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Καί And προσκαλεσάμενος having called to [him] δύο two τινάς certain τῶν of the ἑκατονταρχῶν centurions, εἶπεν· he said, Ἑτοιμάσατε Prepare στρατιώτας soldiers διακοσίους, two hundred, ὅπως so that πορευθῶσιν they might go ἕως as far as Καισαρείας, Caesarea, καί and ἱππεῖς horsemen ἑβδομήκοντα seventy, καί and δεξιολάβους spearmen διακοσίους two hundred, ἀπό for τρίτης the third ὥρας hour τῆς of the νυκτός, night. κτήνη Mounts τέ then παραστῆσαι provide, ἵνα so that ἐπιβιβάσαντες having set upon [them] τόν - Παῦλον Paul, διασώσωσι they might bring [him] safely πρός to Φήλικα Felix τόν the ἡγεμόνα, governor, γράψας having written ἐπιστολήν a letter, ἔχουσαν having τόν the τύπον form τοῦτον· this: Κλαύδιος Claudius Λυσίας Lysias, Τῷ To the κρατίστῳ most excellent ἡγεμόνι governor, Φήλικι Felix: Χαίρειν. Greetings. Τόν The ἄνδρα man τοῦτον this, συλλημφθέντα having been seized ὑπό by τῶν the Ἰουδαίων Jews, καί and μέλλοντα being about ἀναιρεῖσθαι to be killed ὑπ ̓ by αὐτῶν them, ἐπιστάς having come up σύν with τῷ the στρατεύματι troop, ἐξειλάμην I rescued [him], μαθών having learned ὅτι that Ῥωμαῖος a Roman ἐστίν. he is. βουλόμενος Resolving τέ then ἐπιγνῶναι to know τήν the αἰτίαν charge δι ̓ on account of ἥν which ἐνεκάλουν they were accusing αὐτῷ, him, κατήγαγον I brought [him] down εἰς to τό the συνέδριον council αὐτῶν of them, ὅν whom εὗρον I found ἐγκαλούμενον being accused περί concerning ζητημάτων questions τοῦ of the νόμου law αὐτῶν, of them, μηδέν no δέ however ἄξιον worthy θανάτου of death ἤ or δεσμῶν of chains ἔχοντα having ἔγκλημα. accusation. Μηνυθείσης It having been disclosed δέ then μοι to me ἐπιβουλῆς of a plot that εἰς against τόν the ἄνδρα man ἔσεσθαι would be, ἐξαυτῆς at once ἔπεμψα I sent [him] πρός to σέ you, παραγγείλας having instructed καί also τοῖς the κατηγόροις accusers λέγειν to speak τά these things πρός against αὐτόν him ἐπί before σοῦ. you. οἱ - μέν Indeed οὖν therefore στρατιῶται the soldiers, κατά according to τό that διατεταγμένον having been ordered αὐτοῖς them, ἀναλαβόντες having taken τόν - Παῦλον Paul, ἤγαγον brought [him] διά by νυκτός night εἰς to τήν - Ἀντιπατρίδα, Antipatris. τῇ On the δέ now ἐπαύριον next day, ἐάσαντες having allowed τούς the ἱππεῖς horsemen ἀπέρχεσθαι to go σύν with αὐτῷ him, ὑπέστρεψαν they returned εἰς to τήν the παρεμβολήν· barracks, οἵτινες who εἰσελθόντες having entered εἰς into τήν - Καισάρειαν Caesarea καί and ἀναδόντες having delivered τήν the ἐπιστολήν letter τῷ to the ἡγεμόνι governor, παρέστησαν presented καί also τόν - Παῦλον Paul αὐτῷ. to him. Ἀναγνούς Having read [it] δέ then, καί and ἐπερωτήσας having asked ἐκ from ποίας what ἐπαρχείας province ἐστίν, he is, καί and πυθόμενος having learned ὅτι that ἀπό from Κιλικίας, Cilicia [he is], Διακούσομαι I will hear fully σου, you, ἔφη, he was saying, Ὅταν when καί also οἱ the κατήγοροι accusers σου of you παραγένωνται· may have arrived, κελεύσας having commanded ἐν in τῷ the πραιτωρίῳ Praetorium τοῦ - Ἡρῴδου of Herod φυλάσσεσθαι to be guarded αὐτόν. him.

