PRAXEIS APOSTOLWN

KEFALAION 1

1 ton men prwton logon epoihsamhn peri pantwn w qeofile wn hrxato o ihsous poiein te kai didaskein

2 acri hs hmeras enteilamenos tois apostolois dia pneumatos agiou ous exelexato anelhfqh

3 ois kai paresthsen eauton zwnta meta to paqein auton en pollois tekmhriois di hmerwn tessarakonta optanomenos autois kai legwn ta peri ths basileias tou qeou

4 kai sunalizomenos parhggeilen autois apo ierosolumwn mh cwrizesqai alla perimenein thn epaggelian tou patros hn hkousate mou

5 oti iwannhs men ebaptisen udati umeis de baptisqhsesqe en pneumati agiw ou meta pollas tautas hmeras

6 oi men oun sunelqontes ephrwtwn auton legontes kurie ei en tw cronw toutw apokaqistaneis thn basileian tw israhl

7 eipen de pros autous ouc umwn estin gnwnai cronous h kairous ous o pathr eqeto en th idia exousia

8 alla lhyesqe dunamin epelqontos tou agiou pneumatos ef umas kai esesqe moi martures en te ierousalhm kai en pash th ioudaia kai samareia kai ews escatou ths ghs

9 kai tauta eipwn blepontwn autwn ephrqh kai nefelh upelaben auton apo twn ofqalmwn autwn

10 kai ws atenizontes hsan eis ton ouranon poreuomenou autou kai idou andres duo pareisthkeisan autois en esqhti leukh

11 oi kai eipon andres galilaioi ti esthkate emblepontes eis ton ouranon outos o ihsous o analhfqeis af umwn eis ton ouranon outws eleusetai on tropon eqeasasqe auton poreuomenon eis ton ouranon

12 tote upestreyan eis ierousalhm apo orous tou kaloumenou elaiwnos o estin eggus ierousalhm sabbatou econ odon

13 kai ote eishlqon anebhsan eis to uperwon ou hsan katamenontes o te petros kai iakwbos kai iwannhs kai andreas filippos kai qwmas barqolomaios kai matqaios iakwbos alfaiou kai simwn o zhlwths kai ioudas iakwbou

14 outoi pantes hsan proskarterountes omoqumadon th proseuch kai th dehsei sun gunaixin kai maria th mhtri tou ihsou kai sun tois adelfois autou

15 kai en tais hmerais tautais anastas petros en mesw twn maqhtwn eipen hn te oclos onomatwn epi to auto ws ekaton eikosin

16 andres adelfoi edei plhrwqhnai thn grafhn tauthn hn proeipen to pneuma to agion dia stomatos dabid peri iouda tou genomenou odhgou tois sullabousin ton ihsoun

17 oti kathriqmhmenos hn sun hmin kai elacen ton klhron ths diakonias tauths

18 outos men oun ekthsato cwrion ek tou misqou ths adikias kai prhnhs genomenos elakhsen mesos kai execuqh panta ta splagcna autou

19 kai gnwston egeneto pasin tois katoikousin ierousalhm wste klhqhnai to cwrion ekeino th idia dialektw autwn akeldama toutestin cwrion aimatos

20 gegraptai gar en biblw yalmwn genhqhtw h epaulis autou erhmos kai mh estw o katoikwn en auth kai thn episkophn autou laboi eteros

21 dei oun twn sunelqontwn hmin andrwn en panti cronw en w eishlqen kai exhlqen ef hmas o kurios ihsous

22 arxamenos apo tou baptismatos iwannou ews ths hmeras hs anelhfqh af hmwn martura ths anastasews autou genesqai sun hmin ena toutwn

23 kai esthsan duo iwshf ton kaloumenon barsaban os epeklhqh ioustos kai matqian

24 kai proseuxamenoi eipon su kurie kardiognwsta pantwn anadeixon ek toutwn twn duo ena on exelexw

25 labein ton klhron ths diakonias tauths kai apostolhs ex hs parebh ioudas poreuqhnai eis ton topon ton idion

26 kai edwkan klhrous autwn kai epesen o klhros epi matqian kai sugkateyhfisqh meta twn endeka apostolwn

KEFALAION 2

1 kai en tw sumplhrousqai thn hmeran ths penthkosths hsan apantes omoqumadon epi to auto

2 kai egeneto afnw ek tou ouranou hcos wsper feromenhs pnohs biaias kai eplhrwsen olon ton oikon ou hsan kaqhmenoi

3 kai wfqhsan autois diamerizomenai glwssai wsei puros ekaqisen te ef ena ekaston autwn

4 kai eplhsqhsan apantes pneumatos agiou kai hrxanto lalein eterais glwssais kaqws to pneuma edidou autois apofqeggesqai

5 hsan de en ierousalhm katoikountes ioudaioi andres eulabeis apo pantos eqnous twn upo ton ouranon

6 genomenhs de ths fwnhs tauths sunhlqen to plhqos kai sunecuqh oti hkouon eis ekastos th idia dialektw lalountwn autwn

7 existanto de pantes kai eqaumazon legontes pros allhlous ouk idou pantes outoi eisin oi lalountes galilaioi

8 kai pws hmeis akouomen ekastos th idia dialektw hmwn en h egennhqhmen

9 parqoi kai mhdoi kai elamitai kai oi katoikountes thn mesopotamian ioudaian te kai kappadokian ponton kai thn asian

10 frugian te kai pamfulian aigupton kai ta merh ths libuhs ths kata kurhnhn kai oi epidhmountes rwmaioi ioudaioi te kai proshlutoi

11 krhtes kai arabes akouomen lalountwn autwn tais hmeterais glwssais ta megaleia tou qeou

12 existanto de pantes kai dihporoun allos pros allon legontes ti an qeloi touto einai

13 eteroi de cleuazontes elegon oti gleukous memestwmenoi eisin

14 staqeis de petros sun tois endeka ephren thn fwnhn autou kai apefqegxato autois andres ioudaioi kai oi katoikountes ierousalhm apantes touto umin gnwston estw kai enwtisasqe ta rhmata mou

15 ou gar ws umeis upolambanete outoi mequousin estin gar wra trith ths hmeras

16 alla touto estin to eirhmenon dia tou profhtou iwhl

17 kai estai en tais escatais hmerais legei o qeos ekcew apo tou pneumatos mou epi pasan sarka kai profhteusousin oi uioi umwn kai ai qugateres umwn kai oi neaniskoi umwn oraseis oyontai kai oi presbuteroi umwn enupnia enupniasqhsontai

18 kai ge epi tous doulous mou kai epi tas doulas mou en tais hmerais ekeinais ekcew apo tou pneumatos mou kai profhteusousin

19 kai dwsw terata en tw ouranw anw kai shmeia epi ths ghs katw aima kai pur kai atmida kapnou

20 o hlios metastrafhsetai eis skotos kai h selhnh eis aima prin h elqein thn hmeran kuriou thn megalhn kai epifanh

21 kai estai pas os an epikaleshtai to onoma kuriou swqhsetai

22 andres israhlitai akousate tous logous toutous ihsoun ton nazwraion andra apo tou qeou apodedeigmenon eis umas dunamesin kai terasin kai shmeiois ois epoihsen di autou o qeos en mesw umwn kaqws kai autoi oidate

23 touton th wrismenh boulh kai prognwsei tou qeou ekdoton labontes dia ceirwn anomwn prosphxantes aneilete

24 on o qeos anesthsen lusas tas wdinas tou qanatou kaqoti ouk hn dunaton krateisqai auton up autou

25 dabid gar legei eis auton prowrwmhn ton kurion enwpion mou dia pantos oti ek dexiwn mou estin ina mh saleuqw

26 dia touto eufranqh h kardia mou kai hgalliasato h glwssa mou eti de kai h sarx mou kataskhnwsei ep elpidi

27 oti ouk egkataleiyeis thn yuchn mou eis adou oude dwseis ton osion sou idein diafqoran

28 egnwrisas moi odous zwhs plhrwseis me eufrosunhs meta tou proswpou sou

29 andres adelfoi exon eipein meta parrhsias pros umas peri tou patriarcou dabid oti kai eteleuthsen kai etafh kai to mnhma autou estin en hmin acri ths hmeras tauths

30 profhths oun uparcwn kai eidws oti orkw wmosen autw o qeos ek karpou ths osfuos autou to kata sarka anasthsein ton criston kaqisai epi tou qronou autou

31 proidwn elalhsen peri ths anastasews tou cristou oti ou kateleifqh h yuch autou eis adou oude h sarx autou eiden diafqoran

32 touton ton ihsoun anesthsen o qeos ou pantes hmeis esmen martures

33 th dexia oun tou qeou uywqeis thn te epaggelian tou agiou pneumatos labwn para tou patros execeen touto o nun umeis blepete kai akouete

34 ou gar dabid anebh eis tous ouranous legei de autos eipen o kurios tw kuriw mou kaqou ek dexiwn mou

35 ews an qw tous ecqrous sou upopodion twn podwn sou

36 asfalws oun ginwsketw pas oikos israhl oti kai kurion kai criston auton o qeos epoihsen touton ton ihsoun on umeis estaurwsate

37 akousantes de katenughsan th kardia eipon te pros ton petron kai tous loipous apostolous ti poihsomen andres adelfoi

38 petros de efh pros autous metanohsate kai baptisqhtw ekastos umwn epi tw onomati ihsou cristou eis afesin amartiwn kai lhyesqe thn dwrean tou agiou pneumatos

39 umin gar estin h epaggelia kai tois teknois umwn kai pasin tois eis makran osous an proskaleshtai kurios o qeos hmwn

40 eterois te logois pleiosin diemartureto kai parekalei legwn swqhte apo ths geneas ths skolias tauths

41 oi men oun asmenws apodexamenoi ton logon autou ebaptisqhsan kai proseteqhsan th hmera ekeinh yucai wsei trisciliai

42 hsan de proskarterountes th didach twn apostolwn kai th koinwnia kai th klasei tou artou kai tais proseucais

43 egeneto de pash yuch fobos polla te terata kai shmeia dia twn apostolwn egineto

44 pantes de oi pisteuontes hsan epi to auto kai eicon apanta koina

45 kai ta kthmata kai tas uparxeis epipraskon kai diemerizon auta pasin kaqoti an tis creian eicen

46 kaq hmeran te proskarterountes omoqumadon en tw ierw klwntes te kat oikon arton metelambanon trofhs en agalliasei kai afelothti kardias

47 ainountes ton qeon kai econtes carin pros olon ton laon o de kurios prosetiqei tous swzomenous kaq hmeran th ekklhsia

KEFALAION 3

1 epi to auto de petros kai iwannhs anebainon eis to ieron epi thn wran ths proseuchs thn ennathn

2 kai tis anhr cwlos ek koilias mhtros autou uparcwn ebastazeto on etiqoun kaq hmeran pros thn quran tou ierou thn legomenhn wraian tou aitein elehmosunhn para twn eisporeuomenwn eis to ieron

3 os idwn petron kai iwannhn mellontas eisienai eis to ieron hrwta elehmosunhn labein

4 atenisas de petros eis auton sun tw iwannh eipen bleyon eis hmas

5 o de epeicen autois prosdokwn ti par autwn labein

6 eipen de petros argurion kai crusion ouc uparcei moi o de ecw touto soi didwmi en tw onomati ihsou cristou tou nazwraiou egeirai kai peripatei

7 kai piasas auton ths dexias ceiros hgeiren paracrhma de esterewqhsan autou ai baseis kai ta sfura

8 kai exallomenos esth kai periepatei kai eishlqen sun autois eis to ieron peripatwn kai allomenos kai ainwn ton qeon

9 kai eiden auton pas o laos peripatounta kai ainounta ton qeon

10 epeginwskon te auton oti outos hn o pros thn elehmosunhn kaqhmenos epi th wraia pulh tou ierou kai eplhsqhsan qambous kai ekstasews epi tw sumbebhkoti autw

11 kratountos de tou iaqentos cwlou ton petron kai iwannhn sunedramen pros autous pas o laos epi th stoa th kaloumenh solomwntos ekqamboi

12 idwn de petros apekrinato pros ton laon andres israhlitai ti qaumazete epi toutw h hmin ti atenizete ws idia dunamei h eusebeia pepoihkosin tou peripatein auton

13 o qeos abraam kai isaak kai iakwb o qeos twn paterwn hmwn edoxasen ton paida autou ihsoun on umeis paredwkate kai hrnhsasqe auton kata proswpon pilatou krinantos ekeinou apoluein

14 umeis de ton agion kai dikaion hrnhsasqe kai hthsasqe andra fonea carisqhnai umin

15 ton de archgon ths zwhs apekteinate on o qeos hgeiren ek nekrwn ou hmeis martures esmen

16 kai epi th pistei tou onomatos autou touton on qewreite kai oidate esterewsen to onoma autou kai h pistis h di autou edwken autw thn oloklhrian tauthn apenanti pantwn umwn

17 kai nun adelfoi oida oti kata agnoian epraxate wsper kai oi arcontes umwn

18 o de qeos a prokathggeilen dia stomatos pantwn twn profhtwn autou paqein ton criston eplhrwsen outws

19 metanohsate oun kai epistreyate eis to exaleifqhnai umwn tas amartias opws an elqwsin kairoi anayuxews apo proswpou tou kuriou

20 kai aposteilh ton prokekhrugmenon umin ihsoun criston

21 on dei ouranon men dexasqai acri cronwn apokatastasews pantwn wn elalhsen o qeos dia stomatos pantwn agiwn autou profhtwn ap aiwnos

22 mwshs men gar pros tous pateras eipen oti profhthn umin anasthsei kurios o qeos umwn ek twn adelfwn umwn ws eme autou akousesqe kata panta osa an lalhsh pros umas

23 estai de pasa yuch htis an mh akoush tou profhtou ekeinou exoloqreuqhsetai ek tou laou

24 kai pantes de oi profhtai apo samouhl kai twn kaqexhs osoi elalhsan kai prokathggeilan tas hmeras tautas

25 umeis este uioi twn profhtwn kai ths diaqhkhs hs dieqeto o qeos pros tous pateras hmwn legwn pros abraam kai tw spermati sou eneuloghqhsontai pasai ai patriai ths ghs

26 umin prwton o qeos anasthsas ton paida autou ihsoun apesteilen auton eulogounta umas en tw apostrefein ekaston apo twn ponhriwn umwn

KEFALAION 4

1 lalountwn de autwn pros ton laon epesthsan autois oi iereis kai o strathgos tou ierou kai oi saddoukaioi

2 diaponoumenoi dia to didaskein autous ton laon kai kataggellein en tw ihsou thn anastasin thn ek nekrwn

3 kai epebalon autois tas ceiras kai eqento eis thrhsin eis thn aurion hn gar espera hdh

4 polloi de twn akousantwn ton logon episteusan kai egenhqh o ariqmos twn andrwn wsei ciliades pente

5 egeneto de epi thn aurion sunacqhnai autwn tous arcontas kai presbuterous kai grammateis eis ierousalhm

6 kai annan ton arcierea kai kaiafan kai iwannhn kai alexandron kai osoi hsan ek genous arcieratikou

7 kai sthsantes autous en tw mesw epunqanonto en poia dunamei h en poiw onomati epoihsate touto umeis

8 tote petros plhsqeis pneumatos agiou eipen pros autous arcontes tou laou kai presbuteroi tou israhl

9 ei hmeis shmeron anakrinomeqa epi euergesia anqrwpou asqenous en tini outos seswstai

10 gnwston estw pasin umin kai panti tw law israhl oti en tw onomati ihsou cristou tou nazwraiou on umeis estaurwsate on o qeos hgeiren ek nekrwn en toutw outos paresthken enwpion umwn ugihs

11 outos estin o liqos o exouqenhqeis uf umwn twn oikodomountwn o genomenos eis kefalhn gwnias

12 kai ouk estin en allw oudeni h swthria oute gar onoma estin eteron upo ton ouranon to dedomenon en anqrwpois en w dei swqhnai hmas

13 qewrountes de thn tou petrou parrhsian kai iwannou kai katalabomenoi oti anqrwpoi agrammatoi eisin kai idiwtai eqaumazon epeginwskon te autous oti sun tw ihsou hsan

14 ton de anqrwpon blepontes sun autois estwta ton teqerapeumenon ouden eicon anteipein

15 keleusantes de autous exw tou sunedriou apelqein sunebalon pros allhlous

16 legontes ti poihsomen tois anqrwpois toutois oti men gar gnwston shmeion gegonen di autwn pasin tois katoikousin ierousalhm faneron kai ou dunameqa arnhsasqai

17 all ina mh epi pleion dianemhqh eis ton laon apeilh apeilhswmeqa autois mhketi lalein epi tw onomati toutw mhdeni anqrwpwn

18 kai kalesantes autous parhggeilan autois to kaqolou mh fqeggesqai mhde didaskein epi tw onomati tou ihsou

19 o de petros kai iwannhs apokriqentes pros autous eipon ei dikaion estin enwpion tou qeou umwn akouein mallon h tou qeou krinate

20 ou dunameqa gar hmeis a eidomen kai hkousamen mh lalein

21 oi de prosapeilhsamenoi apelusan autous mhden euriskontes to pws kolaswntai autous dia ton laon oti pantes edoxazon ton qeon epi tw gegonoti

22 etwn gar hn pleionwn tessarakonta o anqrwpos ef on egegonei to shmeion touto ths iasews

23 apoluqentes de hlqon pros tous idious kai aphggeilan osa pros autous oi arciereis kai oi presbuteroi eipon

24 oi de akousantes omoqumadon hran fwnhn pros ton qeon kai eipon despota su o qeos o poihsas ton ouranon kai thn ghn kai thn qalassan kai panta ta en autois

25 o dia stomatos dabid tou paidos sou eipwn inati efruaxan eqnh kai laoi emelethsan kena

26 paresthsan oi basileis ths ghs kai oi arcontes sunhcqhsan epi to auto kata tou kuriou kai kata tou cristou autou

27 sunhcqhsan gar ep alhqeias epi ton agion paida sou ihsoun on ecrisas hrwdhs te kai pontios pilatos sun eqnesin kai laois israhl

28 poihsai osa h ceir sou kai h boulh sou prowrisen genesqai

29 kai ta nun kurie epide epi tas apeilas autwn kai dos tois doulois sou meta parrhsias pashs lalein ton logon sou

