TON MEN PRWTON LOGON EPOIHSAMHN PERI PANTWN, W QEOFILE, WN HRXATO O IHSOUS POIEIN TE KAI DIDASKEIN ACRI HS HMERAS ENTEILAMENOS TOIS APOSTOLOIS DIA PNEUMATOS AGIOU OUS EXELEXATO ANELHMFQH. OIS KAI PARESTHSEN EAUTON ZWNTA META TO PAQEIN AUTON EN POLLOIS TEKMHRIOIS, DI HMERWN TESSERAKONTA OPTANOMENOS AUTOIS KAI LEGWN TA PERI THS BASILEIAS TOU QEOU. KAI SUNALIZOMENOS PARHGGEILEN AUTOIS APO IEROSOLUMWN MH CWRIZESQAI, ALL PERIMENEIN THN EPAGGELIAN TOU PATROS HN HKOUSATE MOU. OTI IWANNHS MEN EBAPTISEN UDATI, UMEIS DE EN PNEUMATI BAPTISQHSESQE AGIW OU META POLLAS TAUTAS HMERAS. OI MEN OUN SUNELQONTES HRWTWN AUTON LEGONTES, KURIE, EI EN TW CRONW TOUTW APOKAQISTANEIS THN BASILEIAN TW ISRAHL? EIPEN DE PROS AUTOUS, OUC UMWN ESTIN GNWNAI CRONOUS H KAIROUS OUS O PATHR EQETO EN TH IDIA EXOUSIA. ALLA LHMYESQE DUNAMIN EPELQONTOS TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS EF UMAS, KAI ESESQE MOU MARTURES EN TE IEROUSALHM KAI EN PASH TH IOUDAIA KAI SAMAREIA KAI EWS ESCATOU THS GHS. KAI TAUTA EIPWN BLEPONTWN AUTWN EPHRQH, KAI NEFELH UPELABEN AUTON APO TWN OFQALMWN AUTWN. KAI WS ATENIZONTES HSAN EIS TON OURANON POREUOMENOU AUTOU, KAI IDOU ANDRES DUO PAREISTHKEISAN AUTOIS EN ESQHSESI LEUKAIS, OI KAI EIPAN, ANDRES GALILAIOI, TI ESTHKATE BLEPONTES EIS TON OURANON? OUTOS O IHSOUS O ANALHMFQEIS AF UMWN EIS TON OURANON OUTWS ELEUSETAI ON TROPON EQEASASQE AUTON POREUOMENON EIS TON OURANON. TOTE UPESTREYAN EIS IEROUSALHM APO OROUS TOU KALOUMENOU ELAIWNOS, O ESTIN EGGUS IEROUSALHM SABBATOU ECON ODON. KAI OTE EISHLQON, EIS TO UPERWON ANEBHSAN OU HSAN KATAMENONTES, O TE PETROS KAI IWANNHS KAI IAKWBOS KAI ANDREAS, FILIPPOS KAI QWMAS, BARQOLOMAIOS KAI MAQQAIOS, IAKWBOS ALFAIOU KAI SIMWN O ZHLWTHS KAI IOUDAS IAKWBOU. OUTOI PANTES HSAN PROSKARTEROUNTES OMOQUMADON TH PROSEUCH SUN GUNAIXIN KAI MARIAM TH MHTRI TOU IHSOU KAI TOIS ADELFOIS AUTOU. KAI EN TAIS HMERAIS TAUTAIS ANASTAS PETROS EN MESW TWN ADELFWN EIPEN HN TE OCLOS ONOMATWN EPI TO AUTO WS EKATON EIKOSI, ANDRES ADELFOI, EDEI PLHRWQHNAI THN GRAFHN HN PROEIPEN TO PNEUMA TO AGION DIA STOMATOS DAUID PERI IOUDA TOU GENOMENOU ODHGOU TOIS SULLABOUSIN IHSOUN, OTI KATHRIQMHMENOS HN EN HMIN KAI ELACEN TON KLHRON THS DIAKONIAS TAUTHS. OUTOS MEN OUN EKTHSATO CWRION EK MISQOU THS ADIKIAS, KAI PRHNHS GENOMENOS ELAKHSEN MESOS, KAI EXECUQH PANTA TA SPLAGCNA AUTOU. KAI GNWSTON EGENETO PASI TOIS KATOIKOUSIN IEROUSALHM, WSTE KLHQHNAI TO CWRION EKEINO TH (IDIA) DIALEKTW AUTWN AKELDAMAC, TOUT ESTIN, CWRION AIMATOS. GEGRAPTAI GAR EN BIBLW YALMWN, GENHQHTW H EPAULIS