Μετά After δέ then πέντε five ἡμέρας days, κατέβη came down ὁ the ἀρχιερεύς high priest Ἁνανίας Ananias, μετά with πρεσβυτέρων elders τινῶν some καί and ῥήτορος an orator Τερτύλλου Tertullus τινός, certain, οἵτινες who ἐνεφάνισαν made a representation τῷ to the ἡγεμόνι governor κατά against τοῦ - Παύλου. Paul. Κληθέντος Having been called δέ then αὐτοῦ of him, ἤρξατο began κατηγορεῖν to accuse ὁ - Τέρτυλλος Tertullus, λέγων· saying, Πολλῆς Great εἰρήνης peace τυγχάνοντες we are attaining διά through σοῦ you, καί and διορθωμάτων excellent measures γινομένων are being done τῷ to the ἔθνει nation τούτῳ this διά through τῆς - σῆς your προνοίας, foresight, πάντῃ in every way τέ both καί and πανταχοῦ everywhere, ἀποδεχόμεθα, we gladly accept [it], κράτιστε most excellent Φῆλιξ, Felix, μετά with πάσης all εὐχαριστίας. thankfulness. ἵνα In order that δέ however μή not ἐπί to πλεῖον any longer σε you ἐνκόπτω, I should be a hindrance, παρακαλῶ I implore ἀκοῦσαι to hear σε you ἡμῶν us συντόμως briefly, τῇ [in] σῇ your ἐπιεικείᾳ. kindness. Εὑρόντες Having found γάρ for τόν the ἄνδρα man τοῦτον this λοιμόν a pest, καί and κινοῦντα stirring στάσεις insurrection πᾶσιν among all τοῖς the Ἰουδαίοις Jews τοῖς - κατά in τήν the οἰκουμένην world, πρωτοστάτην a leader τέ then τῆς of the τῶν of the Ναζωραίων Nazarenes αἱρέσεως, sect, ὅς who καί even τό the ἱερόν temple ἐπείρασεν attempted βεβηλῶσαι to profane, ὅν whom καί also ἐκρατήσαμεν, we seized. παρ ̓ From οὗ him δυνήσῃ you will be able αὐτός yourself, ἀνακρίνας having examined [him] περί concerning πάντων all τούτων these things, ἐπιγνῶναι to know ὧν of which ἡμεῖς we κατηγοροῦμεν accuse αὐτοῦ. him. Συνεπέθεντο Agreed δέ then καί also οἱ the Ἰουδαῖοι Jews, φάσκοντες declaring ταῦτα these things οὕτως so ἔχειν. to be.

Ἀπεκρίθη Answered τέ then ὁ - Παῦλος Paul, νεύσαντος having made a sign αὐτῷ to him τοῦ the ἡγεμόνος governor λέγειν· to speak: ἐκ For πολλῶν many ἐτῶν years, ὄντα as being σε you κριτήν judge τῷ to ἔθνει nation, τούτῳ this ἐπιστάμενος knowing, εὐθύμως cheerfully τά to the things περί concerning ἐμαυτοῦ myself ἀπολογοῦμαι, I make a defense. δυναμένου Being able σου you ἐπιγνῶναι to know ὅτι that οὐ not πλείους more than εἰσίν there are μοι to me ἡμέραι days δώδεκα twelve, ἀφ ̓ from ἧς which ἀνέβην I went up προσκυνήσων to worship εἰς in Ἰερουσαλήμ. Jerusalem. καί And οὔτε neither ἐν in τῷ the ἱερῷ temple εὗρον did they find με me πρός with τινά anyone διαλεγόμενον reasoning, ἤ or ἐπίστασιν a tumultuous gathering ποιοῦντα making ὄχλου of a crowd, οὔτε nor ἐν in ταῖς the συναγωγαῖς synagogues, οὔτε nor κατά in τήν the πόλιν, city. οὐδέ Nor παραστῆσαι to prove δύνανται are they able σοι to you, περί concerning ὧν [the things] of which νυνί now κατηγοροῦσιν they accuse μου. me. Ὁμολογῶ I confess δέ however τοῦτο this σοι to you, ὅτι that κατά according to τήν the Ὁδόν Way ἥν which λέγουσιν they call αἵρεσιν, a sect, οὕτως so λατρεύω I serve τῷ the πατρῴῳ of our fathers Θεῷ God, πιστεύων believing πᾶσι all things τοῖς - κατά throughout τόν the νόμον law, καί and τοῖς that ἐν in τοῖς the προφήταις Prophets γεγραμμένοις, have been written, ἐλπίδα a hope ἔχων having εἰς in τόν - Θεόν God ἥν which καί also αὐτοί they οὗτοι