30 en tw thn ceira sou ekteinein se eis iasin kai shmeia kai terata ginesqai dia tou onomatos tou agiou paidos sou ihsou

31 kai dehqentwn autwn esaleuqh o topos en w hsan sunhgmenoi kai eplhsqhsan apantes pneumatos agiou kai elaloun ton logon tou qeou meta parrhsias

32 tou de plhqous twn pisteusantwn hn h kardia kai h yuch mia kai oude eis ti twn uparcontwn autw elegen idion einai all hn autois apanta koina

33 kai megalh dunamei apedidoun to marturion oi apostoloi ths anastasews tou kuriou ihsou caris te megalh hn epi pantas autous

34 oude gar endehs tis uphrcen en autois osoi gar kthtores cwriwn h oikiwn uphrcon pwlountes eferon tas timas twn pipraskomenwn

35 kai etiqoun para tous podas twn apostolwn diedidoto de ekastw kaqoti an tis creian eicen

36 iwshs de o epiklhqeis barnabas upo twn apostolwn o estin meqermhneuomenon uios paraklhsews leuiths kuprios tw genei

37 uparcontos autw agrou pwlhsas hnegken to crhma kai eqhken para tous podas twn apostolwn

KEFALAION 5

1 anhr de tis ananias onomati sun sapfeirh th gunaiki autou epwlhsen kthma

2 kai enosfisato apo ths timhs suneiduias kai ths gunaikos autou kai enegkas meros ti para tous podas twn apostolwn eqhken

3 eipen de petros anania diati eplhrwsen o satanas thn kardian sou yeusasqai se to pneuma to agion kai nosfisasqai apo ths timhs tou cwriou

4 ouci menon soi emenen kai praqen en th sh exousia uphrcen ti oti eqou en th kardia sou to pragma touto ouk eyeusw anqrwpois alla tw qew

5 akouwn de ananias tous logous toutous peswn exeyuxen kai egeneto fobos megas epi pantas tous akouontas tauta

6 anastantes de oi newteroi sunesteilan auton kai exenegkantes eqayan

7 egeneto de ws wrwn triwn diasthma kai h gunh autou mh eiduia to gegonos eishlqen

8 apekriqh de auth o petros eipe moi ei tosoutou to cwrion apedosqe h de eipen nai tosoutou

9 o de petros eipen pros authn ti oti sunefwnhqh umin peirasai to pneuma kuriou idou oi podes twn qayantwn ton andra sou epi th qura kai exoisousin se

10 epesen de paracrhma para tous podas autou kai exeyuxen eiselqontes de oi neaniskoi euron authn nekran kai exenegkantes eqayan pros ton andra auths

11 kai egeneto fobos megas ef olhn thn ekklhsian kai epi pantas tous akouontas tauta

12 dia de twn ceirwn twn apostolwn egeneto shmeia kai terata en tw law polla kai hsan omoqumadon apantes en th stoa solomwntos

13 twn de loipwn oudeis etolma kollasqai autois all emegalunen autous o laos

14 mallon de prosetiqento pisteuontes tw kuriw plhqh andrwn te kai gunaikwn

15 wste kata tas plateias ekferein tous asqeneis kai tiqenai epi klinwn kai krabbatwn ina ercomenou petrou kan h skia episkiash tini autwn

16 sunhrceto de kai to plhqos twn perix polewn eis ierousalhm ferontes asqeneis kai ocloumenous upo pneumatwn akaqartwn oitines eqerapeuonto apantes

17 anastas de o arciereus kai pantes oi sun autw h ousa airesis twn saddoukaiwn eplhsqhsan zhlou

18 kai epebalon tas ceiras autwn epi tous apostolous kai eqento autous en thrhsei dhmosia

19 aggelos de kuriou dia ths nuktos hnoixen tas quras ths fulakhs exagagwn te autous eipen

20 poreuesqe kai staqentes laleite en tw ierw tw law panta ta rhmata ths zwhs tauths

21 akousantes de eishlqon upo ton orqron eis to ieron kai edidaskon paragenomenos de o arciereus kai oi sun autw sunekalesan to sunedrion kai pasan thn gerousian twn uiwn israhl kai apesteilan eis to desmwthrion acqhnai autous

22 oi de uphretai paragenomenoi ouc euron autous en th fulakh anastreyantes de aphggeilan

23 legontes oti to men desmwthrion euromen kekleismenon en pash asfaleia kai tous fulakas exw estwtas pro twn qurwn anoixantes de esw oudena euromen

24 ws de hkousan tous logous toutous o te iereus kai o strathgos tou ierou kai oi arciereis dihporoun peri autwn ti an genoito touto

25 paragenomenos de tis aphggeilen autois legwn oti idou oi andres ous eqesqe en th fulakh eisin en tw ierw estwtes kai didaskontes ton laon

26 tote apelqwn o strathgos sun tois uphretais hgagen autous ou meta bias efobounto gar ton laon ina mh liqasqwsin

27 agagontes de autous esthsan en tw sunedriw kai ephrwthsen autous o arciereus

28 legwn ou paraggelia parhggeilamen umin mh didaskein epi tw onomati toutw kai idou peplhrwkate thn ierousalhm ths didachs umwn kai boulesqe epagagein ef hmas to aima tou anqrwpou toutou

29 apokriqeis de o petros kai oi apostoloi eipon peiqarcein dei qew mallon h anqrwpois

30 o qeos twn paterwn hmwn hgeiren ihsoun on umeis dieceirisasqe kremasantes epi xulou

31 touton o qeos archgon kai swthra uywsen th dexia autou dounai metanoian tw israhl kai afesin amartiwn

32 kai hmeis esmen autou martures twn rhmatwn toutwn kai to pneuma de to agion o edwken o qeos tois peiqarcousin autw

33 oi de akousantes dieprionto kai ebouleuonto anelein autous

34 anastas de tis en tw sunedriw farisaios onomati gamalihl nomodidaskalos timios panti tw law ekeleusen exw bracu ti tous apostolous poihsai

35 eipen te pros autous andres israhlitai prosecete eautois epi tois anqrwpois toutois ti mellete prassein

36 pro gar toutwn twn hmerwn anesth qeudas legwn einai tina eauton w prosekollhqh ariqmos andrwn wsei tetrakosiwn os anhreqh kai pantes osoi epeiqonto autw dieluqhsan kai egenonto eis ouden

37 meta touton anesth ioudas o galilaios en tais hmerais ths apografhs kai apesthsen laon ikanon opisw autou kakeinos apwleto kai pantes osoi epeiqonto autw dieskorpisqhsan

38 kai ta nun legw umin aposthte apo twn anqrwpwn toutwn kai easate autous oti ean h ex anqrwpwn h boulh auth h to ergon touto kataluqhsetai

39 ei de ek qeou estin ou dunasqe katalusai auto mhpote kai qeomacoi eureqhte

40 epeisqhsan de autw kai proskalesamenoi tous apostolous deirantes parhggeilan mh lalein epi tw onomati tou ihsou kai apelusan autous

41 oi men oun eporeuonto cairontes apo proswpou tou sunedriou oti uper tou onomatos autou kathxiwqhsan atimasqhnai

42 pasan te hmeran en tw ierw kai kat oikon ouk epauonto didaskontes kai euaggelizomenoi ihsoun ton criston

KEFALAION 6

1 en de tais hmerais tautais plhqunontwn twn maqhtwn egeneto goggusmos twn ellhnistwn pros tous ebraious oti pareqewrounto en th diakonia th kaqhmerinh ai chrai autwn

2 proskalesamenoi de oi dwdeka to plhqos twn maqhtwn eipon ouk areston estin hmas kataleiyantas ton logon tou qeou diakonein trapezais

3 episkeyasqe oun adelfoi andras ex umwn marturoumenous epta plhreis pneumatos agiou kai sofias ous katasthsomen epi ths creias tauths

4 hmeis de th proseuch kai th diakonia tou logou proskarterhsomen

5 kai hresen o logos enwpion pantos tou plhqous kai exelexanto stefanon andra plhrh pistews kai pneumatos agiou kai filippon kai procoron kai nikanora kai timwna kai parmenan kai nikolaon proshluton antiocea

6 ous esthsan enwpion twn apostolwn kai proseuxamenoi epeqhkan autois tas ceiras

7 kai o logos tou qeou huxanen kai eplhquneto o ariqmos twn maqhtwn en ierousalhm sfodra polus te oclos twn ierewn uphkouon th pistei

8 stefanos de plhrhs pistews kai dunamews epoiei terata kai shmeia megala en tw law

9 anesthsan de tines twn ek ths sunagwghs ths legomenhs libertinwn kai kurhnaiwn kai alexandrewn kai twn apo kilikias kai asias suzhtountes tw stefanw

10 kai ouk iscuon antisthnai th sofia kai tw pneumati w elalei

11 tote upebalon andras legontas oti akhkoamen autou lalountos rhmata blasfhma eis mwshn kai ton qeon

12 sunekinhsan te ton laon kai tous presbuterous kai tous grammateis kai epistantes sunhrpasan auton kai hgagon eis to sunedrion

13 esthsan te marturas yeudeis legontas o anqrwpos outos ou pauetai rhmata blasfhma lalwn kata tou topou tou agiou toutou kai tou nomou

14 akhkoamen gar autou legontos oti ihsous o nazwraios outos katalusei ton topon touton kai allaxei ta eqh a paredwken hmin mwushs

15 kai atenisantes eis auton apantes oi kaqezomenoi en tw sunedriw eidon to proswpon autou wsei proswpon aggelou

KEFALAION 7

1 eipen de o arciereus ei ara tauta outws ecei

2 o de efh andres adelfoi kai pateres akousate o qeos ths doxhs wfqh tw patri hmwn abraam onti en th mesopotamia prin h katoikhsai auton en carran

3 kai eipen pros auton exelqe ek ths ghs sou kai ek ths suggeneias sou kai deuro eis ghn hn an soi deixw

4 tote exelqwn ek ghs caldaiwn katwkhsen en carran kakeiqen meta to apoqanein ton patera autou metwkisen auton eis thn ghn tauthn eis hn umeis nun katoikeite

5 kai ouk edwken autw klhronomian en auth oude bhma podos kai ephggeilato autw dounai eis katascesin authn kai tw spermati autou met auton ouk ontos autw teknou

6 elalhsen de outws o qeos oti estai to sperma autou paroikon en gh allotria kai doulwsousin auto kai kakwsousin eth tetrakosia

7 kai to eqnos w ean douleuswsin krinw egw eipen o qeos kai meta tauta exeleusontai kai latreusousin moi en tw topw toutw

8 kai edwken autw diaqhkhn peritomhs kai outws egennhsen ton isaak kai perietemen auton th hmera th ogdoh kai o isaak ton iakwb kai o iakwb tous dwdeka patriarcas

9 kai oi patriarcai zhlwsantes ton iwshf apedonto eis aigupton kai hn o qeos met autou

10 kai exeileto auton ek paswn twn qliyewn autou kai edwken autw carin kai sofian enantion faraw basilews aiguptou kai katesthsen auton hgoumenon ep aigupton kai olon ton oikon autou

11 hlqen de limos ef olhn thn ghn aiguptou kai canaan kai qliyis megalh kai ouc euriskon cortasmata oi pateres hmwn

12 akousas de iakwb onta sita en aiguptw exapesteilen tous pateras hmwn prwton

13 kai en tw deuterw anegnwrisqh iwshf tois adelfois autou kai faneron egeneto tw faraw to genos tou iwshf

14 aposteilas de iwshf metekalesato ton patera autou iakwb kai pasan thn suggeneian autou en yucais ebdomhkonta pente

15 katebh de iakwb eis aigupton kai eteleuthsen autos kai oi pateres hmwn

16 kai meteteqhsan eis sucem kai eteqhsan en tw mnhmati o wnhsato abraam timhs arguriou para twn uiwn emmor tou sucem

17 kaqws de hggizen o cronos ths epaggelias hs wmosen o qeos tw abraam huxhsen o laos kai eplhqunqh en aiguptw

18 acris ou anesth basileus eteros os ouk hdei ton iwshf

19 outos katasofisamenos to genos hmwn ekakwsen tous pateras hmwn tou poiein ekqeta ta brefh autwn eis to mh zwogoneisqai

20 en w kairw egennhqh mwshs kai hn asteios tw qew os anetrafh mhnas treis en tw oikw tou patros autou

21 ekteqenta de auton aneileto auton h qugathr faraw kai aneqreyato auton eauth eis uion

22 kai epaideuqh mwshs pash sofia aiguptiwn hn de dunatos en logois kai en ergois

23 ws de eplhrouto autw tessarakontaeths cronos anebh epi thn kardian autou episkeyasqai tous adelfous autou tous uious israhl

24 kai idwn tina adikoumenon hmunato kai epoihsen ekdikhsin tw kataponoumenw pataxas ton aiguption

25 enomizen de sunienai tous adelfous autou oti o qeos dia ceiros autou didwsin autois swthrian oi de ou sunhkan

26 th te epioush hmera wfqh autois macomenois kai sunhlasen autous eis eirhnhn eipwn andres adelfoi este umeis inati adikeite allhlous

27 o de adikwn ton plhsion apwsato auton eipwn tis se katesthsen arconta kai dikasthn ef hmas

28 mh anelein me su qeleis on tropon aneiles cqes ton aiguption

29 efugen de mwshs en tw logw toutw kai egeneto paroikos en gh madiam ou egennhsen uious duo

30 kai plhrwqentwn etwn tessarakonta wfqh autw en th erhmw tou orous sina aggelos kuriou en flogi puros batou

31 o de mwshs idwn eqaumasen to orama prosercomenou de autou katanohsai egeneto fwnh kuriou pros auton

32 egw o qeos twn paterwn sou o qeos abraam kai o qeos isaak kai o qeos iakwb entromos de genomenos mwshs ouk etolma katanohsai

33 eipen de autw o kurios luson to upodhma twn podwn sou o gar topos en w esthkas gh agia estin

34 idwn eidon thn kakwsin tou laou mou tou en aiguptw kai tou stenagmou autwn hkousa kai katebhn exelesqai autous kai nun deuro apostelw se eis aigupton

35 touton ton mwushn on hrnhsanto eipontes tis se katesthsen arconta kai dikasthn touton o qeos arconta kai lutrwthn apesteilen en ceiri aggelou tou ofqentos autw en th batw

36 outos exhgagen autous poihsas terata kai shmeia en gh aiguptou kai en eruqra qalassh kai en th erhmw eth tessarakonta

37 outos estin o mwushs o eipwn tois uiois israhl profhthn umin anasthsei kurios o qeos umwn ek twn adelfwn umwn ws eme autou akousesqe

38 outos estin o genomenos en th ekklhsia en th erhmw meta tou aggelou tou lalountos autw en tw orei sina kai twn paterwn hmwn os edexato logia zwnta dounai hmin

39 w ouk hqelhsan uphkooi genesqai oi pateres hmwn all apwsanto kai estrafhsan tais kardiais autwn eis aigupton

40 eipontes tw aarwn poihson hmin qeous oi proporeusontai hmwn o gar mwshs outos os exhgagen hmas ek ghs aiguptou ouk oidamen ti gegonen autw

41 kai emoscopoihsan en tais hmerais ekeinais kai anhgagon qusian tw eidwlw kai eufrainonto en tois ergois twn ceirwn autwn

42 estreyen de o qeos kai paredwken autous latreuein th stratia tou ouranou kaqws gegraptai en biblw twn profhtwn mh sfagia kai qusias proshnegkate moi eth tessarakonta en th erhmw oikos israhl

43 kai anelabete thn skhnhn tou moloc kai to astron tou qeou umwn remfan tous tupous ous epoihsate proskunein autois kai metoikiw umas epekeina babulwnos

44 h skhnh tou marturiou hn en tois patrasin hmwn en th erhmw kaqws dietaxato o lalwn tw mwsh poihsai authn kata ton tupon on ewrakei

45 hn kai eishgagon diadexamenoi oi pateres hmwn meta ihsou en th katascesei twn eqnwn wn exwsen o qeos apo proswpou twn paterwn hmwn ews twn hmerwn dabid

46 os euren carin enwpion tou qeou kai hthsato eurein skhnwma tw qew iakwb

47 solomwn de wkodomhsen autw oikon

48 all ouc o uyistos en ceiropoihtois naois katoikei kaqws o profhths legei

49 o ouranos moi qronos h de gh upopodion twn podwn mou poion oikon oikodomhsete moi legei kurios h tis topos ths katapausews mou

50 ouci h ceir mou epoihsen tauta panta

51 sklhrotrachloi kai aperitmhtoi th kardia kai tois wsin umeis aei tw pneumati tw agiw antipiptete ws oi pateres umwn kai umeis

52 tina twn profhtwn ouk ediwxan oi pateres umwn kai apekteinan tous prokataggeilantas peri ths eleusews tou dikaiou ou nun umeis prodotai kai foneis gegenhsqe

53 oitines elabete ton nomon eis diatagas aggelwn kai ouk efulaxate

54 akouontes de tauta dieprionto tais kardiais autwn kai ebrucon tous odontas ep auton

55 uparcwn de plhrhs pneumatos agiou atenisas eis ton ouranon eiden doxan qeou kai ihsoun estwta ek dexiwn tou qeou

56 kai eipen idou qewrw tous ouranous anewgmenous kai ton uion tou anqrwpou ek dexiwn estwta tou qeou

57 kraxantes de fwnh megalh sunescon ta wta autwn kai wrmhsan omoqumadon ep auton

58 kai ekbalontes exw ths polews eliqoboloun kai oi martures apeqento ta imatia autwn para tous podas neaniou kaloumenou saulou

59 kai eliqoboloun ton stefanon epikaloumenon kai legonta kurie ihsou dexai to pneuma mou

60 qeis de ta gonata ekraxen fwnh megalh kurie mh sthshs autois thn amartian tauthn kai touto eipwn ekoimhqh

KEFALAION 8

1 saulos de hn suneudokwn th anairesei autou egeneto de en ekeinh th hmera diwgmos megas epi thn ekklhsian thn en ierosolumois pantes te diesparhsan kata tas cwras ths ioudaias kai samareias plhn twn apostolwn

2 sunekomisan de ton stefanon andres eulabeis kai epoihsanto kopeton megan ep autw