AUTOU ERHMOS KAI MH ESTW O KATOIKWN EN AUTH, KAI, THN EPISKOPHN AUTOU LABETW ETEROS. DEI OUN TWN SUNELQONTWN HMIN ANDRWN EN PANTI CRONW W EISHLQEN KAI EXHLQEN EF HMAS O KURIOS IHSOUS, ARXAMENOS APO TOU BAPTISMATOS IWANNOU EWS THS HMERAS HS ANELHMFQH AF HMWN, MARTURA THS ANASTASEWS AUTOU SUN HMIN GENESQAI ENA TOUTWN. KAI ESTHSAN DUO, IWSHF TON KALOUMENON BARSABBAN, OS EPEKLHQH IOUSTOS, KAI MAQQIAN. KAI PROSEUXAMENOI EIPAN, SU KURIE, KARDIOGNWSTA PANTWN, ANADEIXON ON EXELEXW EK TOUTWN TWN DUO ENA LABEIN TON TOPON THS DIAKONIAS TAUTHS KAI APOSTOLHS, AF HS PAREBH IOUDAS POREUQHNAI EIS TON TOPON TON IDION. KAI EDWKAN KLHROUS AUTOIS, KAI EPESEN O KLHROS EPI MAQQIAN, KAI SUGKATEYHFISQH META TWN ENDEKA APOSTOLWN. KAI EN TW SUMPLHROUSQAI THN HMERAN THS PENTHKOSTHS HSAN PANTES OMOU EPI TO AUTO. KAI EGENETO AFNW EK TOU OURANOU HCOS WSPER FEROMENHS PNOHS BIAIAS KAI EPLHRWSEN OLON TON OIKON OU HSAN KAQHMENOI. KAI WFQHSAN AUTOIS DIAMERIZOMENAI GLWSSAI WSEI PUROS, KAI EKAQISEN AF ENA EKASTON AUTWN, KAI EPLHSQHSAN PANTES PNEUMATOS AGIOU, KAI HRXANTO LALEIN ETERAIS GLWSSAIS KAQWS TO PNEUMA EDIDOU APOFQEGGESQAI AUTOIS. HSAN DE EN IEROUSALHM KATOIKOUNTES IOUDAIOI, ANDRES EULABEIS APO PANTOS EQNOUS TWN UPO TON OURANON. GENOMENHS DE THS FWNHS TAUTHS SUNHLQEN TO PLHQOS KAI SUNECUQH, OTI HKOUON EIS EKASTOS TH IDIA DIALEKTW LALOUNTWN AUTWN. EXISTANTO DE KAI EQAUMAZON LEGONTES, OUCI IDOU PANTES OUTOI EISIN OI LALOUNTES GALILAIOI? KAI PWS HMEIS AKOUOMEN EKASTOS TH IDIA DIALEKTW HMWN EN H EGENNHQHMEN? PARQOI KAI MHDOI KAI ELAMITAI, KAI OI KATOIKOUNTES THN MESOPOTAMIAN, IOUDAIAN TE KAI KAPPADOKIAN, PONTON KAI THN ASIAN, FRUGIAN TE KAI PAMFULIAN, AIGUPTON KAI TA MERH THS LIBUHS THS KATA KURHNHN, KAI OI EPIDHMOUNTES RWMAIOI, IOUDAIOI TE KAI PROSHLUTOI, KRHTES KAI ARABES, AKOUOMEN LALOUNTWN AUTWN TAIS HMETERAIS GLWSSAIS TA MEGALEIA TOU QEOU. EXISTANTO DE PANTES KAI DIHPOROUN, ALLOS PROS ALLON LEGONTES, TI QELEI TOUTO EINAI? ETEROI DE DIACLEUAZONTES ELEGON OTI GLEUKOUS MEMESTWMENOI EISIN. STAQEIS DE O PETROS SUN TOIS ENDEKA EPHREN THN FWNHN AUTOU KAI APEFQEGXATO AUTOIS, ANDRES IOUDAIOI KAI OI KATOIKOUNTES IEROUSALHM PANTES, TOUTO UMIN GNWSTON ESTW KAI ENWTISASQE TA RHMATA MOU. OU GAR WS UMEIS UPOLAMBANETE OUTOI MEQUOUSIN, ESTIN GAR WRA TRITH THS HMERAS, ALLA TOUTO ESTIN TO EIRHMENON DIA TOU PROFHTOU IWHL, 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 ENUPNIOIS ENUPNIASQHSONTAI. KAI GE EPI TOUS DOULOUS MOU KAI EPI TAS DOULAS MOU EN TAIS HMERAIS EKEINAIS EKCEW APO TOU PNEUMATOS MOU, KAI