Acts 17 Praxiais Apostoloiu 17
1Diodeuarantois de tan Amfipolian kai ⸀tan Apollōnian erchala eis Thessalonikan, hopou ⸀ate sunagōgas toiu Ioudaioiu.When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2kata de tem eiōtharēntem to Paulo eiserchata pros autoin kai epi sabbateim treis dialegeta autoi apo taiu grafaiu,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3dianoigarōntos kai paratithorōntos hoti ton christon date paschara kai anastēara ek nekroiu, kai hoti houtos atō ⸂tos christos, tos⸃ Iēsus hon mis katangelamō vi.explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared. 4kai tinois ek autoiu peithila kai prosklērila to Paulo kai to Silo, toiu tē seborōntoiu Hellēnoiu ⸂plēthem pollem⸃ gunaikaiu tē taiu prōtaiu ouk oligais.Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women. 5⸂zēlarantois de tois Ioudaiois kai proslaberantois⸃ toiu agoraioiu ⸂androin tinoin⸃ ponēroin kai ochlopoiarantois thorubale tan polan, ⸂kai epistēarantois⸃ ta oikia Iasōnou zētale autoin ⸀proagara eis ton dēmon;The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people. 6mē heuriskarantois de autoin ⸀surale Iasōnon kai tinoin adelfoin epi toin politarchoin, boarōntois hoti Tois tan oikoumenan anastatarantois houtois kai enthade pareialō,But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here, 7hoin hupodechotē Iasōnos; kai houtois pantois apenanti teiu dogmeiu Kaisarou prassalō, basilevon ⸂heteron legarōntois⸃ arō Iēsun.and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!” 8tarassala de ton ochlon kai toin politarchoin akouarōntoin houteim,On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed. 9kai labarantois tem hikanem para tou Iasōnou kai toiu loipoiu apoluala autoin.And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.
10Tois de adelfois eutheōs ⸀dia nuktau ekpempala ton tē Paulon kai ton Silon eis Beroian, hotinois paragenerantois eis tan sunagōgan ⸂toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale;⸃As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11houtois de ale eugenoterois toiu en Thessalonika, hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, ⸀tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōntois tain grafain ei echatoiō houteim houtōs.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. 12pollois men oun ek autoiu pisteuala, kai taiu Hellēnidaiu gunaikaiu taiu euschēmōnaiu kai androiu ouk oligois.As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men. 13hōs de gnōskala tois apo tau Thessalonikau Ioudaiois hoti kai en ta Beroia katangelita hupo tou Paulou tos logos tou theou, erchala kakei saleuarōntois ⸂kai tarassarōntois⸃ toin ochloin.But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds. 14eutheōs de tote ton Paulon exapostelala tois adelfois poreuorō ⸀heōs epi tan thalassan; ⸂hupomenala tē⸃ tos tē Silos kai tos Timotheos ekei.The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. 15tois de ⸀katastēarōntois ton Paulon ⸀agala heōs Athēnaiu, kai labarantois entolan pros ton Silon kai ⸀ton Timotheon hina hōs tachuotateim erchaleia pros auton exeiale.Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
16En de tai Athēnai ekdechorōntou autoin tou Paulou, paroxunote tem pneumem autou en auto ⸀theōrarōntou kateidōlan arōntan tan polan.While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols. 17dialegote men oun en ta sunagōga toi Ioudaioi kai toi seborōntoi kai en ta agora kata pantan hēmeran pros toin paratunchanarōntoin.So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day. 18tinois de kai toiu Epikoureioiu ⸀kai Stoikoiu filosofoiu sumballale auto, kai tinois legale; Tinem an thelatoiō tos spermologos houtos legarō? tois de; Xeneiu daimoneiu dokatō katangelevos arō; hoti ton Iēsun kai tan anastasian euangelizote.Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. 19epilaberantois ⸀tē autou epi ton Areion Pagoson agala, legarōntois; Dunonō gnōskara tinas tas kainas houtas tas hupo su lalorōntas didachas?So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20xenizarōnteim gar tineim eisferasō eis tain akoain nu; boulonō oun gnōskara ⸂tineim thelatō⸃ houteim arō.For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.” 21Athēnaiois de pantois kai tois epidēmarōntois xenois eis oudenem heterem eukairale ē legarō tinem ⸀ē akouarō ⸀tinem kainoterem.Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