3 saulos de elumaineto thn ekklhsian kata tous oikous eisporeuomenos surwn te andras kai gunaikas paredidou eis fulakhn

4 oi men oun diasparentes dihlqon euaggelizomenoi ton logon

5 filippos de katelqwn eis polin ths samareias ekhrussen autois ton criston

6 proseicon te oi ocloi tois legomenois upo tou filippou omoqumadon en tw akouein autous kai blepein ta shmeia a epoiei

7 pollwn gar twn econtwn pneumata akaqarta bownta megalh fwnh exhrceto polloi de paralelumenoi kai cwloi eqerapeuqhsan

8 kai egeneto cara megalh en th polei ekeinh

9 anhr de tis onomati simwn prouphrcen en th polei mageuwn kai existwn to eqnos ths samareias legwn einai tina eauton megan

10 w proseicon pantes apo mikrou ews megalou legontes outos estin h dunamis tou qeou h megalh

11 proseicon de autw dia to ikanw cronw tais mageiais exestakenai autous

12 ote de episteusan tw filippw euaggelizomenw ta peri ths basileias tou qeou kai tou onomatos tou ihsou cristou ebaptizonto andres te kai gunaikes

13 o de simwn kai autos episteusen kai baptisqeis hn proskarterwn tw filippw qewrwn te shmeia kai dunameis megalas ginomenas existato

14 akousantes de oi en ierosolumois apostoloi oti dedektai h samareia ton logon tou qeou apesteilan pros autous ton petron kai iwannhn

15 oitines katabantes proshuxanto peri autwn opws labwsin pneuma agion

16 oupw gar hn ep oudeni autwn epipeptwkos monon de bebaptismenoi uphrcon eis to onoma tou kuriou ihsou

17 tote epetiqoun tas ceiras ep autous kai elambanon pneuma agion

18 qeasamenos de o simwn oti dia ths epiqesews twn ceirwn twn apostolwn didotai to pneuma to agion proshnegken autois crhmata

19 legwn dote kamoi thn exousian tauthn ina w an epiqw tas ceiras lambanh pneuma agion

20 petros de eipen pros auton to argurion sou sun soi eih eis apwleian oti thn dwrean tou qeou enomisas dia crhmatwn ktasqai

21 ouk estin soi meris oude klhros en tw logw toutw h gar kardia sou ouk estin euqeia enwpion tou qeou

22 metanohson oun apo ths kakias sou tauths kai dehqhti tou qeou ei ara afeqhsetai soi h epinoia ths kardias sou

23 eis gar colhn pikrias kai sundesmon adikias orw se onta

24 apokriqeis de o simwn eipen dehqhte umeis uper emou pros ton kurion opws mhden epelqh ep eme wn eirhkate

25 oi men oun diamarturamenoi kai lalhsantes ton logon tou kuriou upestreyan eis ierousalhm pollas te kwmas twn samareitwn euhggelisanto

26 aggelos de kuriou elalhsen pros filippon legwn anasthqi kai poreuou kata meshmbrian epi thn odon thn katabainousan apo ierousalhm eis gazan auth estin erhmos

27 kai anastas eporeuqh kai idou anhr aiqioy eunoucos dunasths kandakhs ths basilisshs aiqiopwn os hn epi pashs ths gazhs auths os elhluqei proskunhswn eis ierousalhm

28 hn te upostrefwn kai kaqhmenos epi tou armatos autou kai aneginwsken ton profhthn hsaian

29 eipen de to pneuma tw filippw proselqe kai kollhqhti tw armati toutw

30 prosdramwn de o filippos hkousen autou anaginwskontos ton profhthn hsaian kai eipen ara ge ginwskeis a anaginwskeis

31 o de eipen pws gar an dunaimhn ean mh tis odhghsh me parekalesen te ton filippon anabanta kaqisai sun autw

32 h de perioch ths grafhs hn aneginwsken hn auth ws probaton epi sfaghn hcqh kai ws amnos enantion tou keirontos auton afwnos outws ouk anoigei to stoma autou

33 en th tapeinwsei autou h krisis autou hrqh thn de genean autou tis dihghsetai oti airetai apo ths ghs h zwh autou

34 apokriqeis de o eunoucos tw filippw eipen deomai sou peri tinos o profhths legei touto peri eautou h peri eterou tinos

35 anoixas de o filippos to stoma autou kai arxamenos apo ths grafhs tauths euhggelisato autw ton ihsoun

36 ws de eporeuonto kata thn odon hlqon epi ti udwr kai fhsin o eunoucos idou udwr ti kwluei me baptisqhnai

37 eipen de o filippos ei pisteueis ex olhs ths kardias exestin apokriqeis de eipen pisteuw ton uion tou qeou einai ton ihsoun criston

38 kai ekeleusen sthnai to arma kai katebhsan amfoteroi eis to udwr o te filippos kai o eunoucos kai ebaptisen auton

39 ote de anebhsan ek tou udatos pneuma kuriou hrpasen ton filippon kai ouk eiden auton ouketi o eunoucos eporeueto gar thn odon autou cairwn

40 filippos de eureqh eis azwton kai diercomenos euhggelizeto tas poleis pasas ews tou elqein auton eis kaisareian

KEFALAION 9

1 o de saulos eti empnewn apeilhs kai fonou eis tous maqhtas tou kuriou proselqwn tw arcierei

2 hthsato par autou epistolas eis damaskon pros tas sunagwgas opws ean tinas eurh ths odou ontas andras te kai gunaikas dedemenous agagh eis ierousalhm

3 en de tw poreuesqai egeneto auton eggizein th damaskw kai exaifnhs perihstrayen auton fws apo tou ouranou

4 kai peswn epi thn ghn hkousen fwnhn legousan autw saoul saoul ti me diwkeis

5 eipen de tis ei kurie o de kurios eipen egw eimi ihsous on su diwkeis sklhron soi pros kentra laktizein

6 tremwn te kai qambwn eipen kurie ti me qeleis poihsai kai o kurios pros auton anasthqi kai eiselqe eis thn polin kai lalhqhsetai soi ti se dei poiein

7 oi de andres oi sunodeuontes autw eisthkeisan enneoi akouontes men ths fwnhs mhdena de qewrountes

8 hgerqh de o saulos apo ths ghs anewgmenwn de twn ofqalmwn autou oudena eblepen ceiragwgountes de auton eishgagon eis damaskon

9 kai hn hmeras treis mh blepwn kai ouk efagen oude epien

10 hn de tis maqhths en damaskw onomati ananias kai eipen pros auton o kurios en oramati anania o de eipen idou egw kurie

11 o de kurios pros auton anastas poreuqhti epi thn rumhn thn kaloumenhn euqeian kai zhthson en oikia iouda saulon onomati tarsea idou gar proseucetai

12 kai eiden en oramati andra onomati ananian eiselqonta kai epiqenta autw ceira opws anableyh

13 apekriqh de o ananias kurie akhkoa apo pollwn peri tou andros toutou osa kaka epoihsen tois agiois sou en ierousalhm

14 kai wde ecei exousian para twn arcierewn dhsai pantas tous epikaloumenous to onoma sou

15 eipen de pros auton o kurios poreuou oti skeuos ekloghs moi estin outos tou bastasai to onoma mou enwpion eqnwn kai basilewn uiwn te israhl

16 egw gar upodeixw autw osa dei auton uper tou onomatos mou paqein

17 aphlqen de ananias kai eishlqen eis thn oikian kai epiqeis ep auton tas ceiras eipen saoul adelfe o kurios apestalken me ihsous o ofqeis soi en th odw h hrcou opws anableyhs kai plhsqhs pneumatos agiou

18 kai euqews apepeson apo twn ofqalmwn autou wsei lepides anebleyen te paracrhma kai anastas ebaptisqh

19 kai labwn trofhn eniscusen egeneto de o saulos meta twn en damaskw maqhtwn hmeras tinas

20 kai euqews en tais sunagwgais ekhrussen ton criston oti outos estin o uios tou qeou

21 existanto de pantes oi akouontes kai elegon ouc outos estin o porqhsas en ierousalhm tous epikaloumenous to onoma touto kai wde eis touto elhluqei ina dedemenous autous agagh epi tous arciereis

22 saulos de mallon enedunamouto kai sunecunen tous ioudaious tous katoikountas en damaskw sumbibazwn oti outos estin o cristos

23 ws de eplhrounto hmerai ikanai sunebouleusanto oi ioudaioi anelein auton

24 egnwsqh de tw saulw h epiboulh autwn parethroun te tas pulas hmeras te kai nuktos opws auton anelwsin

25 labontes de auton oi maqhtai nuktos kaqhkan dia tou teicous calasantes en spuridi

26 paragenomenos de o saulos eis ierousalhm epeirato kollasqai tois maqhtais kai pantes efobounto auton mh pisteuontes oti estin maqhths

27 barnabas de epilabomenos auton hgagen pros tous apostolous kai dihghsato autois pws en th odw eiden ton kurion kai oti elalhsen autw kai pws en damaskw eparrhsiasato en tw onomati tou ihsou

28 kai hn met autwn eisporeuomenos kai ekporeuomenos en ierousalhm kai parrhsiazomenos en tw onomati tou kuriou ihsou

29 elalei te kai sunezhtei pros tous ellhnistas oi de epeceiroun auton anelein

30 epignontes de oi adelfoi kathgagon auton eis kaisareian kai exapesteilan auton eis tarson

31 ai men oun ekklhsiai kaq olhs ths ioudaias kai galilaias kai samareias eicon eirhnhn oikodomoumenai kai poreuomenai tw fobw tou kuriou kai th paraklhsei tou agiou pneumatos eplhqunonto

32 egeneto de petron diercomenon dia pantwn katelqein kai pros tous agious tous katoikountas luddan

33 euren de ekei anqrwpon tina ainean onomati ex etwn oktw katakeimenon epi krabbatw os hn paralelumenos

34 kai eipen autw o petros ainea iatai se ihsous o cristos anasthqi kai strwson seautw kai euqews anesth

35 kai eidon auton pantes oi katoikountes luddan kai ton sarwnan oitines epestreyan epi ton kurion

36 en iopph de tis hn maqhtria onomati tabiqa h diermhneuomenh legetai dorkas auth hn plhrhs agaqwn ergwn kai elehmosunwn wn epoiei

37 egeneto de en tais hmerais ekeinais asqenhsasan authn apoqanein lousantes de authn eqhkan en uperww

38 eggus de oushs luddhs th iopph oi maqhtai akousantes oti petros estin en auth apesteilan duo andras pros auton parakalountes mh oknhsai dielqein ews autwn

39 anastas de petros sunhlqen autois on paragenomenon anhgagon eis to uperwon kai paresthsan autw pasai ai chrai klaiousai kai epideiknumenai citwnas kai imatia osa epoiei met autwn ousa h dorkas

40 ekbalwn de exw pantas o petros qeis ta gonata proshuxato kai epistreyas pros to swma eipen tabiqa anasthqi h de hnoixen tous ofqalmous auths kai idousa ton petron anekaqisen

41 dous de auth ceira anesthsen authn fwnhsas de tous agious kai tas chras paresthsen authn zwsan

42 gnwston de egeneto kaq olhs ths iopphs kai polloi episteusan epi ton kurion

43 egeneto de hmeras ikanas meinai auton en iopph para tini simwni bursei

KEFALAION 10

1 anhr de tis hn en kaisareia onomati kornhlios ekatontarchs ek speirhs ths kaloumenhs italikhs

2 eusebhs kai foboumenos ton qeon sun panti tw oikw autou poiwn te elehmosunas pollas tw law kai deomenos tou qeou diapantos

3 eiden en oramati fanerws wsei wran ennathn ths hmeras aggelon tou qeou eiselqonta pros auton kai eiponta autw kornhlie

4 o de atenisas autw kai emfobos genomenos eipen ti estin kurie eipen de autw ai proseucai sou kai ai elehmosunai sou anebhsan eis mnhmosunon enwpion tou qeou

5 kai nun pemyon eis iopphn andras kai metapemyai simwna os epikaleitai petros

6 outos xenizetai para tini simwni bursei w estin oikia para qalassan outos lalhsei soi ti se dei poiein

7 ws de aphlqen o aggelos o lalwn tw kornhliw fwnhsas duo twn oiketwn autou kai stratiwthn eusebh twn proskarterountwn autw

8 kai exhghsamenos autois apanta apesteilen autous eis thn iopphn

9 th de epaurion odoiporountwn ekeinwn kai th polei eggizontwn anebh petros epi to dwma proseuxasqai peri wran ekthn

10 egeneto de prospeinos kai hqelen geusasqai paraskeuazontwn de ekeinwn epepesen ep auton ekstasis

11 kai qewrei ton ouranon anewgmenon kai katabainon ep auton skeuos ti ws oqonhn megalhn tessarsin arcais dedemenon kai kaqiemenon epi ths ghs

12 en w uphrcen panta ta tetrapoda ths ghs kai ta qhria kai ta erpeta kai ta peteina tou ouranou

13 kai egeneto fwnh pros auton anastas petre quson kai fage

14 o de petros eipen mhdamws kurie oti oudepote efagon pan koinon h akaqarton

15 kai fwnh palin ek deuterou pros auton a o qeos ekaqarisen su mh koinou

16 touto de egeneto epi tris kai palin anelhfqh to skeuos eis ton ouranon

17 ws de en eautw dihporei o petros ti an eih to orama o eiden kai idou oi andres oi apestalmenoi apo tou kornhliou dierwthsantes thn oikian simwnos epesthsan epi ton pulwna

18 kai fwnhsantes epunqanonto ei simwn o epikaloumenos petros enqade xenizetai

19 tou de petrou enqumoumenou peri tou oramatos eipen autw to pneuma idou andres treis zhtousin se

20 alla anastas katabhqi kai poreuou sun autois mhden diakrinomenos dioti egw apestalka autous

21 katabas de petros pros tous andras tous apestalmenous apo tou kornhliou pros auton eipen idou egw eimi on zhteite tis h aitia di hn pareste

22 oi de eipon kornhlios ekatontarchs anhr dikaios kai foboumenos ton qeon marturoumenos te upo olou tou eqnous twn ioudaiwn ecrhmatisqh upo aggelou agiou metapemyasqai se eis ton oikon autou kai akousai rhmata para sou

23 eiskalesamenos oun autous exenisen th de epaurion o petros exhlqen sun autois kai tines twn adelfwn twn apo ths iopphs sunhlqon autw

24 kai th epaurion eishlqon eis thn kaisareian o de kornhlios hn prosdokwn autous sugkalesamenos tous suggeneis autou kai tous anagkaious filous

25 ws de egeneto eiselqein ton petron sunanthsas autw o kornhlios peswn epi tous podas prosekunhsen

26 o de petros auton hgeiren legwn anasthqi kagw autos anqrwpos eimi

27 kai sunomilwn autw eishlqen kai euriskei sunelhluqotas pollous

28 efh te pros autous umeis epistasqe ws aqemiton estin andri ioudaiw kollasqai h prosercesqai allofulw kai emoi o qeos edeixen mhdena koinon h akaqarton legein anqrwpon

29 dio kai anantirrhtws hlqon metapemfqeis punqanomai oun tini logw metepemyasqe me

30 kai o kornhlios efh apo tetarths hmeras mecri tauths ths wras hmhn nhsteuwn kai thn ennathn wran proseucomenos en tw oikw mou kai idou anhr esth enwpion mou en esqhti lampra

31 kai fhsin kornhlie eishkousqh sou h proseuch kai ai elehmosunai sou emnhsqhsan enwpion tou qeou

32 pemyon oun eis iopphn kai metakalesai simwna os epikaleitai petros outos xenizetai en oikia simwnos bursews para qalassan os paragenomenos lalhsei soi

33 exauths oun epemya pros se su te kalws epoihsas paragenomenos nun oun pantes hmeis enwpion tou qeou paresmen akousai panta ta prostetagmena soi upo tou qeou

34 anoixas de petros to stoma eipen ep alhqeias katalambanomai oti ouk estin proswpolhpths o qeos

35 all en panti eqnei o foboumenos auton kai ergazomenos dikaiosunhn dektos autw estin

36 ton logon on apesteilen tois uiois israhl euaggelizomenos eirhnhn dia ihsou cristou outos estin pantwn kurios

37 umeis oidate to genomenon rhma kaq olhs ths ioudaias arxamenon apo ths galilaias meta to baptisma o ekhruxen iwannhs

38 ihsoun ton apo nazaret ws ecrisen auton o qeos pneumati agiw kai dunamei os dihlqen euergetwn kai iwmenos pantas tous katadunasteuomenous upo tou diabolou oti o qeos hn met autou

39 kai hmeis esmen martures pantwn wn epoihsen en te th cwra twn ioudaiwn kai en ierousalhm on aneilon kremasantes epi xulou

40 touton o qeos hgeiren th trith hmera kai edwken auton emfanh genesqai

41 ou panti tw law alla martusin tois prokeceirotonhmenois upo tou qeou hmin oitines sunefagomen kai sunepiomen autw meta to anasthnai auton ek nekrwn

42 kai parhggeilen hmin khruxai tw law kai diamarturasqai oti autos estin o wrismenos upo tou qeou kriths zwntwn kai nekrwn

43 toutw pantes oi profhtai marturousin afesin amartiwn labein dia tou onomatos autou panta ton pisteuonta eis auton

44 eti lalountos tou petrou ta rhmata tauta epepesen to pneuma to agion epi pantas tous akouontas ton logon

45 kai exesthsan oi ek peritomhs pistoi osoi sunhlqon tw petrw oti kai epi ta eqnh h dwrea tou agiou pneumatos ekkecutai

46 hkouon gar autwn lalountwn glwssais kai megalunontwn ton qeon tote apekriqh o petros

47 mhti to udwr kwlusai dunatai tis tou mh baptisqhnai toutous oitines to pneuma to agion elabon kaqws kai hmeis

48 prosetaxen te autous baptisqhnai en tw onomati tou kuriou tote hrwthsan auton epimeinai hmeras tinas

KEFALAION 11

1 hkousan de oi apostoloi kai oi adelfoi oi ontes kata thn ioudaian oti kai ta eqnh edexanto ton logon tou qeou

