō to pros me egō, ‘ Get anistēmi up and go poreuō on into eis Damascus Damaskos, and there kakei it will be told laleō you sy about peri all pas that hos has been assigned tassō to you sy to do poieō.’ ¹¹ Since hōs · de I could not ou see emblepō due apo to the ho brilliance doxa of ho that ekeinos light phōs, being led cheiragōgeō by the hand by hypo those ho who were with syneimi me egō, I went erchomai to eis Damascus Damaskos.

¹² “ Then de a certain tis Ananias Hananias, a devout eulabēs man anēr according kata to the ho law nomos, well martyreō spoken of by hypo all pas the ho Jews Ioudaios who lived katoikeō there, ¹³ came erchomai to pros me egō, and kai standing ephistēmi there said legō to me egō, ‘ Brother adelphos Saul Saoul, recover anablepō your sight .’ And kagō at that ho very autos hour hōra I recovered my sight and saw anablepō eis him autos. ¹⁴ And de he ho said legō, ‘ The ho God theos of ho our hēmeis fathers patēr has chosen procheirizō you sy to know ginōskō · ho his autos will thelēma, · kai to see the ho Righteous dikaios One and kai to hear akouō a voice phōnē from ek · ho his autos mouth stoma. ¹⁵ For hoti you will be eimi a witness martys for him autos to pros everyone pas anthrōpos of what hos you have seen horaō and kai heard akouō. ¹⁶ And kai now nyn why tis are you waiting mellō? Rise anistēmi and be baptized baptizō and kai wash apolouō away · ho your sy sins hamartia, calling epikaleō on · ho his autos name onoma.’ ¹⁷ · de When I egō had returned hypostrephō to eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm and kai I egō was praying proseuchomai in en the ho temple hieron, I egō fell ginomai into en a trance ekstasis ¹⁸ and kai I saw him autos saying legō to me egō, ‘ Make speudō haste and kai get exerchomai out of ek Jerusalem Ierousalēm quickly en tachos, because dioti they will not ou accept paradechomai your sy testimony martyria about peri me egō.’ ¹⁹ And kagō I said legō, ‘ Lord kyrios, they themselves autos know epistamai that hoti I egō used eimi to go from one synagogue to another kata imprisoning phylakizō and kai flogging derō · ho those ho who believed pisteuō in epi you sy. ²⁰ And kai when hote the ho blood haima of Stephen Stephanos, · ho your sy witness martys, was being shed ekchunnomai, · kai I myself autos was eimi standing ephistēmi by · kai approving syneudokeō and kai guarding phylassō the ho cloaks himation of those ho who were killing anaireō him autos.’ ²¹ And kai he said legō to pros me egō, ‘ Go poreuō, for hoti I egō will send exapostellō you sy far away makran to eis the Gentiles ethnos.’”

²² They listened akouō to · de him autos until achri this houtos · ho word logos, but kai then they raised epairō · ho their autos voices phōnē saying legō, “ Away airō with such a fellow toioutos from apo the ho earth gē, · ho for gar it is not ou right kathēkō for him autos to live zaō!” ²³ While they autos were crying kraugazō out and kai throwing rhipteō off their ho cloaks himation and kai flinging ballō dust koniortos in eis the ho air aēr, ²⁴ the ho commanding officer chiliarchos ordered keleuō Paul autos to be brought eisagō back into eis the ho barracks parembolē, saying legō that he autos should be examined anetazō with whips mastix so hina that he might know epiginōskō the hos reason aitia why dia they were shouting epiphōneō at him autos that way houtōs. ²⁵ But de when hōs they had stretched proteinō him autos out for the ho lash himas, Paul Paulos said legō to pros the ho centurion hekatontarchēs standing histēmi by , · ho “Is it lawful for you hymeis to flog mastizō a man anthrōpos who is a Roman Rhōmaios citizen and kai uncondemned akatakritos?” ²⁶ When the ho centurion hekatontarchēs heard akouō · de this, he went proserchomai and reported apangellō to the ho commanding chiliarchos officer , saying legō, “ What tis are you about mellō to do poieō? · ho For gar this houtos man anthrōpos is eimi a Roman Rhōmaios citizen .” ²⁷ The ho commanding officer chiliarchos came proserchomai to · de him autos and said legō, “ Tell legō me egō, are eimi you sy a Roman Rhōmaios citizen ?” He ho · de replied phēmi, “ Yes nai.” ²⁸ The ho commanding officer chiliarchos answered apokrinomai, · de “ I egō obtained ktaomai this houtos citizenship politeia with a large polys sum kephalaion of money .” · ho · ho · de Paul Paulos answered phēmi, “ But de I egō was even kai born gennaō one.” ²⁹ Immediately eutheōs those ho who were about mellō to examine anetazō him autos drew back aphistēmi from apo him autos; and kai the ho commanding chiliarchos officer · de was afraid phobeomai, realizing epiginōskō that hoti Paul was eimi a Roman Rhōmaios citizen and kai that hoti he had eimi bound deō him autos.