PROFHTEUSOUSIN. KAI DWSW TERATA EN TW OURANW ANW KAI SHMEIA EPI THS GHS KATW, AIMA KAI PUR KAI ATMIDA KAPNOU. O HLIOS METASTRAFHSETAI EIS SKOTOS KAI H SELHNH EIS AIMA PRIN ELQEIN HMERAN KURIOU THN MEGALHN (KAI EPIFANH). KAI ESTAI PAS OS EAN EPIKALESHTAI TO ONOMA KURIOU SWQHSETAI. ANDRES ISRAHLITAI, AKOUSATE TOUS LOGOUS TOUTOUS. IHSOUN TON NAZWRAION, ANDRA APODEDEIGMENON APO TOU QEOU EIS UMAS DUNAMESI KAI TERASI KAI SHMEIOIS OIS EPOIHSEN DI AUTOU O QEOS EN MESW UMWN, KAQWS AUTOI OIDATE, TOUTON TH WRISMENH BOULH KAI PROGNWSEI TOU QEOU EKDOTON DIA CEIROS ANOMWN PROSPHXANTES ANEILATE, ON O QEOS ANESTHSEN LUSAS TAS WDINAS TOU QANATOU, KAQOTI OUK HN DUNATON KRATEISQAI AUTON UP AUTOU. DAUID GAR LEGEI EIS AUTON, PROORWMHN TON KURION ENWPION MOU DIA PANTOS, OTI EK DEXIWN MOU ESTIN INA MH SALEUQW. DIA TOUTO HUFRANQH H KARDIA MOU KAI HGALLIASATO H GLWSSA MOU, ETI DE KAI H SARX MOU KATASKHNWSEI EP ELPIDI. OTI OUK EGKATALEIYEIS THN YUCHN MOU EIS ADHN, OUDE DWSEIS TON OSION SOU IDEIN DIAFQORAN. EGNWRISAS MOI ODOUS ZWHS, PLHRWSEIS ME EUFROSUNHS META TOU PROSWPOU SOU. ANDRES ADELFOI, EXON EIPEIN META PARRHSIAS PROS UMAS PERI TOU PATRIARCOU DAUID, OTI KAI ETELEUTHSEN KAI ETAFH KAI TO MNHMA AUTOU ESTIN EN HMIN ACRI THS HMERAS TAUTHS. PROFHTHS OUN UPARCWN KAI EIDWS OTI ORKW WMOSEN AUTW O QEOS EK KARPOU THS OSFUOS AUTOU KAQISAI EPI TON QRONON AUTOU, PROIDWN ELALHSEN PERI THS ANASTASEWS TOU CRISTOU OTI OUTE EGKATELEIFQH EIS ADHN OUTE H SARX AUTOU EIDEN DIAFQORAN. TOUTON TON IHSOUN ANESTHSEN O QEOS, OU PANTES HMEIS ESMEN MARTURES. TH DEXIA OUN TOU QEOU UYWQEIS THN TE EPAGGELIAN TOU PNEUMATOS TOU AGIOU LABWN PARA TOU PATROS EXECEEN TOUTO O UMEIS (KAI) BLEPETE KAI AKOUETE. OU GAR DAUID ANEBH EIS TOUS OURANOUS, LEGEI DE AUTOS, EIPEN KURIOS TW KURIW MOU, KAQOU EX DEXIWN MOU EWS AN QW TOUS ECQROUS SOU UPOPODION TWN PODWN SOU. ASFALWS OUN GINWSKETW PAS OIKOS ISRAHL OTI KAI KURION AUTON KAI CRISTON EPOIHSEN O QEOS, TOUTON TON IHSOUN ON UMEIS ESTAURWSATE. AKOUSANTES DE KATENUGHSAN THN KARDIAN, EIPON TE PROS TON PETRON KAI TOUS LOIPOUS APOSTOLOUS, TI POIHSWMEN, ANDRES ADELFOI? PETROS DE PROS AUTOUS, METANOHSATE, KAI BAPTISQHTW EKASTOS UMWN EPI TW ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU EIS AFESIN TWN AMARTIWN UMWN, KAI LHMYESQE THN DWREAN TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS. UMIN GAR ESTIN H EPAGGELIA KAI TOIS TEKNOIS UMWN KAI PASIN TOIS EIS MAKRAN OSOUS AN PROSKALESHTAI KURIOS O QEOS HMWN. ETEROIS TE LOGOIS PLEIOSIN DIEMARTURATO, KAI PAREKALEI AUTOUS LEGWN, SWQHTE APO THS GENEAS