themselves προσδέχονται, await, ἀνάστασιν [that] a resurrection μέλλειν there is about ἔσεσθαι to be δικαίων of [the] just τέ both καί and ἀδίκων. of [the] unjust. ἐν In τούτῳ this καί also αὐτός I myself ἀσκῶ strive, ἀπρόσκοπον without offense συνείδησιν a conscience ἔχειν to have πρός toward τόν - Θεόν God καί and τούς - ἀνθρώπους men, διά through παντός. everything. Δι ̓ After ἐτῶν years δέ now πλειόνων many, ἐλεημοσύνας alms ποιήσων to bring εἰς to τό the ἔθνος nation μου of me, παρεγενόμην I arrived, καί and προσφοράς, offerings, ἐν during αἷς which εὗρον they found με me ἡγνισμένον purified ἐν in τῷ the ἱερῷ temple, οὐ not μετά with ὄχλου a crowd, οὐδέ nor μετά in θορύβου, tumult. τινές Some δέ however [are] ἀπό from τῆς - Ἀσίας Asia, Ἰουδαῖοι, Jews οὕς who ἔδει ought ἐπί before σοῦ you παρεῖναι to appear καί and κατηγορεῖν to make accusation, εἴ if τὶ anything ἔχοιεν they may have πρός against ἐμέ. me. ἤ Otherwise αὐτοί themselves οὗτοι it εἰπάτωσαν let them say τί any εὗρον they found ἀδίκημα unrighteousness, στάντος having stood μου in me ἐπί before τοῦ the συνεδρίου, Council, ἤ [other] than περί concerning μιᾶς one ταύτης this φωνῆς voice ἧς which ἐκέκραξα I cried out ἐν among αὐτοῖς them ἑστώς standing ὅτι -: Περί Concerning ἀναστάσεως [the] resurrection νεκρῶν of [the] dead ἐγώ I κρίνομαι am judged σήμερον this day ἐφ ̓ by ὑμῶν. you.

Ἀνεβάλετο Put off δέ however αὐτούς them ὁ - Φῆλιξ, Felix, ἀκριβέστερον more precisely εἰδώς having knowledge of τά the things περί concerning τῆς the Ὁδοῦ Way, εἴπας· having said, Ὅταν When Λυσίας Lysias ὁ the χιλίαρχος commander καταβῇ, might have come down, διαγνώσομαι I will examine τά the things καθ ̓ as to ὑμᾶς· you, διαταξάμενος having commanded τῷ the ἑκατοντάρχῃ centurion τηρεῖσθαι to keep αὐτόν him, ἔχειν to [let him] have τέ then ἄνεσιν ease, καί and μηδένα not κωλύειν to forbid τῶν the ἰδίων own αὐτοῦ of him ὑπηρετεῖν to minister αὐτῷ. to him.

Μετά After δέ then ἡμέρας days τινάς some, παραγενόμενος having arrived ὁ - Φῆλιξ Felix σύν with Δρουσίλλῃ Drusilla, τῇ the ἰδίᾳ own γυναικί wife, οὔσῃ being Ἰουδαίᾳ a Jewess, μετεπέμψατο he sent for τόν - Παῦλον Paul καί and ἤκουσεν heard αὐτοῦ him περί concerning τῆς the εἰς in Χριστόν Christ Ἰησοῦν Jesus πίστεως. faith. διαλεγομένου Reasoning δέ then αὐτοῦ he περί concerning δικαιοσύνης righteousness καί and ἐγκρατείας self-control καί and τοῦ the κρίματος judgment τοῦ - μέλλοντος, coming, ἔμφοβος frightened γενόμενος having become, ὁ - Φῆλιξ Felix ἀπεκρίθη· answered, Τό For the νῦν present ἔχον being πορεύου, go away; καιρόν opportunity δέ then μεταλαβών having found, μετακαλέσομαι I will call for σε, you. ἅμα At the same time καί also, ἐλπίζων he is hoping ὅτι that χρήματα riches δοθήσεται will be given αὐτῷ him ὑπό by τοῦ - Παύλου· Paul. διό Therefore καί also πυκνότερον often αὐτόν him μεταπεμπόμενος sending for, ὡμίλει he was talking αὐτῷ. with him. Διετίας Two years δέ however πληρωθείσης having been completed, ἔλαβεν received [as] διάδοχον successor ὁ - Φῆλιξ Felix, Πόρκιον Porcius Φῆστον, Festus; θέλων wishing τέ then χάριτα favor καταθέσθαι to acquire for himself τοῖς with the Ἰουδαίοις Jews, ὁ - Φῆλιξ Felix κατέλιπε left τόν - Παῦλον Paul δεδεμένον. imprisoned.