2 kai ote anebh petros eis ierosoluma diekrinonto pros auton oi ek peritomhs

3 legontes oti pros andras akrobustian econtas eishlqes kai sunefages autois

4 arxamenos de o petros exetiqeto autois kaqexhs legwn

5 egw hmhn en polei iopph proseucomenos kai eidon en ekstasei orama katabainon skeuos ti ws oqonhn megalhn tessarsin arcais kaqiemenhn ek tou ouranou kai hlqen acris emou

6 eis hn atenisas katenooun kai eidon ta tetrapoda ths ghs kai ta qhria kai ta erpeta kai ta peteina tou ouranou

7 hkousa de fwnhs legoushs moi anastas petre quson kai fage

8 eipon de mhdamws kurie oti pan koinon h akaqarton oudepote eishlqen eis to stoma mou

9 apekriqh de moi fwnh ek deuterou ek tou ouranou a o qeos ekaqarisen su mh koinou

10 touto de egeneto epi tris kai palin anespasqh apanta eis ton ouranon

11 kai idou exauths treis andres epesthsan epi thn oikian en h hmhn apestalmenoi apo kaisareias pros me

12 eipen de moi to pneuma sunelqein autois mhden diakrinomenon hlqon de sun emoi kai oi ex adelfoi outoi kai eishlqomen eis ton oikon tou andros

13 aphggeilen te hmin pws eiden ton aggelon en tw oikw autou staqenta kai eiponta autw aposteilon eis iopphn andras kai metapemyai simwna ton epikaloumenon petron

14 os lalhsei rhmata pros se en ois swqhsh su kai pas o oikos sou

15 en de tw arxasqai me lalein epepesen to pneuma to agion ep autous wsper kai ef hmas en arch

16 emnhsqhn de tou rhmatos kuriou ws elegen iwannhs men ebaptisen udati umeis de baptisqhsesqe en pneumati agiw

17 ei oun thn ishn dwrean edwken autois o qeos ws kai hmin pisteusasin epi ton kurion ihsoun criston egw de tis hmhn dunatos kwlusai ton qeon

18 akousantes de tauta hsucasan kai edoxazon ton qeon legontes arage kai tois eqnesin o qeos thn metanoian edwken eis zwhn

19 oi men oun diasparentes apo ths qliyews ths genomenhs epi stefanw dihlqon ews foinikhs kai kuprou kai antioceias mhdeni lalountes ton logon ei mh monon ioudaiois

20 hsan de tines ex autwn andres kuprioi kai kurhnaioi oitines eiselqontes eis antioceian elaloun pros tous ellhnistas euaggelizomenoi ton kurion ihsoun

21 kai hn ceir kuriou met autwn polus te ariqmos pisteusas epestreyen epi ton kurion

22 hkousqh de o logos eis ta wta ths ekklhsias ths en ierosolumois peri autwn kai exapesteilan barnaban dielqein ews antioceias

23 os paragenomenos kai idwn thn carin tou qeou ecarh kai parekalei pantas th proqesei ths kardias prosmenein tw kuriw

24 oti hn anhr agaqos kai plhrhs pneumatos agiou kai pistews kai proseteqh oclos ikanos tw kuriw

25 exhlqen de eis tarson o barnabas anazhthsai saulon

26 kai eurwn auton hgagen auton eis antioceian egeneto de autous eniauton olon sunacqhnai en th ekklhsia kai didaxai oclon ikanon crhmatisai te prwton en antioceia tous maqhtas cristianous

27 en tautais de tais hmerais kathlqon apo ierosolumwn profhtai eis antioceian

28 anastas de eis ex autwn onomati agabos eshmanen dia tou pneumatos limon megan mellein esesqai ef olhn thn oikoumenhn ostis kai egeneto epi klaudiou kaisaros

29 twn de maqhtwn kaqws huporeito tis wrisan ekastos autwn eis diakonian pemyai tois katoikousin en th ioudaia adelfois

30 o kai epoihsan aposteilantes pros tous presbuterous dia ceiros barnaba kai saulou

KEFALAION 12

1 kat ekeinon de ton kairon epebalen hrwdhs o basileus tas ceiras kakwsai tinas twn apo ths ekklhsias

2 aneilen de iakwbon ton adelfon iwannou macaira

3 kai idwn oti areston estin tois ioudaiois proseqeto sullabein kai petron hsan de hmerai twn azumwn

4 on kai piasas eqeto eis fulakhn paradous tessarsin tetradiois stratiwtwn fulassein auton boulomenos meta to pasca anagagein auton tw law

5 o men oun petros ethreito en th fulakh proseuch de hn ektenhs ginomenh upo ths ekklhsias pros ton qeon uper autou

6 ote de emellen auton proagein o hrwdhs th nukti ekeinh hn o petros koimwmenos metaxu duo stratiwtwn dedemenos alusesin dusin fulakes te pro ths quras ethroun thn fulakhn

7 kai idou aggelos kuriou epesth kai fws elamyen en tw oikhmati pataxas de thn pleuran tou petrou hgeiren auton legwn anasta en tacei kai exepeson autou ai aluseis ek twn ceirwn

8 eipen te o aggelos pros auton perizwsai kai upodhsai ta sandalia sou epoihsen de outws kai legei autw peribalou to imation sou kai akolouqei moi

9 kai exelqwn hkolouqei autw kai ouk hdei oti alhqes estin to ginomenon dia tou aggelou edokei de orama blepein

10 dielqontes de prwthn fulakhn kai deuteran hlqon epi thn pulhn thn sidhran thn ferousan eis thn polin htis automath hnoicqh autois kai exelqontes prohlqon rumhn mian kai euqews apesth o aggelos ap autou

11 kai o petros genomenos en eautw eipen nun oida alhqws oti exapesteilen kurios ton aggelon autou kai exeileto me ek ceiros hrwdou kai pashs ths prosdokias tou laou twn ioudaiwn

12 sunidwn te hlqen epi thn oikian marias ths mhtros iwannou tou epikaloumenou markou ou hsan ikanoi sunhqroismenoi kai proseucomenoi

13 krousantos de tou petrou thn quran tou pulwnos proshlqen paidiskh upakousai onomati rodh

14 kai epignousa thn fwnhn tou petrou apo ths caras ouk hnoixen ton pulwna eisdramousa de aphggeilen estanai ton petron pro tou pulwnos

15 oi de pros authn eipon mainh h de diiscurizeto outws ecein oi d elegon o aggelos autou estin

16 o de petros epemenen krouwn anoixantes de eidon auton kai exesthsan

17 kataseisas de autois th ceiri sigan dihghsato autois pws o kurios auton exhgagen ek ths fulakhs eipen de apaggeilate iakwbw kai tois adelfois tauta kai exelqwn eporeuqh eis eteron topon

18 genomenhs de hmeras hn taracos ouk oligos en tois stratiwtais ti ara o petros egeneto

19 hrwdhs de epizhthsas auton kai mh eurwn anakrinas tous fulakas ekeleusen apacqhnai kai katelqwn apo ths ioudaias eis thn kaisareian dietriben

20 hn de o hrwdhs qumomacwn turiois kai sidwniois omoqumadon de parhsan pros auton kai peisantes blaston ton epi tou koitwnos tou basilews htounto eirhnhn dia to trefesqai autwn thn cwran apo ths basilikhs

21 takth de hmera o hrwdhs endusamenos esqhta basilikhn kai kaqisas epi tou bhmatos edhmhgorei pros autous

22 o de dhmos epefwnei qeou fwnh kai ouk anqrwpou

23 paracrhma de epataxen auton aggelos kuriou anq wn ouk edwken thn doxan tw qew kai genomenos skwlhkobrwtos exeyuxen

24 o de logos tou qeou huxanen kai eplhquneto

25 barnabas de kai saulos upestreyan ex ierousalhm plhrwsantes thn diakonian sumparalabontes kai iwannhn ton epiklhqenta markon

KEFALAION 13

1 hsan de tines en antioceia kata thn ousan ekklhsian profhtai kai didaskaloi o te barnabas kai sumewn o kaloumenos niger kai loukios o kurhnaios manahn te hrwdou tou tetrarcou suntrofos kai saulos

2 leitourgountwn de autwn tw kuriw kai nhsteuontwn eipen to pneuma to agion aforisate dh moi ton te barnaban kai ton saulon eis to ergon o proskeklhmai autous

3 tote nhsteusantes kai proseuxamenoi kai epiqentes tas ceiras autois apelusan

4 outoi men oun ekpemfqentes upo tou pneumatos tou agiou kathlqon eis thn seleukeian ekeiqen te apepleusan eis thn kupron

5 kai genomenoi en salamini kathggellon ton logon tou qeou en tais sunagwgais twn ioudaiwn eicon de kai iwannhn uphrethn

6 dielqontes de thn nhson acri pafou euron tina magon yeudoprofhthn ioudaion w onoma barihsous

7 os hn sun tw anqupatw sergiw paulw andri sunetw outos proskalesamenos barnaban kai saulon epezhthsen akousai ton logon tou qeou

8 anqistato de autois elumas o magos outws gar meqermhneuetai to onoma autou zhtwn diastreyai ton anqupaton apo ths pistews

9 saulos de o kai paulos plhsqeis pneumatos agiou kai atenisas eis auton

10 eipen w plhrhs pantos dolou kai pashs radiourgias uie diabolou ecqre pashs dikaiosunhs ou paush diastrefwn tas odous kuriou tas euqeias

11 kai nun idou ceir tou kuriou epi se kai esh tuflos mh blepwn ton hlion acri kairou paracrhma de epepesen ep auton aclus kai skotos kai periagwn ezhtei ceiragwgous

12 tote idwn o anqupatos to gegonos episteusen ekplhssomenos epi th didach tou kuriou

13 anacqentes de apo ths pafou oi peri ton paulon hlqon eis perghn ths pamfulias iwannhs de apocwrhsas ap autwn upestreyen eis ierosoluma

14 autoi de dielqontes apo ths perghs paregenonto eis antioceian ths pisidias kai eiselqontes eis thn sunagwghn th hmera twn sabbatwn ekaqisan

15 meta de thn anagnwsin tou nomou kai twn profhtwn apesteilan oi arcisunagwgoi pros autous legontes andres adelfoi ei estin logos en umin paraklhsews pros ton laon legete

16 anastas de paulos kai kataseisas th ceiri eipen andres israhlitai kai oi foboumenoi ton qeon akousate

17 o qeos tou laou toutou israhl exelexato tous pateras hmwn kai ton laon uywsen en th paroikia en gh aiguptw kai meta bracionos uyhlou exhgagen autous ex auths

18 kai ws tessarakontaeth cronon etropoforhsen autous en th erhmw

19 kai kaqelwn eqnh epta en gh canaan kateklhrodothsen autois thn ghn autwn

20 kai meta tauta ws etesin tetrakosiois kai penthkonta edwken kritas ews samouhl tou profhtou

21 kakeiqen hthsanto basilea kai edwken autois o qeos ton saoul uion kis andra ek fulhs beniamin eth tessarakonta

22 kai metasthsas auton hgeiren autois ton dabid eis basilea w kai eipen marturhsas euron dabid ton tou iessai andra kata thn kardian mou os poihsei panta ta qelhmata mou

23 toutou o qeos apo tou spermatos kat epaggelian hgeiren tw israhl swthra ihsoun

24 prokhruxantos iwannou pro proswpou ths eisodou autou baptisma metanoias panti tw law israhl

25 ws de eplhrou o iwannhs ton dromon elegen tina me uponoeite einai ouk eimi egw all idou ercetai met eme ou ouk eimi axios to upodhma twn podwn lusai

26 andres adelfoi uioi genous abraam kai oi en umin foboumenoi ton qeon umin o logos ths swthrias tauths apestalh

27 oi gar katoikountes en ierousalhm kai oi arcontes autwn touton agnohsantes kai tas fwnas twn profhtwn tas kata pan sabbaton anaginwskomenas krinantes eplhrwsan

28 kai mhdemian aitian qanatou eurontes hthsanto pilaton anaireqhnai auton

29 ws de etelesan apanta ta peri autou gegrammena kaqelontes apo tou xulou eqhkan eis mnhmeion

30 o de qeos hgeiren auton ek nekrwn

31 os wfqh epi hmeras pleious tois sunanabasin autw apo ths galilaias eis ierousalhm oitines eisin martures autou pros ton laon

32 kai hmeis umas euaggelizomeqa thn pros tous pateras epaggelian genomenhn oti tauthn o qeos ekpeplhrwken tois teknois autwn hmin anasthsas ihsoun

33 ws kai en tw yalmw tw deuterw gegraptai uios mou ei su egw shmeron gegennhka se

34 oti de anesthsen auton ek nekrwn mhketi mellonta upostrefein eis diafqoran outws eirhken oti dwsw umin ta osia dabid ta pista

35 dio kai en eterw legei ou dwseis ton osion sou idein diafqoran

36 dabid men gar idia genea uphrethsas th tou qeou boulh ekoimhqh kai proseteqh pros tous pateras autou kai eiden diafqoran

37 on de o qeos hgeiren ouk eiden diafqoran

38 gnwston oun estw umin andres adelfoi oti dia toutou umin afesis amartiwn kataggelletai

39 kai apo pantwn wn ouk hdunhqhte en tw nomw mwsews dikaiwqhnai en toutw pas o pisteuwn dikaioutai

40 blepete oun mh epelqh ef umas to eirhmenon en tois profhtais

41 idete oi katafronhtai kai qaumasate kai afanisqhte oti ergon egw ergazomai en tais hmerais umwn ergon w ou mh pisteushte ean tis ekdihghtai umin

42 exiontwn de ek ths sunagwghs twn ioudaiwn parekaloun ta eqnh eis to metaxu sabbaton lalhqhnai autois ta rhmata tauta

43 luqeishs de ths sunagwghs hkolouqhsan polloi twn ioudaiwn kai twn sebomenwn proshlutwn tw paulw kai tw barnaba oitines proslalountes autois epeiqon autous epimenein th cariti tou qeou

44 tw de ercomenw sabbatw scedon pasa h polis sunhcqh akousai ton logon tou qeou

45 idontes de oi ioudaioi tous oclous eplhsqhsan zhlou kai antelegon tois upo tou paulou legomenois antilegontes kai blasfhmountes

46 parrhsiasamenoi de o paulos kai o barnabas eipon umin hn anagkaion prwton lalhqhnai ton logon tou qeou epeidh de apwqeisqe auton kai ouk axious krinete eautous ths aiwniou zwhs idou strefomeqa eis ta eqnh

47 outws gar entetaltai hmin o kurios teqeika se eis fws eqnwn tou einai se eis swthrian ews escatou ths ghs

48 akouonta de ta eqnh ecairon kai edoxazon ton logon tou kuriou kai episteusan osoi hsan tetagmenoi eis zwhn aiwnion

49 diefereto de o logos tou kuriou di olhs ths cwras

50 oi de ioudaioi parwtrunan tas sebomenas gunaikas kai tas euschmonas kai tous prwtous ths polews kai ephgeiran diwgmon epi ton paulon kai ton barnaban kai exebalon autous apo twn oriwn autwn

51 oi de ektinaxamenoi ton koniorton twn podwn autwn ep autous hlqon eis ikonion

52 oi de maqhtai eplhrounto caras kai pneumatos agiou

KEFALAION 14

1 egeneto de en ikoniw kata to auto eiselqein autous eis thn sunagwghn twn ioudaiwn kai lalhsai outws wste pisteusai ioudaiwn te kai ellhnwn polu plhqos

2 oi de apeiqountes ioudaioi ephgeiran kai ekakwsan tas yucas twn eqnwn kata twn adelfwn

3 ikanon men oun cronon dietriyan parrhsiazomenoi epi tw kuriw tw marturounti tw logw ths caritos autou kai didonti shmeia kai terata ginesqai dia twn ceirwn autwn

4 escisqh de to plhqos ths polews kai oi men hsan sun tois ioudaiois oi de sun tois apostolois

5 ws de egeneto ormh twn eqnwn te kai ioudaiwn sun tois arcousin autwn ubrisai kai liqobolhsai autous

6 sunidontes katefugon eis tas poleis ths lukaonias lustran kai derbhn kai thn pericwron

7 kakei hsan euaggelizomenoi

8 kai tis anhr en lustrois adunatos tois posin ekaqhto cwlos ek koilias mhtros autou uparcwn os oudepote peripepathkei

9 outos hkouen tou paulou lalountos os atenisas autw kai idwn oti pistin ecei tou swqhnai

10 eipen megalh th fwnh anasthqi epi tous podas sou orqos kai hlleto kai periepatei

11 oi de ocloi idontes o epoihsen o paulos ephran thn fwnhn autwn lukaonisti legontes oi qeoi omoiwqentes anqrwpois katebhsan pros hmas

12 ekaloun te ton men barnaban dia ton de paulon ermhn epeidh autos hn o hgoumenos tou logou

13 o de iereus tou dios tou ontos pro ths polews autwn taurous kai stemmata epi tous pulwnas enegkas sun tois oclois hqelen quein

14 akousantes de oi apostoloi barnabas kai paulos diarrhxantes ta imatia autwn eisephdhsan eis ton oclon krazontes

15 kai legontes andres ti tauta poieite kai hmeis omoiopaqeis esmen umin anqrwpoi euaggelizomenoi umas apo toutwn twn mataiwn epistrefein epi ton qeon ton zwnta os epoihsen ton ouranon kai thn ghn kai thn qalassan kai panta ta en autois

16 os en tais parwchmenais geneais eiasen panta ta eqnh poreuesqai tais odois autwn

17 kai toi ge ouk amarturon eauton afhken agaqopoiwn ouranoqen hmin uetous didous kai kairous karpoforous empiplwn trofhs kai eufrosunhs tas kardias hmwn

18 kai tauta legontes molis katepausan tous oclous tou mh quein autois

19 ephlqon de apo antioceias kai ikoniou ioudaioi kai peisantes tous oclous kai liqasantes ton paulon esuron exw ths polews nomisantes auton teqnanai

20 kuklwsantwn de auton twn maqhtwn anastas eishlqen eis thn polin kai th epaurion exhlqen sun tw barnaba eis derbhn

21 euaggelisamenoi te thn polin ekeinhn kai maqhteusantes ikanous upestreyan eis thn lustran kai ikonion kai antioceian