THS SKOLIAS TAUTHS. OI MEN OUN APODEXAMENOI TON LOGON AUTOU EBAPTISQHSAN, KAI PROSETEQHSAN EN TH HMERA EKEINH YUCAI WSEI TRISCILIAI. HSAN DE PROSKARTEROUNTES TH DIDACH TWN APOSTOLWN KAI TH KOINWNIA, TH KLASEI TOU ARTOU KAI TAIS PROSEUCAIS. EGINETO DE PASH YUCH FOBOS, POLLA TE TERATA KAI SHMEIA DIA TWN APOSTOLWN EGINETO. PANTES DE OI PISTEUSANTES HSAN EPI TO AUTO KAI EICON APANTA KOINA, KAI TA KTHMATA KAI TAS UPARXEIS EPIPRASKON KAI DIEMERIZON AUTA PASIN KAQOTI AN TIS CREIAN EICEN. KAQ HMERAN TE PROSKARTEROUNTES OMOQUMADON EN TW IERW, KLWNTES TE KAT OIKON ARTON, METELAMBANON TROFHS EN AGALLIASEI KAI AFELOTHTI KARDIAS, AINOUNTES TON QEON KAI ECONTES CARIN PROS OLON TON LAON. O DE KURIOS PROSETIQEI TOUS SWZOMENOUS KAQ HMERAN EPI TO AUTO. PETROS DE KAI IWANNHS ANEBAINON EIS TO IERON EPI THN WRAN THS PROSEUCHS THN ENATHN. 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. OS IDWN PETRON KAI IWANNHN MELONTAS EISIENAI EIS TO IERON HRWTA ELEHMOSUNHN (LABEIN). ATENISAS DE PETROS EIS AUTON SUN TW IWANNH EIPEN, BLEYON EIS HMAS. O DE EPEICEN AUTOIS PROSDOKWN TI PAR AUTWN LABEIN. EIPEN DE PETROS, ARGURION KAI CRUSION OUC UPARCEI MOI, O DE ECW TOUTO SOI DIDWMI. EN TW ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU TOU NAZWRAIOU PERIPATEI. KAI PIASAS AUTON THS DEXIAS CEIROS HGEIREN AUTON. PARACRHMA DE ESTEREWQHSAN AI BASEIS AUTOU KAI TA SFUDRA, KAI EXALLOMENOS ESTH KAI PERIEPATEI, KAI EISHLQEN SUN AUTOIS EIS TO IERON PERIPATWN KAI ALLOMENOS KAI AINWN TON QEON. KAI EIDEN PAS O LAOS AUTON PERIPATOUNTA KAI AINOUNTA TON QEON, EPEGINWSKON DE AUTON OTI AUTOS HN O PROS THN ELEHMOSUNHN KAQHMENOS EPI TH WRAIA PULH TOU IEROU, KAI EPLHSQHSAN QAMBOUS KAI EKSTASEWS EPI TW SUMBEBHKOTI AUTW. KRATOUNTOS DE AUTOU TON PETRON KAI TON IWANNHN SUNEDRAMEN PAS O LAOS PROS AUTOUS EPI TH STOA TH KALOUMENH SOLOMWNTOS EKQAMBOI. IDWN DE O PETROS APEKRINATO PROS TON LAON, ANDRES ISRAHLITAI, TI QAUMAZETE EPI TOUTW, H HMIN TI ATENIZETE WS IDIA DUNAMEI H EUSEBEIA PEPOIHKOSIN TOU PERIPATEIN AUTON? O QEOS ABRAAM KAI (O QEOS) ISAAK KAI (O QEOS) IAKWB, O QEOS TWN PATERWN HMWN, EDOXASEN TON PAIDA AUTOU IHSOUN, ON UMEIS MEN PAREDWKATE KAI HRNHSASQE KATA PROSWPON PILATOU, KRINANTOS EKEINOU APOLUEIN. UMEIS DE TON AGION KAI DIKAION HRNHSASQE, KAI HTHSASQE ANDRA FONEA CARISQHNAI UMIN, TON DE ARCHGON THS ZWHS APEKTEINATE, ON O QEOS HGEIREN EK NEKRWN, OU HMEIS MARTURES ESMEN. 