Acts 12 Praxiais Apostoloiu 12
1Kata ekeinon de ton kairon epibalata Hērōdos tos basilevos tain cheirain kakara tinoin toiu apo tau ekklēsau.About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church. 2anairata de Iakōbon ton adelfon Iōannou machaira.He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3⸂horarantos de⸃ hoti arestem atō toi Ioudaioi prostitheta sullabara kai Petron ale ⸀de hēmerais teiu azumeiu,And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 4hon kai piazarantos titheta eis fulakan, paradōarantos tessares tetradiei stratiōtoiu fulassarō auton, boulorōntos meta tem pascha anagara auton to lao.He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. 5tos men oun Petros tērote en ta fulaka; proseuchas de ate ⸀ektenōs genorōntas hupo tau ekklēsau pros ton theon ⸀peri autou.So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6Hote de mellate ⸂proagara auton⸃ tos Hērōdos, ta nukta ekeina ate tos Petros koimorōntos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dorēntos halusiai duo, fulakois tē pro tau thurau tērale tan fulakan.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. 7kai idou angelos kuriou epistēata, kai fōtem lampata en te oikēme; pataxarantos de tan pleuran tou Petrou egerata auton legarōntos; Anastēasar en tache; kai ekpiptala autou tais halusiais ek taiu cheiraiu.Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. 8legata ⸀de tos angelos pros auton; ⸀Zōnesar kai hupodesar teim sandalieim su; poiata de houtōs. kai legatō auto; Peribalesar tem himatiem su kai akolouthasōr mi.“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9kai exercharantos ⸀akolouthate, kai ouk oidatelē hoti alēthem atō tem genorōntem dia tou angelou, dokate de horamem bleparō.So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision. 10diercharantois de prōtan fulakan kai deuteran erchala epi tan pulan tan sidērouan tan ferarōntan eis tan polan, hotinas automatas anoigita autoi, kai exercharantois proerchala ruman henan, kai eutheōs apostēata tos angelos apo autou.They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him. 11kai tos Petros ⸂en heauto generantos⸃ legata; Nun oidamē alēthōs hoti exapostelata ⸀tos kurios ton angelon autou kai exaireta min ek cheirau Hērōdou kai pantau tau prosdokiau tou laou toiu Ioudaioiu.Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12Sunorarantos tē erchata epi tan oikian ⸀tau Mariau tau mētērau Iōannou tou epikalorōntou Markou, hou ale hikanois sunathroizorēntois kai proseuchorōntois.And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. 13krouarantou de ⸀autou tan thuran tou pulōnou proserchata paidiskas hupakouara onome Rodas,He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it. 14kai epignōskarantas tan fōnan tou Petrou apo tau charau ouk anoigata ton pulōnon, eistrecharantas de apangelata stēarē ton Petron pro tou pulōnou.When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!” 15tois de pros autan legala; Mainosō. tas de diischurizote houtōs echarō. tois de legale; Tos angelos ⸂atō autou.⸃“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.” 16tos de Petros epimenate krouarōntos; anoigarantois de horala auton kai ekstēala.But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded. 17kataseiarantos de autoi ta cheira sigarō diēgeta autoi pōs tos kurios auton exagata ek tau fulakau, legata ⸀tē; Apangelavar Iakōbo kai toi adelfoi houteim. kai exercharantos poreuita eis heteron topon.Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18Generantau de hēmerau ate tarachos ouk oligos en toi stratiōtoi, tinem ara tos Petros geneta.At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19Hērōdos de epizētarantos auton kai mē heuriskarantos anakrinarantos toin fulakoin keleuata apagira, kai katercharantos apo tau Ioudaiau ⸀eis Kaisareian diatribate.After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20Ate ⸀de thumomacharōntos Turioi kai Sidōnioi; homothumadōs de pareiale pros auton, kai peitharantois Blaston ton epi tou koitōnou tou basilevou aitole eirēnan dia tem treforō autoiu tan chōran apo tau basilikau.Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food. 21takta de hēmera tos Hērōdos enduerantos esthan basilikan ⸀kai kathizarantos epi teu bēmeu dēmēgorate pros autoin;On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. 22tos de dēmos epifōnate; ⸂Theou fōnas⸃ kai ouk anthrōpou.And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” 23parachrēma de pataxata auton angelos kuriou anti heiu ouk dōata ⸀tan doxan to theo, kai generantos skōlēkobrōtos ekpsuchata.Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24Tos de logos tou ⸀theou auxanate kai plēthunote.But the word of God continued to spread and multiply. 25Barnabos de kai Saulos hupostrefala, ⸀eis Ierousalēm plērarantois tan diakonian, ⸀sumparalabarantois Iōannon ton epikaliranton Markon.When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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3 ⸂horarantos de⸃ Byz kai horarantos. ⸀de some edd. +tais. 5 ⸀ektenōs Byz ἐκτενὴς. ⸀peri Byz huper. 6 ⸂proagara auton⸃ other edd. προσαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν; other edd. proagarō auton; Byz auton proagarō. 8 ⸀de Byz tē. ⸀Zōnesar Byz Περίζωσαι. 9 ⸀akolouthate Byz +αὐτῷ. 11 ⸂en heauto generantos⸃ Byz reverses. ⸀tos some edd. omit. 12 ⸀tau Byz omits. 13 ⸀autou Byz tou petrou. 15 ⸂atō autou⸃ Byz reverses. 17 ⸀tē Byz de. 19 ⸀eis Byz +tan. 20 ⸀de Byz +tos hērōdos. 21 ⸀kai mod. edd. omit. 22 ⸂Theou fōnas⸃ Byz fōnas theou. 23 ⸀tan Byz omits. 24 ⸀theou mod. edd. kuriou. 25 ⸀eis mod. edd. ek; mod. edd. apo. ⸀sumparalabarantois Byz +kai.