22 episthrizontes tas yucas twn maqhtwn parakalountes emmenein th pistei kai oti dia pollwn qliyewn dei hmas eiselqein eis thn basileian tou qeou

23 ceirotonhsantes de autois presbuterous kat ekklhsian proseuxamenoi meta nhsteiwn pareqento autous tw kuriw eis on pepisteukeisan

24 kai dielqontes thn pisidian hlqon eis pamfulian

25 kai lalhsantes en pergh ton logon katebhsan eis attaleian

26 kakeiqen apepleusan eis antioceian oqen hsan paradedomenoi th cariti tou qeou eis to ergon o eplhrwsan

27 paragenomenoi de kai sunagagontes thn ekklhsian anhggeilan osa epoihsen o qeos met autwn kai oti hnoixen tois eqnesin quran pistews

28 dietribon de ekei cronon ouk oligon sun tois maqhtais

KEFALAION 15

1 kai tines katelqontes apo ths ioudaias edidaskon tous adelfous oti ean mh peritemnhsqe tw eqei mwusews ou dunasqe swqhnai

2 genomenhs oun stasews kai suzhthsews ouk olighs tw paulw kai tw barnaba pros autous etaxan anabainein paulon kai barnaban kai tinas allous ex autwn pros tous apostolous kai presbuterous eis ierousalhm peri tou zhthmatos toutou

3 oi men oun propemfqentes upo ths ekklhsias dihrconto thn foinikhn kai samareian ekdihgoumenoi thn epistrofhn twn eqnwn kai epoioun caran megalhn pasin tois adelfois

4 paragenomenoi de eis ierousalhm apedecqhsan upo ths ekklhsias kai twn apostolwn kai twn presbuterwn anhggeilan te osa o qeos epoihsen met autwn

5 exanesthsan de tines twn apo ths airesews twn farisaiwn pepisteukotes legontes oti dei peritemnein autous paraggellein te threin ton nomon mwusews

6 sunhcqhsan de oi apostoloi kai oi presbuteroi idein peri tou logou toutou

7 pollhs de suzhthsews genomenhs anastas petros eipen pros autous andres adelfoi umeis epistasqe oti af hmerwn arcaiwn o qeos en hmin exelexato dia tou stomatos mou akousai ta eqnh ton logon tou euaggeliou kai pisteusai

8 kai o kardiognwsths qeos emarturhsen autois dous autois to pneuma to agion kaqws kai hmin

9 kai ouden diekrinen metaxu hmwn te kai autwn th pistei kaqarisas tas kardias autwn

10 nun oun ti peirazete ton qeon epiqeinai zugon epi ton trachlon twn maqhtwn on oute oi pateres hmwn oute hmeis iscusamen bastasai

11 alla dia ths caritos kuriou ihsou cristou pisteuomen swqhnai kaq on tropon kakeinoi

12 esighsen de pan to plhqos kai hkouon barnaba kai paulou exhgoumenwn osa epoihsen o qeos shmeia kai terata en tois eqnesin di autwn

13 meta de to sighsai autous apekriqh iakwbos legwn andres adelfoi akousate mou

14 sumewn exhghsato kaqws prwton o qeos epeskeyato labein ex eqnwn laon epi tw onomati autou

15 kai toutw sumfwnousin oi logoi twn profhtwn kaqws gegraptai

16 meta tauta anastreyw kai anoikodomhsw thn skhnhn dabid thn peptwkuian kai ta kateskammena auths anoikodomhsw kai anorqwsw authn

17 opws an ekzhthswsin oi kataloipoi twn anqrwpwn ton kurion kai panta ta eqnh ef ous epikeklhtai to onoma mou ep autous legei kurios o poiwn tauta panta

18 gnwsta ap aiwnos estin tw qew panta ta erga autou

19 dio egw krinw mh parenoclein tois apo twn eqnwn epistrefousin epi ton qeon

20 alla episteilai autois tou apecesqai apo twn alisghmatwn twn eidwlwn kai ths porneias kai tou pniktou kai tou aimatos

21 mwshs gar ek genewn arcaiwn kata polin tous khrussontas auton ecei en tais sunagwgais kata pan sabbaton anaginwskomenos

22 tote edoxen tois apostolois kai tois presbuterois sun olh th ekklhsia eklexamenous andras ex autwn pemyai eis antioceian sun tw paulw kai barnaba ioudan ton epikaloumenon barsaban kai silan andras hgoumenous en tois adelfois

23 grayantes dia ceiros autwn tade oi apostoloi kai oi presbuteroi kai oi adelfoi tois kata thn antioceian kai surian kai kilikian adelfois tois ex eqnwn cairein

24 epeidh hkousamen oti tines ex hmwn exelqontes etaraxan umas logois anaskeuazontes tas yucas umwn legontes peritemnesqai kai threin ton nomon ois ou diesteilameqa

25 edoxen hmin genomenois omoqumadon eklexamenous andras pemyai pros umas sun tois agaphtois hmwn barnaba kai paulw

26 anqrwpois paradedwkosin tas yucas autwn uper tou onomatos tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou

27 apestalkamen oun ioudan kai silan kai autous dia logou apaggellontas ta auta

28 edoxen gar tw agiw pneumati kai hmin mhden pleon epitiqesqai umin baros plhn twn epanagkes toutwn

29 apecesqai eidwloqutwn kai aimatos kai pniktou kai porneias ex wn diathrountes eautous eu praxete errwsqe

30 oi men oun apoluqentes hlqon eis antioceian kai sunagagontes to plhqos epedwkan thn epistolhn

31 anagnontes de ecarhsan epi th paraklhsei

32 ioudas te kai silas kai autoi profhtai ontes dia logou pollou parekalesan tous adelfous kai epesthrixan

33 poihsantes de cronon apeluqhsan met eirhnhs apo twn adelfwn pros tous apostolous

34 edoxen de tw sila epimeinai autou

35 paulos de kai barnabas dietribon en antioceia didaskontes kai euaggelizomenoi meta kai eterwn pollwn ton logon tou kuriou

36 meta de tinas hmeras eipen paulos pros barnaban epistreyantes dh episkeywmeqa tous adelfous hmwn kata pasan polin en ais kathggeilamen ton logon tou kuriou pws ecousin

37 barnabas de ebouleusato sumparalabein ton iwannhn ton kaloumenon markon

38 paulos de hxiou ton apostanta ap autwn apo pamfulias kai mh sunelqonta autois eis to ergon mh sumparalabein touton

39 egeneto oun paroxusmos wste apocwrisqhnai autous ap allhlwn ton te barnaban paralabonta ton markon ekpleusai eis kupron

40 paulos de epilexamenos silan exhlqen paradoqeis th cariti tou qeou upo twn adelfwn

41 dihrceto de thn surian kai kilikian episthrizwn tas ekklhsias

KEFALAION 16

1 kathnthsen de eis derbhn kai lustran kai idou maqhths tis hn ekei onomati timoqeos uios gunaikos tinos ioudaias pisths patros de ellhnos

2 os emartureito upo twn en lustrois kai ikoniw adelfwn

3 touton hqelhsen o paulos sun autw exelqein kai labwn perietemen auton dia tous ioudaious tous ontas en tois topois ekeinois hdeisan gar apantes ton patera autou oti ellhn uphrcen

4 ws de dieporeuonto tas poleis paredidoun autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena upo twn apostolwn kai twn presbuterwn twn en ierousalhm

5 ai men oun ekklhsiai estereounto th pistei kai eperisseuon tw ariqmw kaq hmeran

6 dielqontes de thn frugian kai thn galatikhn cwran kwluqentes upo tou agiou pneumatos lalhsai ton logon en th asia

7 elqontes kata thn musian epeirazon kata thn biqunian poreuesqai kai ouk eiasen autous to pneuma

8 parelqontes de thn musian katebhsan eis trwada

9 kai orama dia ths nuktos wfqh tw paulw anhr tis hn makedwn estws parakalwn auton kai legwn diabas eis makedonian bohqhson hmin

10 ws de to orama eiden euqews ezhthsamen exelqein eis thn makedonian sumbibazontes oti proskeklhtai hmas o kurios euaggelisasqai autous

11 anacqentes oun apo ths trwados euqudromhsamen eis samoqrakhn th te epioush eis neapolin

12 ekeiqen te eis filippous htis estin prwth ths meridos ths makedonias polis kolwnia hmen de en tauth th polei diatribontes hmeras tinas

13 th te hmera twn sabbatwn exhlqomen exw ths polews para potamon ou enomizeto proseuch einai kai kaqisantes elaloumen tais sunelqousais gunaixin

14 kai tis gunh onomati ludia porfuropwlis polews quateirwn sebomenh ton qeon hkouen hs o kurios dihnoixen thn kardian prosecein tois laloumenois upo tou paulou

15 ws de ebaptisqh kai o oikos auths parekalesen legousa ei kekrikate me pisthn tw kuriw einai eiselqontes eis ton oikon mou meinate kai parebiasato hmas

16 egeneto de poreuomenwn hmwn eis proseuchn paidiskhn tina ecousan pneuma puqwnos apanthsai hmin htis ergasian pollhn pareicen tois kuriois auths manteuomenh

17 auth katakolouqhsasa tw paulw kai hmin ekrazen legousa outoi oi anqrwpoi douloi tou qeou tou uyistou eisin oitines kataggellousin hmin odon swthrias

18 touto de epoiei epi pollas hmeras diaponhqeis de o paulos kai epistreyas tw pneumati eipen paraggellw soi en tw onomati ihsou cristou exelqein ap auths kai exhlqen auth th wra

19 idontes de oi kurioi auths oti exhlqen h elpis ths ergasias autwn epilabomenoi ton paulon kai ton silan eilkusan eis thn agoran epi tous arcontas

20 kai prosagagontes autous tois strathgois eipon outoi oi anqrwpoi ektarassousin hmwn thn polin ioudaioi uparcontes

21 kai kataggellousin eqh a ouk exestin hmin paradecesqai oude poiein rwmaiois ousin

22 kai sunepesth o oclos kat autwn kai oi strathgoi perirrhxantes autwn ta imatia ekeleuon rabdizein

23 pollas te epiqentes autois plhgas ebalon eis fulakhn paraggeilantes tw desmofulaki asfalws threin autous

24 os paraggelian toiauthn eilhfws ebalen autous eis thn eswteran fulakhn kai tous podas autwn hsfalisato eis to xulon

25 kata de to mesonuktion paulos kai silas proseucomenoi umnoun ton qeon ephkrownto de autwn oi desmioi

26 afnw de seismos egeneto megas wste saleuqhnai ta qemelia tou desmwthriou anewcqhsan te paracrhma ai qurai pasai kai pantwn ta desma aneqh

27 exupnos de genomenos o desmofulax kai idwn anewgmenas tas quras ths fulakhs spasamenos macairan emellen eauton anairein nomizwn ekpefeugenai tous desmious

28 efwnhsen de fwnh megalh o paulos legwn mhden praxhs seautw kakon apantes gar esmen enqade

29 aithsas de fwta eisephdhsen kai entromos genomenos prosepesen tw paulw kai tw sila

30 kai proagagwn autous exw efh kurioi ti me dei poiein ina swqw

31 oi de eipon pisteuson epi ton kurion ihsoun criston kai swqhsh su kai o oikos sou

32 kai elalhsan autw ton logon tou kuriou kai pasin tois en th oikia autou

33 kai paralabwn autous en ekeinh th wra ths nuktos elousen apo twn plhgwn kai ebaptisqh autos kai oi autou pantes paracrhma

34 anagagwn te autous eis ton oikon autou pareqhken trapezan kai hgalliasato panoiki pepisteukws tw qew

35 hmeras de genomenhs apesteilan oi strathgoi tous rabdoucous legontes apoluson tous anqrwpous ekeinous

36 aphggeilen de o desmofulax tous logous toutous pros ton paulon oti apestalkasin oi strathgoi ina apoluqhte nun oun exelqontes poreuesqe en eirhnh

37 o de paulos efh pros autous deirantes hmas dhmosia akatakritous anqrwpous rwmaious uparcontas ebalon eis fulakhn kai nun laqra hmas ekballousin ou gar alla elqontes autoi hmas exagagetwsan

38 anhggeilan de tois strathgois oi rabdoucoi ta rhmata tauta kai efobhqhsan akousantes oti rwmaioi eisin

39 kai elqontes parekalesan autous kai exagagontes hrwtwn exelqein ths polews

40 exelqontes de ek ths fulakhs eishlqon eis thn ludian kai idontes tous adelfous parekalesan autous kai exhlqon

KEFALAION 17

1 diodeusantes de thn amfipolin kai apollwnian hlqon eis qessalonikhn opou hn h sunagwgh twn ioudaiwn

2 kata de to eiwqos tw paulw eishlqen pros autous kai epi sabbata tria dielegeto autois apo twn grafwn

3 dianoigwn kai paratiqemenos oti ton criston edei paqein kai anasthnai ek nekrwn kai oti outos estin o cristos ihsous on egw kataggellw umin

4 kai tines ex autwn epeisqhsan kai proseklhrwqhsan tw paulw kai tw sila twn te sebomenwn ellhnwn polu plhqos gunaikwn te twn prwtwn ouk oligai

5 zhlwsantes de oi apeiqountes ioudaioi kai proslabomenoi twn agoraiwn tinas andras ponhrous kai oclopoihsantes eqoruboun thn polin epistantes te th oikia iasonos ezhtoun autous agagein eis ton dhmon

6 mh eurontes de autous esuron ton iasona kai tinas adelfous epi tous politarcas bowntes oti oi thn oikoumenhn anastatwsantes outoi kai enqade pareisin

7 ous upodedektai iaswn kai outoi pantes apenanti twn dogmatwn kaisaros prattousin basilea legontes eteron einai ihsoun

8 etaraxan de ton oclon kai tous politarcas akouontas tauta

9 kai labontes to ikanon para tou iasonos kai twn loipwn apelusan autous

10 oi de adelfoi euqews dia ths nuktos exepemyan ton te paulon kai ton silan eis beroian oitines paragenomenoi eis thn sunagwghn twn ioudaiwn aphesan

11 outoi de hsan eugenesteroi twn en qessalonikh oitines edexanto ton logon meta pashs proqumias to kaq hmeran anakrinontes tas grafas ei ecoi tauta outws

12 polloi men oun ex autwn episteusan kai twn ellhnidwn gunaikwn twn euschmonwn kai andrwn ouk oligoi

13 ws de egnwsan oi apo ths qessalonikhs ioudaioi oti kai en th beroia kathggelh upo tou paulou o logos tou qeou hlqon kakei saleuontes tous oclous

14 euqews de tote ton paulon exapesteilan oi adelfoi poreuesqai ws epi thn qalassan upemenon de o te silas kai o timoqeos ekei

15 oi de kaqistwntes ton paulon hgagon auton ews aqhnwn kai labontes entolhn pros ton silan kai timoqeon ina ws tacista elqwsin pros auton exhesan

16 en de tais aqhnais ekdecomenou autous tou paulou parwxuneto to pneuma autou en autw qewrounti kateidwlon ousan thn polin

17 dielegeto men oun en th sunagwgh tois ioudaiois kai tois sebomenois kai en th agora kata pasan hmeran pros tous paratugcanontas

18 tines de twn epikoureiwn kai twn stwikwn filosofwn suneballon autw kai tines elegon ti an qeloi o spermologos outos legein oi de xenwn daimoniwn dokei kataggeleus einai oti ton ihsoun kai thn anastasin autois euhggelizeto

19 epilabomenoi te autou epi ton areion pagon hgagon legontes dunameqa gnwnai tis h kainh auth h upo sou laloumenh didach

20 xenizonta gar tina eisfereis eis tas akoas hmwn boulomeqa oun gnwnai ti an qeloi tauta einai

21 aqhnaioi de pantes kai oi epidhmountes xenoi eis ouden eteron eukairoun h legein ti kai akouein kainoteron

22 staqeis de o paulos en mesw tou areiou pagou efh andres aqhnaioi kata panta ws deisidaimonesterous umas qewrw

23 diercomenos gar kai anaqewrwn ta sebasmata umwn euron kai bwmon en w epegegrapto agnwstw qew on oun agnoountes eusebeite touton egw kataggellw umin

24 o qeos o poihsas ton kosmon kai panta ta en autw outos ouranou kai ghs kurios uparcwn ouk en ceiropoihtois naois katoikei

25 oude upo ceirwn anqrwpwn qerapeuetai prosdeomenos tinos autos didous pasin zwhn kai pnohn kata panta

26 epoihsen te ex enos aimatos pan eqnos anqrwpwn katoikein epi pan to proswpon ths ghs orisas protetagmenous kairous kai tas oroqesias ths katoikias autwn

27 zhtein ton kurion ei ara ge yhlafhseian auton kai euroien kaitoige ou makran apo enos ekastou hmwn uparconta

28 en autw gar zwmen kai kinoumeqa kai esmen ws kai tines twn kaq umas poihtwn eirhkasin tou gar kai genos esmen

29 genos oun uparcontes tou qeou ouk ofeilomen nomizein crusw h argurw h liqw caragmati tecnhs kai enqumhsews anqrwpou to qeion einai omoion

30 tous men oun cronous ths agnoias uperidwn o qeos ta nun paraggellei tois anqrwpois pasin pantacou metanoein

31 dioti esthsen hmeran en h mellei krinein thn oikoumenhn en dikaiosunh en andri w wrisen pistin parascwn pasin anasthsas auton ek nekrwn

32 akousantes de anastasin nekrwn oi men ecleuazon oi de eipon akousomeqa sou palin peri toutou

33 kai outws o paulos exhlqen ek mesou autwn

34 tines de andres kollhqentes autw episteusan en ois kai dionusios o areopagiths kai gunh onomati damaris kai eteroi sun autois

KEFALAION 18

1 meta de tauta cwrisqeis o paulos ek twn aqhnwn hlqen eis korinqon

2 kai eurwn tina ioudaion onomati akulan pontikon tw genei prosfatws elhluqota apo ths italias kai priskillan gunaika autou dia to diatetacenai klaudion cwrizesqai pantas tous ioudaious ek ths rwmhs proshlqen autois

3 kai dia to omotecnon einai emenen par autois kai eirgazeto hsan gar skhnopoioi thn tecnhn