22Stēirantos ⸀de Paulos en mese tou Areiou Pagosou fēate; Androir Athēnaioir, kata panteim hōs deisidaimōnoteroin vin theōramō;Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. 23dierchorōntos gar kai anatheōrarōntos teim sebasmeim vu heuriskama kai bōmon en ho epigrafotelē; Agnōsto theo. ⸀hem oun agnoarōntois eusebavō, ⸀houtem mis katangelamō vi.For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you. 24tos theos tos poiarantos ton kosmon kai panteim teim en auto, houtos ouranou kai gēau ⸂huparcharōntos kurios⸃ ouk en cheiropoiētoi naoi katoikatōThe God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. 25oude hupo cheiraiu ⸀anthrōpinaiu therapeuotō prosdorōntos tineu, autos dōarōntos pantoi zōan kai pnoan ⸂kai teim⸃ panteim;Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26poiata tē ek ⸀henou pantem ethnem anthrōpoiu katoikarō epi ⸂panteu prosōpeu⸃ tau gēau, horizarantos prostassorēntoin kairoin kai tain horothesiain tau katoikiau autoiu,From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. 27zētarō ton ⸀theon ei ara ge psēlafaloia auton kai heuriskaloia, kai ge ouk makran apo henou hekastou nu huparcharōnton.God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28en auto gar zōanō kai kinonō kai anō, hōs kai tinois toiu kata vin poiētoiu legalē; Tou gar kai genem anō.‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ 29genem oun huparcharōntois tou theou ouk ofeilanō nomizarō chruso ē arguro ē litho, charagme technau kai enthumēsiau anthrōpou, tem theiem arō homoiem.Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. 30toin men oun chronoin tau agnoiau huperorarantos tos theos teim nun ⸀parangelatō toi anthrōpoi ⸀pantoin pantachou metanoarō,Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. 31⸀kathoti stēata hēmeran en ha mellatō krinarō tan oikoumenan en dikaiosuna en andro ho horizata, pistian parecharantos pantoi anastēarantos auton ek nekroiu.For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
32Akouarantois de anastasian nekroiu tois men chleuazale tois de legala Akoueni su ⸂peri houteu kai palin.⸃When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.” 33⸀houtōs tos Paulos exerchata ek meseu autoiu;At that, Paul left the Areopagus. 34tinois de androis kollirantois auto pisteuala, en hoi kai Dionusios tos Areopagitos kai gunaikas onome Damarias kai heterois sun autoi.But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
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1 ⸀tan Byz omits. ⸀ate Byz +tas. 3 ⸂tos christos tos⸃ some edd. christos; Byz tos christos. 4 ⸂plēthem pollem⸃ Byz reverses. 5 ⸂zēlarantois de tois Ioudaiois kai proslaberantois⸃ Byz Προσλαβόμενοι δὲ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι οἱ ἀπειθοῦντες. ⸂androin tinoin⸃ Byz reverses. ⸂kai epistēarantois⸃ Byz epistēarantois tē. ⸀proagara Byz agara. 6 ⸀surale Byz +ton. 7 ⸂heteron legarōntois⸃ Byz reverses. 10 ⸀dia Byz +tau. ⸂toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale⸃ Byz reverses. 11 ⸀tem mod. edd. omit. 13 ⸂kai tarassarōntois⸃ Byz omits. 14 ⸀heōs Byz hōs. ⸂hupomenala tē⸃ Byz ὑπέμενον δὲ. 15 ⸀katastēarōntois Byz καθιστῶντες. ⸀agala Byz +auton. ⸀ton Byz omits. 16 ⸀theōrarōntou Byz θεωροῦντι. 18 ⸀kai Byz +τῶν. 19 ⸀tē mod. edd. de. 20 ⸂tineim thelatō⸃ Byz tinem an thelatoiō. 21 ⸀ē Byz kai. ⸀tinem Byz omits. 22 ⸀de some edd. +tos. 23 ⸀hem Byz hon. ⸀houtem Byz houton. 24 ⸂huparcharōntos kurios⸃ Byz reverses. 25 ⸀anthrōpinaiu Byz anthrōpoiu. ⸂kai teim⸃ Byz kata. 26 ⸀henou Byz +haimeu. ⸂panteu prosōpeu⸃ Byz pantem tem prosōpem. 27 ⸀theon Byz kurion. 30 ⸀parangelatō mod. edd. ἀπαγγέλλει. ⸀pantoin Byz πᾶσιν. 31 ⸀kathoti Byz dioti. 32 ⸂peri houteu kai palin⸃ Byz πάλιν περὶ τούτου. 33 ⸀houtōs Byz kai houtōs.