³⁰ But de on the ho next epaurion day , wanting boulomai to know ginōskō · ho for sure asphalēs · ho what tis was the accusation katēgoreō being made against him by hypo the ho Jews Ioudaios, he released lyō him autos and kai ordered keleuō the ho chief archiereus priests and kai all pas the ho council synedrion to meet synerchomai, and kai he brought katagō · ho Paul Paulos down and set histēmi him before eis them autos.

23 Looking atenizō intently at · de the ho council synedrion, · ho Paul Paulos said legō, “ My brothers anēr, I egō have lived politeuomai in all pas good agathos conscience syneidēsis before ho God theos up achri to this houtos · ho day hēmera.” ² At that the ho · de high archiereus priest Ananias Hananias ordered epitassō those ho standing paristēmi near him autos to strike typtō him autos on the ho mouth stoma. ³ Then tote · ho Paul Paulos said legō to pros him autos, “ God theos is about mellō to strike typtō you sy, · ho you whitewashed koniaō wall toichos! Do you sy indeed kai sit kathēmai judging krinō me egō according kata to the ho law nomos yet kai contrary paranomeō to the law order keleuō me egō to be struck typtō?” ⁴ Those ho · de standing paristēmi near him said legō, “Dare you insult loidoreō God’ s theos · ho high archiereus priest ?” · ho ⁵ And te Paul Paulos said phēmi, · ho “ I did not ou realize oida, brothers adelphos, that hoti he was eimi high archiereus priest ; for gar it is written graphō, ‘ You shall legō not ou speak legō evil kakōs about legō the ruler archōn of ho your sy people laos.’”

⁶ Now de when Paul Paulos perceived ginōskō · ho that hoti · ho one heis part meros were eimi Sadducees Saddoukaios and de the ho other heteros Pharisees Pharisaios, he cried krazō out in en the ho council synedrion, “ My brothers anēr, I egō am eimi a Pharisee Pharisaios, a son hyios of Pharisees Pharisaios. It is regarding peri my hope elpis · kai of a resurrection anastasis for the dead nekros that I egō am on trial krinō.” ⁷ When legō he autos said legō this houtos, · de an argument stasis broke ginomai out between the ho Pharisees Pharisaios and kai the Sadducees Saddoukaios, and kai the ho assembly plēthos was divided schizō. ⁸ ( For gar the Sadducees Saddoukaios say legō that there is eimi no mē resurrection anastasis, nor mēte angel angelos nor mēte spirit pneuma, but de the Pharisees Pharisaios confess homologeō · ho them all amphoteroi.) ⁹ Then de there arose ginomai a great megas uproar kraugē, and kai certain tis of the ho scribes grammateus of the ho party meros of the ho Pharisees Pharisaios stood up anistēmi and protested diamachomai vigorously , saying legō, “ We find heuriskō nothing oudeis evil kakos in en · ho this houtos man anthrōpos. What if ei · de a spirit pneuma or ē an angel angelos has spoken laleō to him autos?” ¹⁰ And de when ginomai the argument stasis became ginomai violent polys, the ho commanding officer chiliarchos, afraid phobeomai that Paul Paulos would be torn diaspaō apart · ho by hypo them autos, commanded keleuō the ho soldiers strateuma to go down katabainō and take harpazō him autos away from ek among mesos them autos by force and te bring agō him into eis the ho barracks parembolē.