4 dielegeto de en th sunagwgh kata pan sabbaton epeiqen te ioudaious kai ellhnas

5 ws de kathlqon apo ths makedonias o te silas kai o timoqeos suneiceto tw pneumati o paulos diamarturomenos tois ioudaiois ton criston ihsoun

6 antitassomenwn de autwn kai blasfhmountwn ektinaxamenos ta imatia eipen pros autous to aima umwn epi thn kefalhn umwn kaqaros egw apo tou nun eis ta eqnh poreusomai

7 kai metabas ekeiqen hlqen eis oikian tinos onomati ioustou sebomenou ton qeon ou h oikia hn sunomorousa th sunagwgh

8 krispos de o arcisunagwgos episteusen tw kuriw sun olw tw oikw autou kai polloi twn korinqiwn akouontes episteuon kai ebaptizonto

9 eipen de o kurios di oramatos en nukti tw paulw mh fobou alla lalei kai mh siwphshs

10 dioti egw eimi meta sou kai oudeis epiqhsetai soi tou kakwsai se dioti laos estin moi polus en th polei tauth

11 ekaqisen te eniauton kai mhnas ex didaskwn en autois ton logon tou qeou

12 galliwnos de anqupateuontos ths acaias katepesthsan omoqumadon oi ioudaioi tw paulw kai hgagon auton epi to bhma

13 legontes oti para ton nomon outos anapeiqei tous anqrwpous sebesqai ton qeon

14 mellontos de tou paulou anoigein to stoma eipen o galliwn pros tous ioudaious ei men oun hn adikhma ti h radiourghma ponhron w ioudaioi kata logon an hnescomhn umwn

15 ei de zhthma estin peri logou kai onomatwn kai nomou tou kaq umas oyesqe autoi kriths gar egw toutwn ou boulomai einai

16 kai aphlasen autous apo tou bhmatos

17 epilabomenoi de pantes oi ellhnes swsqenhn ton arcisunagwgon etupton emprosqen tou bhmatos kai ouden toutwn tw galliwni emelen

18 o de paulos eti prosmeinas hmeras ikanas tois adelfois apotaxamenos exeplei eis thn surian kai sun autw priskilla kai akulas keiramenos thn kefalhn en kegcreais eicen gar euchn

19 kathnthsen de eis efeson kakeinous katelipen autou autos de eiselqwn eis thn sunagwghn dielecqh tois ioudaiois

20 erwtwntwn de autwn epi pleiona cronon meinai par autois ouk epeneusen

21 all apetaxato autois eipwn dei me pantws thn eorthn thn ercomenhn poihsai eis ierosoluma palin de anakamyw pros umas tou qeou qelontos kai anhcqh apo ths efesou

22 kai katelqwn eis kaisareian anabas kai aspasamenos thn ekklhsian katebh eis antioceian

23 kai poihsas cronon tina exhlqen diercomenos kaqexhs thn galatikhn cwran kai frugian episthrizwn pantas tous maqhtas

24 ioudaios de tis apollws onomati alexandreus tw genei anhr logios kathnthsen eis efeson dunatos wn en tais grafais

25 outos hn kathchmenos thn odon tou kuriou kai zewn tw pneumati elalei kai edidasken akribws ta peri tou kuriou epistamenos monon to baptisma iwannou

26 outos te hrxato parrhsiazesqai en th sunagwgh akousantes de autou akulas kai priskilla proselabonto auton kai akribesteron autw exeqento thn tou qeou odon

27 boulomenou de autou dielqein eis thn acaian protreyamenoi oi adelfoi egrayan tois maqhtais apodexasqai auton os paragenomenos sunebaleto polu tois pepisteukosin dia ths caritos

28 eutonws gar tois ioudaiois diakathlegceto dhmosia epideiknus dia twn grafwn einai ton criston ihsoun

KEFALAION 19

1 egeneto de en tw ton apollw einai en korinqw paulon dielqonta ta anwterika merh elqein eis efeson kai eurwn tinas maqhtas

2 eipen pros autous ei pneuma agion elabete pisteusantes oi de eipon pros auton all oude ei pneuma agion estin hkousamen

3 eipen te pros autous eis ti oun ebaptisqhte oi de eipon eis to iwannou baptisma

4 eipen de paulos iwannhs men ebaptisen baptisma metanoias tw law legwn eis ton ercomenon met auton ina pisteuswsin toutestin eis ton criston ihsoun

5 akousantes de ebaptisqhsan eis to onoma tou kuriou ihsou

6 kai epiqentos autois tou paulou tas ceiras hlqen to pneuma to agion ep autous elaloun te glwssais kai proefhteuon

7 hsan de oi pantes andres wsei dekaduo

8 eiselqwn de eis thn sunagwghn eparrhsiazeto epi mhnas treis dialegomenos kai peiqwn ta peri ths basileias tou qeou

9 ws de tines esklhrunonto kai hpeiqoun kakologountes thn odon enwpion tou plhqous apostas ap autwn afwrisen tous maqhtas kaq hmeran dialegomenos en th scolh turannou tinos

10 touto de egeneto epi eth duo wste pantas tous katoikountas thn asian akousai ton logon tou kuriou ihsou ioudaious te kai ellhnas

11 dunameis te ou tas tucousas epoiei o qeos dia twn ceirwn paulou

12 wste kai epi tous asqenountas epiferesqai apo tou crwtos autou soudaria h simikinqia kai apallassesqai ap autwn tas nosous ta te pneumata ta ponhra exercesqai ap autwn

13 epeceirhsan de tines apo twn periercomenwn ioudaiwn exorkistwn onomazein epi tous econtas ta pneumata ta ponhra to onoma tou kuriou ihsou legontes orkizomen umas ton ihsoun on o paulos khrussei

14 hsan de tines uioi skeua ioudaiou arcierews epta oi touto poiountes

15 apokriqen de to pneuma to ponhron eipen ton ihsoun ginwskw kai ton paulon epistamai umeis de tines este

16 kai efallomenos ep autous o anqrwpos en w hn to pneuma to ponhron kai katakurieusas autwn iscusen kat autwn wste gumnous kai tetraumatismenous ekfugein ek tou oikou ekeinou

17 touto de egeneto gnwston pasin ioudaiois te kai ellhsin tois katoikousin thn efeson kai epepesen fobos epi pantas autous kai emegaluneto to onoma tou kuriou ihsou

18 polloi te twn pepisteukotwn hrconto exomologoumenoi kai anaggellontes tas praxeis autwn

19 ikanoi de twn ta perierga praxantwn sunenegkantes tas biblous katekaion enwpion pantwn kai suneyhfisan tas timas autwn kai euron arguriou muriadas pente

20 outws kata kratos o logos tou kuriou huxanen kai iscuen

21 ws de eplhrwqh tauta eqeto o paulos en tw pneumati dielqwn thn makedonian kai acaian poreuesqai eis ierousalhm eipwn oti meta to genesqai me ekei dei me kai rwmhn idein

22 aposteilas de eis thn makedonian duo twn diakonountwn autw timoqeon kai eraston autos epescen cronon eis thn asian

23 egeneto de kata ton kairon ekeinon taracos ouk oligos peri ths odou

24 dhmhtrios gar tis onomati argurokopos poiwn naous argurous artemidos pareiceto tois tecnitais ergasian ouk olighn

25 ous sunaqroisas kai tous peri ta toiauta ergatas eipen andres epistasqe oti ek tauths ths ergasias h euporia hmwn estin

26 kai qewreite kai akouete oti ou monon efesou alla scedon pashs ths asias o paulos outos peisas metesthsen ikanon oclon legwn oti ouk eisin qeoi oi dia ceirwn ginomenoi

27 ou monon de touto kinduneuei hmin to meros eis apelegmon elqein alla kai to ths megalhs qeas artemidos ieron eis ouden logisqhnai mellein de kai kaqaireisqai thn megaleiothta auths hn olh h asia kai h oikoumenh sebetai

28 akousantes de kai genomenoi plhreis qumou ekrazon legontes megalh h artemis efesiwn

29 kai eplhsqh h polis olh sugcusews wrmhsan te omoqumadon eis to qeatron sunarpasantes gaion kai aristarcon makedonas sunekdhmous tou paulou

30 tou de paulou boulomenou eiselqein eis ton dhmon ouk eiwn auton oi maqhtai

31 tines de kai twn asiarcwn ontes autw filoi pemyantes pros auton parekaloun mh dounai eauton eis to qeatron

32 alloi men oun allo ti ekrazon hn gar h ekklhsia sugkecumenh kai oi pleious ouk hdeisan tinos eneken sunelhluqeisan

33 ek de tou oclou proebibasan alexandron probalontwn auton twn ioudaiwn o de alexandros kataseisas thn ceira hqelen apologeisqai tw dhmw

34 epignontwn de oti ioudaios estin fwnh egeneto mia ek pantwn ws epi wras duo krazontwn megalh h artemis efesiwn

35 katasteilas de o grammateus ton oclon fhsin andres efesioi tis gar estin anqrwpos os ou ginwskei thn efesiwn polin newkoron ousan ths megalhs qeas artemidos kai tou diopetous

36 anantirrhtwn oun ontwn toutwn deon estin umas katestalmenous uparcein kai mhden propetes prattein

37 hgagete gar tous andras toutous oute ierosulous oute blasfhmountas thn qean umwn

38 ei men oun dhmhtrios kai oi sun autw tecnitai pros tina logon ecousin agoraioi agontai kai anqupatoi eisin egkaleitwsan allhlois

39 ei de ti peri eterwn epizhteite en th ennomw ekklhsia epiluqhsetai

40 kai gar kinduneuomen egkaleisqai stasews peri ths shmeron mhdenos aitiou uparcontos peri ou dunhsomeqa apodounai logon ths sustrofhs tauths

41 kai tauta eipwn apelusen thn ekklhsian

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1 meta de to pausasqai ton qorubon proskalesamenos o paulos tous maqhtas kai aspasamenos exhlqen poreuqhnai eis thn makedonian

2 dielqwn de ta merh ekeina kai parakalesas autous logw pollw hlqen eis thn ellada

3 poihsas te mhnas treis genomenhs autw epiboulhs upo twn ioudaiwn mellonti anagesqai eis thn surian egeneto gnwmh tou upostrefein dia makedonias

4 suneipeto de autw acri ths asias swpatros beroiaios qessalonikewn de aristarcos kai sekoundos kai gaios derbaios kai timoqeos asianoi de tucikos kai trofimos

5 outoi proelqontes emenon hmas en trwadi

6 hmeis de exepleusamen meta tas hmeras twn azumwn apo filippwn kai hlqomen pros autous eis thn trwada acris hmerwn pente ou dietriyamen hmeras epta

7 en de th mia twn sabbatwn sunhgmenwn twn maqhtwn tou klasai arton o paulos dielegeto autois mellwn exienai th epaurion pareteinen te ton logon mecri mesonuktiou

8 hsan de lampades ikanai en tw uperww ou hsan sunhgmenoi

9 kaqhmenos de tis neanias onomati eutucos epi ths quridos kataferomenos upnw baqei dialegomenou tou paulou epi pleion katenecqeis apo tou upnou epesen apo tou tristegou katw kai hrqh nekros

10 katabas de o paulos epepesen autw kai sumperilabwn eipen mh qorubeisqe h gar yuch autou en autw estin

11 anabas de kai klasas arton kai geusamenos ef ikanon te omilhsas acris aughs outws exhlqen

12 hgagon de ton paida zwnta kai pareklhqhsan ou metriws

13 hmeis de proelqontes epi to ploion anhcqhmen eis thn asson ekeiqen mellontes analambanein ton paulon outws gar hn diatetagmenos mellwn autos pezeuein

14 ws de sunebalen hmin eis thn asson analabontes auton hlqomen eis mitulhnhn

15 kakeiqen apopleusantes th epioush kathnthsamen antikru ciou th de etera parebalomen eis samon kai meinantes en trwgulliw th ecomenh hlqomen eis milhton

16 ekrinen gar o paulos parapleusai thn efeson opws mh genhtai autw cronotribhsai en th asia espeuden gar ei dunaton hn autw thn hmeran ths penthkosths genesqai eis ierosoluma

17 apo de ths milhtou pemyas eis efeson metekalesato tous presbuterous ths ekklhsias

18 ws de paregenonto pros auton eipen autois umeis epistasqe apo prwths hmeras af hs epebhn eis thn asian pws meq umwn ton panta cronon egenomhn

19 douleuwn tw kuriw meta pashs tapeinofrosunhs kai pollwn dakruwn kai peirasmwn twn sumbantwn moi en tais epiboulais twn ioudaiwn

20 ws ouden upesteilamhn twn sumferontwn tou mh anaggeilai umin kai didaxai umas dhmosia kai kat oikous

21 diamarturomenos ioudaiois te kai ellhsin thn eis ton qeon metanoian kai pistin thn eis ton kurion hmwn ihsoun criston

22 kai nun idou egw dedemenos tw pneumati poreuomai eis ierousalhm ta en auth sunanthsonta moi mh eidws

23 plhn oti to pneuma to agion kata polin diamarturetai legon oti desma me kai qliyeis menousin

24 all oudenos logon poioumai oude ecw thn yuchn mou timian emautw ws teleiwsai ton dromon mou meta caras kai thn diakonian hn elabon para tou kuriou ihsou diamarturasqai to euaggelion ths caritos tou qeou

25 kai nun idou egw oida oti ouketi oyesqe to proswpon mou umeis pantes en ois dihlqon khrusswn thn basileian tou qeou

26 dio marturomai umin en th shmeron hmera oti kaqaros egw apo tou aimatos pantwn

27 ou gar upesteilamhn tou mh anaggeilai umin pasan thn boulhn tou qeou

28 prosecete oun eautois kai panti tw poimniw en w umas to pneuma to agion eqeto episkopous poimainein thn ekklhsian tou qeou hn periepoihsato dia tou idiou aimatos

29 egw gar oida touto oti eiseleusontai meta thn afixin mou lukoi bareis eis umas mh feidomenoi tou poimniou

30 kai ex umwn autwn anasthsontai andres lalountes diestrammena tou apospan tous maqhtas opisw autwn

31 dio grhgoreite mnhmoneuontes oti trietian nukta kai hmeran ouk epausamhn meta dakruwn nouqetwn ena ekaston

32 kai tanun paratiqemai umas adelfoi tw qew kai tw logw ths caritos autou tw dunamenw epoikodomhsai kai dounai umin klhronomian en tois hgiasmenois pasin

33 arguriou h crusiou h imatismou oudenos epequmhsa

34 autoi de ginwskete oti tais creiais mou kai tois ousin met emou uphrethsan ai ceires autai

35 panta upedeixa umin oti outws kopiwntas dei antilambanesqai twn asqenountwn mnhmoneuein te twn logwn tou kuriou ihsou oti autos eipen makarion estin didonai mallon h lambanein

36 kai tauta eipwn qeis ta gonata autou sun pasin autois proshuxato

37 ikanos de egeneto klauqmos pantwn kai epipesontes epi ton trachlon tou paulou katefiloun auton

38 odunwmenoi malista epi tw logw w eirhkei oti ouketi mellousin to proswpon autou qewrein proepempon de auton eis to ploion

KEFALAION 21

1 ws de egeneto anacqhnai hmas apospasqentas ap autwn euqudromhsantes hlqomen eis thn kwn th de exhs eis thn rodon kakeiqen eis patara

2 kai eurontes ploion diaperwn eis foinikhn epibantes anhcqhmen

3 anafanantes de thn kupron kai katalipontes authn euwnumon epleomen eis surian kai kathcqhmen eis turon ekeise gar hn to ploion apofortizomenon ton gomon

4 kai aneurontes tous maqhtas epemeinamen autou hmeras epta oitines tw paulw elegon dia tou pneumatos mh anabainein eis ierousalhm

5 ote de egeneto hmas exartisai tas hmeras exelqontes eporeuomeqa propempontwn hmas pantwn sun gunaixin kai teknois ews exw ths polews kai qentes ta gonata epi ton aigialon proshuxameqa

6 kai aspasamenoi allhlous epebhmen eis to ploion ekeinoi de upestreyan eis ta idia

7 hmeis de ton ploun dianusantes apo turou kathnthsamen eis ptolemaida kai aspasamenoi tous adelfous emeinamen hmeran mian par autois

8 th de epaurion exelqontes oi peri ton paulon hlqon eis kaisareian kai eiselqontes eis ton oikon filippou tou euaggelistou tou ontos ek twn epta emeinamen par autw

9 toutw de hsan qugateres parqenoi tessares profhteuousai

10 epimenontwn de hmwn hmeras pleious kathlqen tis apo ths ioudaias profhths onomati agabos

11 kai elqwn pros hmas kai aras thn zwnhn tou paulou dhsas te autou tas ceiras kai tous podas eipen tade legei to pneuma to agion ton andra ou estin h zwnh auth outws dhsousin en ierousalhm oi ioudaioi kai paradwsousin eis ceiras eqnwn

12 ws de hkousamen tauta parekaloumen hmeis te kai oi entopioi tou mh anabainein auton eis ierousalhm

13 apekriqh de o paulos ti poieite klaiontes kai sunqruptontes mou thn kardian egw gar ou monon deqhnai alla kai apoqanein eis ierousalhm etoimws ecw uper tou onomatos tou kuriou ihsou

14 mh peiqomenou de autou hsucasamen eipontes to qelhma tou kuriou genesqw

15 meta de tas hmeras tautas aposkeuasamenoi anebainomen eis ierousalhm

16 sunhlqon de kai twn maqhtwn apo kaisareias sun hmin agontes par w xenisqwmen mnaswni tini kupriw arcaiw maqhth

17 genomenwn de hmwn eis ierosoluma asmenws edexanto hmas oi adelfoi

18 th de epioush eishei o paulos sun hmin pros iakwbon pantes te paregenonto oi presbuteroi

19 kai aspasamenos autous exhgeito kaq en ekaston wn epoihsen o qeos en tois eqnesin dia ths diakonias autou

20 oi de akousantes edoxazon ton kurion eipon te autw qewreis adelfe posai muriades eisin ioudaiwn twn pepisteukotwn kai pantes zhlwtai tou nomou uparcousin

21 kathchqhsan de peri sou oti apostasian didaskeis apo mwsews tous kata ta eqnh pantas ioudaious legwn mh peritemnein autous ta tekna mhde tois eqesin peripatein