Φῆστος Festus οὖν therefore ἐπιβάς having arrived in τῇ the ἐπαρχείᾳ province, μετά after τρεῖς three ἡμέρας days ἀνέβη he went up εἰς to Ἱεροσόλυμα Jerusalem ἀπό from Καισαρείας, Caesarea. ἐνεφάνισαν Made a presentation before τέ then αὐτῷ him οἱ the ἀρχιερεῖς chief priests καί and οἱ the πρῶτοι chiefs τῶν of the Ἰουδαίων Jews, κατά against τοῦ - Παύλου Paul, καί and παρεκάλουν they were begging αὐτόν him, αἰτούμενοι asking χάριν a favor κατ ̓ against αὐτοῦ him, ὅπως that μεταπέμψηται he would summon αὐτόν him εἰς to Ἰερουσαλήμ, Jerusalem, ἐνέδραν an ambush ποιοῦντες forming ἀνελεῖν to kill αὐτόν him κατά on τήν the ὁδόν. way. ὁ - μέν Indeed οὖν therefore Φῆστος Festus ἀπεκρίθη answered that τηρεῖσθαι is to be kept τόν - Παῦλον Paul εἰς in Καισάρειαν, Caesarea; ἑαυτόν he himself δέ now μέλλειν is about ἐν in τάχει quickness ἐκπορεύεσθαι· to set out. οἱ Those οὖν therefore ἐν among ὑμῖν, you, φησίν, he says, Δυνατοί [those] in power, συνκαταβάντες having gone down too, εἴ if τί anything ἐστίν there is ἐν in τῷ the ἀνδρί man ἄτοπον wrong, κατηγορείτωσαν let them accuse αὐτοῦ. him.

Διατρίψας Having spent δέ then ἐν with αὐτοῖς them ἡμέρας days οὐ not πλείους more than ὀκτώ eight ἤ or δέκα, ten, καταβάς having gone down εἰς to Καισάρειαν, Caesarea, τῇ on the ἐπαύριον next day καθίσας having sat ἐπί on τοῦ the βήματος judgment seat, ἐκέλευσεν he commanded τόν - Παῦλον Paul ἀχθῆναι. to be brought. παραγενομένου Having arrived δέ then αὐτοῦ he, περιέστησαν stood around αὐτόν him οἱ the ἀπό from Ἱεροσολύμων Jerusalem καταβεβηκότες having come down Ἰουδαῖοι Jews, πολλά many καί and βαρέα weighty αἰτιώματα charges καταφέροντες bringing, ἅ which οὐ not ἴσχυον they were able ἀποδεῖξαι, to prove. Τοῦ - Παύλου Paul ἀπολογουμένου made his defense ὅτι -: Οὔτε Neither εἰς against τόν the νόμον law τῶν of the Ἰουδαίων Jews, οὔτε nor εἰς against τό the ἱερόν temple, οὔτε nor εἰς against Καίσαρα Caesar, τὶ [in] anything ἥμαρτον. have I sinned. ὁ - Φῆστος Festus δέ however, θέλων wishing τοῖς on the Ἰουδαίοις Jews χάριν a favor καταθέσθαι to lay, ἀποκριθείς answering τῷ - Παύλῳ Paul, εἶπεν· said, Θέλεις Are you willing εἰς to Ἱεροσόλυμα Jerusalem ἀναβάς having gone up, ἐκεῖ there περί concerning τούτων these things κριθῆναι to be judged ἐπ ̓ before ἐμοῦ; me? Εἶπεν Said δέ then ὁ - Παῦλος· Paul, Ἐπί Before τοῦ the βήματος judgment seat Καίσαρος of Caesar ἑστώς standing εἰμί, I am, οὗ where με me δεῖ it behooves κρίνεσθαι. to be judged. Ἰουδαίους To [the] Jews οὐδέν nothing ἠδίκησα I have done wrong, ὡς as καί also σύ you κάλλιον very well ἐπιγινώσκεις. know. εἰ If μέν indeed οὖν therefore ἀδικῶ I do wrong, καί and ἄξιον worthy θανάτου of death πέπραχα have done τὶ, anything, οὐ not παραιτοῦμαι I do refuse τό - ἀποθανεῖν· to die. εἰ If δέ however οὐδέν nothing ἐστίν there is ὧν of which οὗτοι they κατηγοροῦσιν [can] accuse μου, me, οὐδείς no one με me δύναται can αὐτοῖς to them χαρίσασθαι· give up. Καίσαρα To Caesar ἐπικαλοῦμαι. I appeal! Τότε Then ὁ - Φῆστος Festus, συλλαλήσας having conferred μετά with τοῦ the συμβουλίου Council, ἀπεκρίθη· answered, Καίσαρα To Caesar ἐπικέκλησαι, You have appealed; ἐπί to Καίσαρα Caesar πορεύσῃ. you will go!