22 ti oun estin pantws dei plhqos sunelqein akousontai gar oti elhluqas

23 touto oun poihson o soi legomen eisin hmin andres tessares euchn econtes ef eautwn

24 toutous paralabwn agnisqhti sun autois kai dapanhson ep autois ina xurhswntai thn kefalhn kai gnwsin pantes oti wn kathchntai peri sou ouden estin alla stoiceis kai autos ton nomon fulasswn

25 peri de twn pepisteukotwn eqnwn hmeis epesteilamen krinantes mhden toiouton threin autous ei mh fulassesqai autous to te eidwloquton kai to aima kai pnikton kai porneian

26 tote o paulos paralabwn tous andras th ecomenh hmera sun autois agnisqeis eishei eis to ieron diaggellwn thn ekplhrwsin twn hmerwn tou agnismou ews ou proshnecqh uper enos ekastou autwn h prosfora

27 ws de emellon ai epta hmerai sunteleisqai oi apo ths asias ioudaioi qeasamenoi auton en tw ierw suneceon panta ton oclon kai epebalon tas ceiras ep auton

28 krazontes andres israhlitai bohqeite outos estin o anqrwpos o kata tou laou kai tou nomou kai tou topou toutou pantas pantacou didaskwn eti te kai ellhnas eishgagen eis to ieron kai kekoinwken ton agion topon touton

29 hsan gar proewrakotes trofimon ton efesion en th polei sun autw on enomizon oti eis to ieron eishgagen o paulos

30 ekinhqh te h polis olh kai egeneto sundromh tou laou kai epilabomenoi tou paulou eilkon auton exw tou ierou kai euqews ekleisqhsan ai qurai

31 zhtountwn de auton apokteinai anebh fasis tw ciliarcw ths speirhs oti olh sugkecutai ierousalhm

32 os exauths paralabwn stratiwtas kai ekatontarcous katedramen ep autous oi de idontes ton ciliarcon kai tous stratiwtas epausanto tuptontes ton paulon

33 tote eggisas o ciliarcos epelabeto autou kai ekeleusen deqhnai alusesin dusin kai epunqaneto tis an eih kai ti estin pepoihkws

34 alloi de allo ti ebown en tw oclw mh dunamenos de gnwnai to asfales dia ton qorubon ekeleusen agesqai auton eis thn parembolhn

35 ote de egeneto epi tous anabaqmous sunebh bastazesqai auton upo twn stratiwtwn dia thn bian tou oclou

36 hkolouqei gar to plhqos tou laou krazon aire auton

37 mellwn te eisagesqai eis thn parembolhn o paulos legei tw ciliarcw ei exestin moi eipein ti pros se o de efh ellhnisti ginwskeis

38 ouk ara su ei o aiguptios o pro toutwn twn hmerwn anastatwsas kai exagagwn eis thn erhmon tous tetrakiscilious andras twn sikariwn

39 eipen de o paulos egw anqrwpos men eimi ioudaios tarseus ths kilikias ouk ashmou polews poliths deomai de sou epitreyon moi lalhsai pros ton laon

40 epitreyantos de autou o paulos estws epi twn anabaqmwn kateseisen th ceiri tw law pollhs de sighs genomenhs prosefwnhsen th ebraidi dialektw legwn

KEFALAION 22

1 andres adelfoi kai pateres akousate mou ths pros umas nun apologias

2 akousantes de oti th ebraidi dialektw prosefwnei autois mallon parescon hsucian kai fhsin

3 egw men eimi anhr ioudaios gegennhmenos en tarsw ths kilikias anateqrammenos de en th polei tauth para tous podas gamalihl pepaideumenos kata akribeian tou patrwou nomou zhlwths uparcwn tou qeou kaqws pantes umeis este shmeron

4 os tauthn thn odon ediwxa acri qanatou desmeuwn kai paradidous eis fulakas andras te kai gunaikas

5 ws kai o arciereus marturei moi kai pan to presbuterion par wn kai epistolas dexamenos pros tous adelfous eis damaskon eporeuomhn axwn kai tous ekeise ontas dedemenous eis ierousalhm ina timwrhqwsin

6 egeneto de moi poreuomenw kai eggizonti th damaskw peri meshmbrian exaifnhs ek tou ouranou periastrayai fws ikanon peri eme

7 epeson te eis to edafos kai hkousa fwnhs legoushs moi saoul saoul ti me diwkeis

8 egw de apekriqhn tis ei kurie eipen te pros me egw eimi ihsous o nazwraios on su diwkeis

9 oi de sun emoi ontes to men fws eqeasanto kai emfoboi egenonto thn de fwnhn ouk hkousan tou lalountos moi

10 eipon de ti poihsw kurie o de kurios eipen pros me anastas poreuou eis damaskon kakei soi lalhqhsetai peri pantwn wn tetaktai soi poihsai

11 ws de ouk eneblepon apo ths doxhs tou fwtos ekeinou ceiragwgoumenos upo twn sunontwn moi hlqon eis damaskon

12 ananias de tis anhr eusebhs kata ton nomon marturoumenos upo pantwn twn katoikountwn ioudaiwn

13 elqwn pros me kai epistas eipen moi saoul adelfe anableyon kagw auth th wra anebleya eis auton

14 o de eipen o qeos twn paterwn hmwn proeceirisato se gnwnai to qelhma autou kai idein ton dikaion kai akousai fwnhn ek tou stomatos autou

15 oti esh martus autw pros pantas anqrwpous wn ewrakas kai hkousas

16 kai nun ti melleis anastas baptisai kai apolousai tas amartias sou epikalesamenos to onoma tou kuriou

17 egeneto de moi upostreyanti eis ierousalhm kai proseucomenou mou en tw ierw genesqai me en ekstasei

18 kai idein auton legonta moi speuson kai exelqe en tacei ex ierousalhm dioti ou paradexontai sou thn marturian peri emou

19 kagw eipon kurie autoi epistantai oti egw hmhn fulakizwn kai derwn kata tas sunagwgas tous pisteuontas epi se

20 kai ote execeito to aima stefanou tou marturos sou kai autos hmhn efestws kai suneudokwn th anairesei autou kai fulasswn ta imatia twn anairountwn auton

21 kai eipen pros me poreuou oti egw eis eqnh makran exapostelw se

22 hkouon de autou acri toutou tou logou kai ephran thn fwnhn autwn legontes aire apo ths ghs ton toiouton ou gar kaqhkon auton zhn

23 kraugazontwn de autwn kai riptountwn ta imatia kai koniorton ballontwn eis ton aera

24 ekeleusen auton o ciliarcos agesqai eis thn parembolhn eipwn mastixin anetazesqai auton ina epignw di hn aitian outws epefwnoun autw

25 ws de proeteinen auton tois imasin eipen pros ton estwta ekatontarcon o paulos ei anqrwpon rwmaion kai akatakriton exestin umin mastizein

26 akousas de o ekatontarcos proselqwn aphggeilen tw ciliarcw legwn ora ti melleis poiein o gar anqrwpos outos rwmaios estin

27 proselqwn de o ciliarcos eipen autw lege moi ei su rwmaios ei o de efh nai

28 apekriqh te o ciliarcos egw pollou kefalaiou thn politeian tauthn ekthsamhn o de paulos efh egw de kai gegennhmai

29 euqews oun apesthsan ap autou oi mellontes auton anetazein kai o ciliarcos de efobhqh epignous oti rwmaios estin kai oti hn auton dedekws

30 th de epaurion boulomenos gnwnai to asfales to ti kathgoreitai para twn ioudaiwn elusen auton apo twn desmwn kai ekeleusen elqein tous arciereis kai olon to sunedrion autwn kai katagagwn ton paulon esthsen eis autous

KEFALAION 23

1 atenisas de o paulos tw sunedriw eipen andres adelfoi egw pash suneidhsei agaqh pepoliteumai tw qew acri tauths ths hmeras

2 o de arciereus ananias epetaxen tois parestwsin autw tuptein autou to stoma

3 tote o paulos pros auton eipen tuptein se mellei o qeos toice kekoniamene kai su kaqh krinwn me kata ton nomon kai paranomwn keleueis me tuptesqai

4 oi de parestwtes eipon ton arcierea tou qeou loidoreis

5 efh te o paulos ouk hdein adelfoi oti estin arciereus gegraptai gar arconta tou laou sou ouk ereis kakws

6 gnous de o paulos oti to en meros estin saddoukaiwn to de eteron farisaiwn ekraxen en tw sunedriw andres adelfoi egw farisaios eimi uios farisaiou peri elpidos kai anastasews nekrwn egw krinomai

7 touto de autou lalhsantos egeneto stasis twn farisaiwn kai twn saddoukaiwn kai escisqh to plhqos

8 saddoukaioi men gar legousin mh einai anastasin mhde aggelon mhte pneuma farisaioi de omologousin ta amfotera

9 egeneto de kraugh megalh kai anastantes oi grammateis tou merous twn farisaiwn diemaconto legontes ouden kakon euriskomen en tw anqrwpw toutw ei de pneuma elalhsen autw h aggelos mh qeomacwmen

10 pollhs de genomenhs stasews eulabhqeis o ciliarcos mh diaspasqh o paulos up autwn ekeleusen to strateuma kataban arpasai auton ek mesou autwn agein te eis thn parembolhn

11 th de epioush nukti epistas autw o kurios eipen qarsei paule ws gar diemarturw ta peri emou eis ierousalhm outws se dei kai eis rwmhn marturhsai

12 genomenhs de hmeras poihsantes tines twn ioudaiwn sustrofhn aneqematisan eautous legontes mhte fagein mhte piein ews ou apokteinwsin ton paulon

13 hsan de pleious tessarakonta oi tauthn thn sunwmosian pepoihkotes

14 oitines proselqontes tois arciereusin kai tois presbuterois eipon anaqemati aneqematisamen eautous mhdenos geusasqai ews ou apokteinwmen ton paulon

15 nun oun umeis emfanisate tw ciliarcw sun tw sunedriw opws aurion auton katagagh pros umas ws mellontas diaginwskein akribesteron ta peri autou hmeis de pro tou eggisai auton etoimoi esmen tou anelein auton

16 akousas de o uios ths adelfhs paulou to enedron paragenomenos kai eiselqwn eis thn parembolhn aphggeilen tw paulw

17 proskalesamenos de o paulos ena twn ekatontarcwn efh ton neanian touton apagage pros ton ciliarcon ecei gar ti apaggeilai autw

18 o men oun paralabwn auton hgagen pros ton ciliarcon kai fhsin o desmios paulos proskalesamenos me hrwthsen touton ton neanian agagein pros se econta ti lalhsai soi

19 epilabomenos de ths ceiros autou o ciliarcos kai anacwrhsas kat idian epunqaneto ti estin o eceis apaggeilai moi

20 eipen de oti oi ioudaioi suneqento tou erwthsai se opws aurion eis to sunedrion katagaghs ton paulon ws mellontes ti akribesteron punqanesqai peri autou

21 su oun mh peisqhs autois enedreuousin gar auton ex autwn andres pleious tessarakonta oitines aneqematisan eautous mhte fagein mhte piein ews ou anelwsin auton kai nun etoimoi eisin prosdecomenoi thn apo sou epaggelian

22 o men oun ciliarcos apelusen ton neanian paraggeilas mhdeni eklalhsai oti tauta enefanisas pros me

23 kai proskalesamenos duo tinas twn ekatontarcwn eipen etoimasate stratiwtas diakosious opws poreuqwsin ews kaisareias kai ippeis ebdomhkonta kai dexiolabous diakosious apo triths wras ths nuktos

24 kthnh te parasthsai ina epibibasantes ton paulon diaswswsin pros fhlika ton hgemona

25 grayas epistolhn periecousan ton tupon touton

26 klaudios lusias tw kratistw hgemoni fhliki cairein

27 ton andra touton sullhfqenta upo twn ioudaiwn kai mellonta anaireisqai up autwn epistas sun tw strateumati exeilomhn auton maqwn oti rwmaios estin

28 boulomenos de gnwnai thn aitian di hn enekaloun autw kathgagon auton eis to sunedrion autwn

29 on euron egkaloumenon peri zhthmatwn tou nomou autwn mhden de axion qanatou h desmwn egklhma econta

30 mhnuqeishs de moi epiboulhs eis ton andra mellein esesqai upo twn ioudaiwn exauths epemya pros se paraggeilas kai tois kathgorois legein ta pros auton epi sou errwso

31 oi men oun stratiwtai kata to diatetagmenon autois analabontes ton paulon hgagon dia ths nuktos eis thn antipatrida

32 th de epaurion easantes tous ippeis poreuesqai sun autw upestreyan eis thn parembolhn

33 oitines eiselqontes eis thn kaisareian kai anadontes thn epistolhn tw hgemoni paresthsan kai ton paulon autw

34 anagnous de o hgemwn kai eperwthsas ek poias eparcias estin kai puqomenos oti apo kilikias

35 diakousomai sou efh otan kai oi kathgoroi sou paragenwntai ekeleusen te auton en tw praitwriw tou hrwdou fulassesqai

KEFALAION 24

1 meta de pente hmeras katebh o arciereus ananias meta twn presbuterwn kai rhtoros tertullou tinos oitines enefanisan tw hgemoni kata tou paulou

2 klhqentos de autou hrxato kathgorein o tertullos legwn

3 pollhs eirhnhs tugcanontes dia sou kai katorqwmatwn ginomenwn tw eqnei toutw dia ths shs pronoias panth te kai pantacou apodecomeqa kratiste fhlix meta pashs eucaristias

4 ina de mh epi pleion se egkoptw parakalw akousai se hmwn suntomws th sh epieikeia

5 eurontes gar ton andra touton loimon kai kinounta stasin pasin tois ioudaiois tois kata thn oikoumenhn prwtostathn te ths twn nazwraiwn airesews

6 os kai to ieron epeirasen bebhlwsai on kai ekrathsamen kai kata ton hmeteron nomon hqelhsamen krinein

7 parelqwn de lusias o ciliarcos meta pollhs bias ek twn ceirwn hmwn aphgagen

8 keleusas tous kathgorous autou ercesqai epi se par ou dunhsh autos anakrinas peri pantwn toutwn epignwnai wn hmeis kathgoroumen autou

9 suneqento de kai oi ioudaioi faskontes tauta outws ecein

10 apekriqh de o paulos neusantos autw tou hgemonos legein ek pollwn etwn onta se krithn tw eqnei toutw epistamenos euqumoteron ta peri emautou apologoumai

11 dunamenou sou gnwnai oti ou pleious eisin moi hmerai h dekaduo af hs anebhn proskunhswn en ierousalhm

12 kai oute en tw ierw euron me pros tina dialegomenon h episustasin poiounta oclou oute en tais sunagwgais oute kata thn polin

13 oute parasthsai me dunantai peri wn nun kathgorousin mou

14 omologw de touto soi oti kata thn odon hn legousin airesin outws latreuw tw patrww qew pisteuwn pasin tois kata ton nomon kai tois profhtais gegrammenois

15 elpida ecwn eis ton qeon hn kai autoi outoi prosdecontai anastasin mellein esesqai nekrwn dikaiwn te kai adikwn

16 en toutw de autos askw aproskopon suneidhsin ecein pros ton qeon kai tous anqrwpous diapantos

17 di etwn de pleionwn paregenomhn elehmosunas poihswn eis to eqnos mou kai prosforas

18 en ois euron me hgnismenon en tw ierw ou meta oclou oude meta qorubou tines de apo ths asias ioudaioi

19 ous dei epi sou pareinai kai kathgorein ei ti ecoien pros me

20 h autoi outoi eipatwsan ei ti euron en emoi adikhma stantos mou epi tou sunedriou

21 h peri mias tauths fwnhs hs ekraxa estws en autois oti peri anastasews nekrwn egw krinomai shmeron uf umwn

22 akousas de tauta o fhlix anebaleto autous akribesteron eidws ta peri ths odou eipwn otan lusias o ciliarcos katabh diagnwsomai ta kaq umas

23 diataxamenos te tw ekatontarch threisqai ton paulon ecein te anesin kai mhdena kwluein twn idiwn autou uphretein h prosercesqai autw

24 meta de hmeras tinas paragenomenos o fhlix sun drousillh th gunaiki autou oush ioudaia metepemyato ton paulon kai hkousen autou peri ths eis criston pistews

25 dialegomenou de autou peri dikaiosunhs kai egkrateias kai tou krimatos tou mellontos esesqai emfobos genomenos o fhlix apekriqh to nun econ poreuou kairon de metalabwn metakalesomai se

26 ama de kai elpizwn oti crhmata doqhsetai autw upo tou paulou opws lush auton dio kai puknoteron auton metapempomenos wmilei autw

27 dietias de plhrwqeishs elaben diadocon o fhlix porkion fhston qelwn te caritas kataqesqai tois ioudaiois o fhlix katelipen ton paulon dedemenon

KEFALAION 25

1 fhstos oun epibas th eparcia meta treis hmeras anebh eis ierosoluma apo kaisareias

2 enefanisan de autw o arciereus kai oi prwtoi twn ioudaiwn kata tou paulou kai parekaloun auton

3 aitoumenoi carin kat autou opws metapemyhtai auton eis ierousalhm enedran poiountes anelein auton kata thn odon

4 o men oun fhstos apekriqh threisqai ton paulon en kaisareia eauton de mellein en tacei ekporeuesqai

5 oi oun dunatoi en umin fhsin sugkatabantes ei ti estin en tw andri toutw kathgoreitwsan autou

6 diatriyas de en autois hmeras pleious h deka katabas eis kaisareian th epaurion kaqisas epi tou bhmatos ekeleusen ton paulon acqhnai

7 paragenomenou de autou periesthsan oi apo ierosolumwn katabebhkotes ioudaioi polla kai barea aitiamata ferontes kata tou paulou a ouk iscuon apodeixai

8 apologoumenou autou oti oute eis ton nomon twn ioudaiwn oute eis to ieron oute eis kaisara ti hmarton

9 o fhstos de tois ioudaiois qelwn carin kataqesqai apokriqeis tw paulw eipen qeleis eis ierosoluma anabas ekei peri toutwn krinesqai ep emou

10 eipen de o paulos epi tou bhmatos kaisaros estws eimi ou me dei krinesqai ioudaious ouden hdikhsa ws kai su kallion epiginwskeis

11 ei men gar adikw kai axion qanatou pepraca ti ou paraitoumai to apoqanein ei de ouden estin wn outoi kathgorousin mou oudeis me dunatai autois carisasqai kaisara epikaloumai

12 tote o fhstos sullalhsas meta tou sumbouliou apekriqh kaisara epikeklhsai epi kaisara poreush

13 hmerwn de diagenomenwn tinwn agrippas o basileus kai bernikh kathnthsan eis kaisareian aspasomenoi ton fhston

14 ws de pleious hmeras dietribon ekei o fhstos tw basilei aneqeto ta kata ton paulon legwn anhr tis estin kataleleimmenos upo fhlikos desmios

15 peri ou genomenou mou eis ierosoluma enefanisan oi arciereis kai oi presbuteroi twn ioudaiwn aitoumenoi kat autou dikhn

16 pros ous apekriqhn oti ouk estin eqos rwmaiois carizesqai tina anqrwpon eis apwleian prin h o kathgoroumenos kata proswpon ecoi tous kathgorous topon te apologias laboi peri tou egklhmatos

17 sunelqontwn oun autwn enqade anabolhn mhdemian poihsamenos th exhs kaqisas epi tou bhmatos ekeleusa acqhnai ton andra

18 peri ou staqentes oi kathgoroi oudemian aitian epeferon wn upenooun egw

19 zhthmata de tina peri ths idias deisidaimonias eicon pros auton kai peri tinos ihsou teqnhkotos on efasken o paulos zhn

20 aporoumenos de egw eis thn peri toutou zhthsin elegon ei bouloito poreuesqai eis ierousalhm kakei krinesqai peri toutwn

21 tou de paulou epikalesamenou thrhqhnai auton eis thn tou sebastou diagnwsin ekeleusa threisqai auton ews ou pemyw auton pros kaisara

22 agrippas de pros ton fhston efh eboulomhn kai autos tou anqrwpou akousai o de aurion fhsin akoush autou

23 th oun epaurion elqontos tou agrippa kai ths bernikhs meta pollhs fantasias kai eiselqontwn eis to akroathrion sun te tois ciliarcois kai andrasin tois kat exochn ousin ths polews kai keleusantos tou fhstou hcqh o paulos

24 kai fhsin o fhstos agrippa basileu kai pantes oi sumparontes hmin andres qewreite touton peri ou pan to plhqos twn ioudaiwn enetucon moi en te ierosolumois kai enqade epibowntes mh dein zhn auton mhketi

25 egw de katalabomenos mhden axion qanatou auton pepracenai kai autou de toutou epikalesamenou ton sebaston ekrina pempein auton

26 peri ou asfales ti grayai tw kuriw ouk ecw dio prohgagon auton ef umwn kai malista epi sou basileu agrippa opws ths anakrisews genomenhs scw ti grayai

27 alogon gar moi dokei pemponta desmion mh kai tas kat autou aitias shmanai

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ION 26

1 agrippas de pros ton paulon efh epitrepetai soi uper seautou legein tote o paulos apelogeito ekteinas thn ceira

2 peri pantwn wn egkaloumai upo ioudaiwn basileu agrippa hghmai emauton makarion mellwn apologeisqai epi sou shmeron

3 malista gnwsthn onta se pantwn twn kata ioudaious eqwn te kai zhthmatwn dio deomai sou makroqumws akousai mou

4 thn men oun biwsin mou thn ek neothtos thn ap archs genomenhn en tw eqnei mou en ierosolumois isasin pantes oi ioudaioi

5 proginwskontes me anwqen ean qelwsin marturein oti kata thn akribestathn airesin ths hmeteras qrhskeias ezhsa farisaios

6 kai nun ep elpidi ths pros tous pateras epaggelias genomenhs upo tou qeou esthka krinomenos

7 eis hn to dwdekafulon hmwn en ekteneia nukta kai hmeran latreuon elpizei katanthsai peri hs elpidos egkaloumai basileu agrippa upo twn ioudaiwn

8 ti apiston krinetai par umin ei o qeos nekrous egeirei

9 egw men oun edoxa emautw pros to onoma ihsou tou nazwraiou dein polla enantia praxai

10 o kai epoihsa en ierosolumois kai pollous twn agiwn egw fulakais katekleisa thn para twn arcierewn exousian labwn anairoumenwn te autwn kathnegka yhfon

11 kai kata pasas tas sunagwgas pollakis timwrwn autous hnagkazon blasfhmein perissws te emmainomenos autois ediwkon ews kai eis tas exw poleis

12 en ois kai poreuomenos eis thn damaskon met exousias kai epitrophs ths para twn arcierewn

13 hmeras meshs kata thn odon eidon basileu ouranoqen uper thn lamprothta tou hliou perilamyan me fws kai tous sun emoi poreuomenous

14 pantwn de katapesontwn hmwn eis thn ghn hkousa fwnhn lalousan pros me kai legousan th ebraidi dialektw saoul saoul ti me diwkeis sklhron soi pros kentra laktizein

15 egw de eipon tis ei kurie o de eipen egw eimi ihsous on su diwkeis

16 alla anasthqi kai sthqi epi tous podas sou eis touto gar wfqhn soi proceirisasqai se uphrethn kai martura wn te eides wn te ofqhsomai soi

17 exairoumenos se ek tou laou kai twn eqnwn eis ous nun se apostellw

18 anoixai ofqalmous autwn tou epistreyai apo skotous eis fws kai ths exousias tou satana epi ton qeon tou labein autous afesin amartiwn kai klhron en tois hgiasmenois pistei th eis eme

19 oqen basileu agrippa ouk egenomhn apeiqhs th ouraniw optasia

20 alla tois en damaskw prwton kai ierosolumois eis pasan te thn cwran ths ioudaias kai tois eqnesin apaggellwn metanoein kai epistrefein epi ton qeon axia ths metanoias erga prassontas

21 eneka toutwn me oi ioudaioi sullabomenoi en tw ierw epeirwnto diaceirisasqai

22 epikourias oun tucwn ths para tou qeou acri ths hmeras tauths esthka marturoumenos mikrw te kai megalw ouden ektos legwn wn te oi profhtai elalhsan mellontwn ginesqai kai mwshs

23 ei paqhtos o cristos ei prwtos ex anastasews nekrwn fws mellei kataggellein tw law kai tois eqnesin

24 tauta de autou apologoumenou o fhstos megalh th fwnh efh mainh paule ta polla se grammata eis manian peritrepei

25 o de ou mainomai fhsin kratiste fhste all alhqeias kai swfrosunhs rhmata apofqeggomai

26 epistatai gar peri toutwn o basileus pros on kai parrhsiazomenos lalw lanqanein gar auton ti toutwn ou peiqomai ouden ou gar estin en gwnia pepragmenon touto

27 pisteueis basileu agrippa tois profhtais oida oti pisteueis

28 o de agrippas pros ton paulon efh en oligw me peiqeis cristianon genesqai

29 o de paulos eipen euxaimhn an tw qew kai en oligw kai en pollw ou monon se alla kai pantas tous akouontas mou shmeron genesqai toioutous opoios kagw eimi parektos twn desmwn toutwn

30 kai tauta eipontos autou anesth o basileus kai o hgemwn h te bernikh kai oi sugkaqhmenoi autois

31 kai anacwrhsantes elaloun pros allhlous legontes oti ouden qanatou axion h desmwn prassei o anqrwpos outos

32 agrippas de tw fhstw efh apolelusqai edunato o anqrwpos outos ei mh epekeklhto kaisara

KEFALAION 27

1 ws de ekriqh tou apoplein hmas eis thn italian paredidoun ton te paulon kai tinas eterous desmwtas ekatontarch onomati iouliw speirhs sebasths

2 epibantes de ploiw adramutthnw mellontes plein tous kata thn asian topous anhcqhmen ontos sun hmin aristarcou makedonos qessalonikews

3 th te etera kathcqhmen eis sidwna filanqrwpws te o ioulios tw paulw crhsamenos epetreyen pros filous poreuqenta epimeleias tucein

4 kakeiqen anacqentes upepleusamen thn kupron dia to tous anemous einai enantious

5 to te pelagos to kata thn kilikian kai pamfulian diapleusantes kathlqomen eis mura ths lukias

6 kakei eurwn o ekatontarcos ploion alexandrinon pleon eis thn italian enebibasen hmas eis auto

7 en ikanais de hmerais braduploountes kai molis genomenoi kata thn knidon mh prosewntos hmas tou anemou upepleusamen thn krhthn kata salmwnhn

8 molis te paralegomenoi authn hlqomen eis topon tina kaloumenon kalous limenas w eggus hn polis lasaia

9 ikanou de cronou diagenomenou kai ontos hdh episfalous tou ploos dia to kai thn nhsteian hdh parelhluqenai parhnei o paulos

10 legwn autois andres qewrw oti meta ubrews kai pollhs zhmias ou monon tou fortou kai tou ploiou alla kai twn yucwn hmwn mellein esesqai ton ploun

11 o de ekatontarcos tw kubernhth kai tw nauklhrw epeiqeto mallon h tois upo tou paulou legomenois

12 aneuqetou de tou limenos uparcontos pros paraceimasian oi pleious eqento boulhn anacqhnai kakeiqen eipws dunainto katanthsantes eis foinika paraceimasai limena ths krhths bleponta kata liba kai kata cwron

13 upopneusantos de notou doxantes ths proqesews kekrathkenai arantes asson parelegonto thn krhthn

14 met ou polu de ebalen kat auths anemos tufwnikos o kaloumenos eurokludwn

15 sunarpasqentos de tou ploiou kai mh dunamenou antofqalmein tw anemw epidontes eferomeqa

16 nhsion de ti upodramontes kaloumenon klaudhn molis iscusamen perikrateis genesqai ths skafhs

17 hn arantes bohqeiais ecrwnto upozwnnuntes to ploion foboumenoi te mh eis thn surtin ekpeswsin calasantes to skeuos outws eferonto

18 sfodrws de ceimazomenwn hmwn th exhs ekbolhn epoiounto

19 kai th trith autoceires thn skeuhn tou ploiou erriyamen

20 mhte de hliou mhte astrwn epifainontwn epi pleionas hmeras ceimwnos te ouk oligou epikeimenou loipon perihreito pasa elpis tou swzesqai hmas

21 pollhs de asitias uparcoushs tote staqeis o paulos en mesw autwn eipen edei men w andres peiqarchsantas moi mh anagesqai apo ths krhths kerdhsai te thn ubrin tauthn kai thn zhmian

22 kai tanun parainw umas euqumein apobolh gar yuchs oudemia estai ex umwn plhn tou ploiou

23 paresth gar moi th nukti tauth aggelos tou qeou ou eimi w kai latreuw

24 legwn mh fobou paule kaisari se dei parasthnai kai idou kecaristai soi o qeos pantas tous pleontas meta sou

25 dio euqumeite andres pisteuw gar tw qew oti outws estai kaq on tropon lelalhtai moi

26 eis nhson de tina dei hmas ekpesein

27 ws de tessareskaidekath nux egeneto diaferomenwn hmwn en tw adria kata meson ths nuktos upenooun oi nautai prosagein tina autois cwran

28 kai bolisantes euron orguias eikosi bracu de diasthsantes kai palin bolisantes euron orguias dekapente

29 foboumenoi te mhpws eis traceis topous ekpeswsin ek prumnhs riyantes agkuras tessaras huconto hmeran genesqai

30 twn de nautwn zhtountwn fugein ek tou ploiou kai calasantwn thn skafhn eis thn qalassan profasei ws ek prwras mellontwn agkuras ekteinein

31 eipen o paulos tw ekatontarch kai tois stratiwtais ean mh outoi meinwsin en tw ploiw umeis swqhnai ou dunasqe

32 tote oi stratiwtai apekoyan ta scoinia ths skafhs kai eiasan authn ekpesein

33 acri de ou emellen hmera ginesqai parekalei o paulos apantas metalabein trofhs legwn tessareskaidekathn shmeron hmeran prosdokwntes asitoi diateleite mhden proslabomenoi

34 dio parakalw umas proslabein trofhs touto gar pros ths umeteras swthrias uparcei oudenos gar umwn qrix ek ths kefalhs peseitai

35 eipwn de tauta kai labwn arton eucaristhsen tw qew enwpion pantwn kai klasas hrxato esqiein

36 euqumoi de genomenoi pantes kai autoi proselabonto trofhs

37 hmen de en tw ploiw ai pasai yucai diakosiai ebdomhkontaex

38 koresqentes de trofhs ekoufizon to ploion ekballomenoi ton siton eis thn qalassan

39 ote de hmera egeneto thn ghn ouk epeginwskon kolpon de tina katenooun econta aigialon eis on ebouleusanto ei dunainto exwsai to ploion

40 kai tas agkuras perielontes eiwn eis thn qalassan ama anentes tas zeukthrias twn phdaliwn kai eparantes ton artemona th pneoush kateicon eis ton aigialon

41 peripesontes de eis topon diqalasson epwkeilan thn naun kai h men prwra ereisasa emeinen asaleutos h de prumna elueto upo ths bias twn kumatwn

42 twn de stratiwtwn boulh egeneto ina tous desmwtas apokteinwsin mhtis ekkolumbhsas diafugoi

43 o de ekatontarcos boulomenos diaswsai ton paulon ekwlusen autous tou boulhmatos ekeleusen te tous dunamenous kolumban aporriyantas prwtous epi thn ghn exienai

44 kai tous loipous ous men epi sanisin ous de epi tinwn twn apo tou ploiou kai outws egeneto pantas diaswqhnai epi thn ghn

KEFALAION 28

1 kai diaswqentes tote epegnwsan oti melith h nhsos kaleitai

2 oi de barbaroi pareicon ou thn tucousan filanqrwpian hmin anayantes gar puran proselabonto pantas hmas dia ton ueton ton efestwta kai dia to yucos

3 sustreyantos de tou paulou fruganwn plhqos kai epiqentos epi thn puran ecidna ek ths qermhs exelqousa kaqhyen ths ceiros autou

4 ws de eidon oi barbaroi kremamenon to qhrion ek ths ceiros autou elegon pros allhlous pantws foneus estin o anqrwpos outos on diaswqenta ek ths qalasshs h dikh zhn ouk eiasen

5 o men oun apotinaxas to qhrion eis to pur epaqen ouden kakon

6 oi de prosedokwn auton mellein pimprasqai h katapiptein afnw nekron epi polu de autwn prosdokwntwn kai qewrountwn mhden atopon eis auton ginomenon metaballomenoi elegon qeon auton einai

7 en de tois peri ton topon ekeinon uphrcen cwria tw prwtw ths nhsou onomati popliw os anadexamenos hmas treis hmeras filofronws exenisen

8 egeneto de ton patera tou popliou puretois kai dusenteria sunecomenon katakeisqai pros on o paulos eiselqwn kai proseuxamenos epiqeis tas ceiras autw iasato auton

9 toutou oun genomenou kai oi loipoi oi econtes asqeneias en th nhsw proshrconto kai eqerapeuonto

10 oi kai pollais timais etimhsan hmas kai anagomenois epeqento ta pros thn creian

11 meta de treis mhnas anhcqhmen en ploiw parakeceimakoti en th nhsw alexandrinw parashmw dioskourois

12 kai katacqentes eis surakousas epemeinamen hmeras treis

13 oqen perielqontes kathnthsamen eis rhgion kai meta mian hmeran epigenomenou notou deuteraioi hlqomen eis potiolous

14 ou eurontes adelfous pareklhqhmen ep autois epimeinai hmeras epta kai outws eis thn rwmhn hlqomen

15 kakeiqen oi adelfoi akousantes ta peri hmwn exhlqon eis apanthsin hmin acris appiou forou kai triwn tabernwn ous idwn o paulos eucaristhsas tw qew elaben qarsos

16 ote de hlqomen eis rwmhn o ekatontarcos paredwken tous desmious tw stratopedarch tw de paulw epetraph menein kaq eauton sun tw fulassonti auton stratiwth

17 egeneto de meta hmeras treis sugkalesasqai ton paulon tous ontas twn ioudaiwn prwtous sunelqontwn de autwn elegen pros autous andres adelfoi egw ouden enantion poihsas tw law h tois eqesin tois patrwois desmios ex ierosolumwn paredoqhn eis tas ceiras twn rwmaiwn

18 oitines anakrinantes me eboulonto apolusai dia to mhdemian aitian qanatou uparcein en emoi

19 antilegontwn de twn ioudaiwn hnagkasqhn epikalesasqai kaisara ouc ws tou eqnous mou ecwn ti kathgorhsai

20 dia tauthn oun thn aitian parekalesa umas idein kai proslalhsai eneken gar ths elpidos tou israhl thn alusin tauthn perikeimai

21 oi de pros auton eipon hmeis oute grammata peri sou edexameqa apo ths ioudaias oute paragenomenos tis twn adelfwn aphggeilen h elalhsen ti peri sou ponhron

22 axioumen de para sou akousai a froneis peri men gar ths airesews tauths gnwston estin hmin oti pantacou antilegetai

23 taxamenoi de autw hmeran hkon pros auton eis thn xenian pleiones ois exetiqeto diamarturomenos thn basileian tou qeou peiqwn te autous ta peri tou ihsou apo te tou nomou mwsews kai twn profhtwn apo prwi ews esperas

24 kai oi men epeiqonto tois legomenois oi de hpistoun

25 asumfwnoi de ontes pros allhlous apeluonto eipontos tou paulou rhma en oti kalws to pneuma to agion elalhsen dia hsaiou tou profhtou pros tous pateras hmwn

26 legon poreuqhti pros ton laon touton kai eipe akoh akousete kai ou mh sunhte kai blepontes bleyete kai ou mh idhte

27 epacunqh gar h kardia tou laou toutou kai tois wsin barews hkousan kai tous ofqalmous autwn ekammusan mhpote idwsin tois ofqalmois kai tois wsin akouswsin kai th kardia sunwsin kai epistreywsin kai iaswmai autous

28 gnwston oun estw umin oti tois eqnesin apestalh to swthrion tou qeou autoi kai akousontai

29 kai tauta autou eipontos aphlqon oi ioudaioi pollhn econtes en eautois suzhthsin

30 emeinen de o paulos dietian olhn en idiw misqwmati kai apedeceto pantas tous eisporeuomenous pros auton