Ἡμερῶν Days δέ now διαγενομένων having passed τινῶν some, Ἀγρίππας Agrippa ὁ the βασιλεύς king καί and Βερνίκη Bernice κατήντησαν came down εἰς to Καισάρειαν Caesarea, ἀσπασάμενοι greeting τόν - Φῆστον. Festus. ὡς As δέ now πλείους many ἡμέρας days διέτριβον they stayed ἐκεῖ, there, ὁ - Φῆστος Festus, τῷ the βασιλεῖ king ἀνέθετο laid before, τά the things κατά relating to τόν - Παῦλον Paul, λέγων· saying, Ἀνήρ A man τίς certain ἐστίν there is καταλελειμμένος left ὑπό by Φήλικος Felix δέσμιος, [as] a prisoner, περί concerning οὗ whom, γενομένου having been μου my εἰς in Ἱεροσόλυμα Jerusalem, ἐνεφάνισαν made a presentation οἱ the ἀρχιερεῖς chief priests καί and οἱ the πρεσβύτεροι elders τῶν of the Ἰουδαίων Jews, αἰτούμενοι asking κατ ̓ against αὐτοῦ him καταδίκην. judgment, πρός to οὕς whom ἀπεκρίθην I answered ὅτι that οὐ not ἔστιν it is ἔθος [the] custom Ῥωμαίοις with Romans χαρίζεσθαι to give up τινά any ἄνθρωπον man πρίν before ἤ that ὁ the [one] κατηγορούμενος being accused κατά to πρόσωπον face ἔχοι may have [it] τούς the κατηγόρους accusers τόπον [the] opportunity, τέ and ἀπολογίας of defense λάβοι he may have περί concerning τοῦ the ἐγκλήματος. accusation. Συνελθόντων Having come together οὖν therefore αὐτῶν of them ἐνθάδε here, ἀναβολήν delay μηδεμίαν no ποιησάμενος having made, τῇ the ἑξῆς next [day] καθίσας having sat ἐπί on τοῦ the βήματος judgment seat, ἐκέλευσα I commanded ἀχθῆναι to be brought τόν the ἄνδρα· man, περί concerning οὗ whom, σταθέντες having stood up, οἱ the κατήγοροι accusers οὐδεμίαν no αἰτίαν charge ἔφερον were bringing ὧν of which ἐγώ I ὑπενόουν was expecting πονηρῶν, crimes. ζητήματα Questions δέ however τινά certain περί concerning τῆς the ἰδίας own δεισιδαιμονίας religion εἶχον they had πρός against αὐτόν him, καί and περί concerning τινός a certain Ἰησοῦ Jesus τεθνηκότος having been dead, ὅν whom ἔφασκεν was affirming ὁ - Παῦλος Paul ζῆν. to be alive. Ἀπορούμενος Being perplexed δέ now, ἐγώ I τήν - περί concerning τούτων this ζήτησιν inquiry ἔλεγον was asking εἰ if βούλοιτο he was willing πορεύεσθαι to go εἰς to Ἱεροσόλυμα Jerusalem κἀκεῖ and there κρίνεσθαι to be judged περί concerning τούτων. these things. τοῦ - δέ But Παύλου of Paul ἐπικαλεσαμένου having appealed for τηρηθῆναι to be kept αὐτόν himself εἰς for τήν the τοῦ - Σεβαστοῦ Emperor's διάγνωσιν, decision, ἐκέλευσα I commanded τηρεῖσθαι to be kept αὐτόν him ἕως until οὗ that ἀναπέμψω I might send αὐτόν him πρός to Καίσαρα. Caesar.