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. KAI NUN, ADELFOI, OIDA OTI KATA AGNOIAN EPRAXATE, WSPER KAI OI ARCONTES UMWN. O DE QEOS A PROKATHGGEILEN DIA STOMATOS PANTWN TWN PROFHTWN PAQEIN TON CRISTON AUTOU EPLHRWSEN OUTWS. METANOHSATE OUN KAI EPISTREYATE EIS TO EXALEIFQHNAI UMWN TAS AMARTIAS, OPWS AN ELQWSIN KAIROI ANAYUXEWS APO PROSWPOU TOU KURIOU KAI APOSTEILH TON PROKECEIRISMENON UMIN CRISTON, IHSOUN, ON DEI OURANON MEN DEXASQAI ACRI CRONWN APOKATASTASEWS PANTWN WN ELALHSEN O QEOS DIA STOMATOS TWN AGIWN AP AIWNOS AUTOU PROFHTWN. MWUSHS MEN EIPEN OTI PROFHTHN UMIN ANASTHSEI KURIOS O QEOS UMWN EK TWN ADELFWN UMWN WS EME. AUTOU AKOUSESQE KATA PANTA OSA AN LALHSH PROS UMAS. ESTAI DE PASA YUCH HTIS EAN MH AKOUSH TOU PROFHTOU EKEINOU EXOLEQREUQHSETAI EK TOU LAOU. KAI PANTES DE OI PROFHTAI APO SAMOUHL KAI TWN KAQEXHS OSOI ELALHSAN KAI KATHGGEILAN TAS HMERAS TAUTAS. UMEIS ESTE OI UIOI TWN PROFHTWN KAI THS DIAQHKHS HS DIEQETO O QEOS PROS TOUS PATERAS UMWN, LEGWN PROS ABRAAM, KAI EN TW SPERMATI SOU ENEULOGHQHSONTAI PASAI AI PATRIAI THS GHS. UMIN PRWTON ANASTHSAS O QEOS TON PAIDA AUTOU APESTEILEN AUTON EULOGOUNTA UMAS EN TW APOSTREFEIN EKASTON APO TWN PONHRIWN UMWN. LALOUNTWN DE AUTWN PROS TON LAON EPESTHSAN AUTOIS OI IEREIS KAI O STRATHGOS TOU IEROU KAI OI SADDOUKAIOI, DIAPONOUMENOI DIA TO DIDASKEIN AUTOUS TON LAON KAI KATAGGELLEIN EN TW IHSOU THN ANASTASIN THN EK NEKRWN, KAI EPEBALON AUTOIS TAS CEIRAS KAI EQENTO EIS THRHSIN EIS THN AURION. HN GAR ESPERA HDH. POLLOI DE TWN AKOUSANTWN TON LOGON EPISTEUSAN, KAI EGENHQH ARIQMOS TWN ANDRWN (WS) CILIADES PENTE. EGENETO DE EPI THN AURION SUNACQHNAI AUTWN TOUS ARCONTAS KAI TOUS PRESBUTEROUS KAI TOUS GRAMMATEIS EN IEROUSALHM KAI ANNAS O ARCIEREUS KAI KAIAFAS KAI IWANNHS KAI ALEXANDROS KAI OSOI HSAN EK GENOUS ARCIERATIKOU KAI STHSANTES AUTOUS EN TW MESW EPUNQANONTO, EN POIA DUNAMEI H EN POIW ONOMATI EPOIHSATE TOUTO UMEIS? TOTE PETROS PLHSQEIS PNEUMATOS AGIOU EIPEN PROS AUTOUS, ARCONTES TOU LAOU KAI PRESBUTEROI, EI HMEIS SHMERON ANAKRINOMEQA EPI EUERGESIA ANQRWPOU ASQENOUS, EN TINI OUTOS SESWSTAI, 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. OUTOS ESTIN O LIQOS O EXOUQENHQEIS UF UMWN TWN OIKODOMWN, O GENOMENOS EIS KEFALHN GWNIAS. KAI OUK ESTIN EN ALLW OUDENI H SWTHRIA, OUDE GAR ONOMA ESTIN ETERON UPO TON OURANON TO DEDOMENON EN ANQRWPOIS EN W DEI SWQHNAI HMAS. 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. TON TE ANQRWPON BLEPONTES SUN AUTOIS ESTWTA TON TEQERAPEUMENON OUDEN EICON ANTEIPEIN. KELEUSANTES DE AUTOUS EXW TOU SUNEDRIOU APELQEIN SUNEBALLON PROS ALLHLOUS LEGONTES, TI POIHSWMEN TOIS ANQRWPOIS TOUTOIS? OTI MEN GAR GNWSTON SHMEION GEGONEN DI AUTWN PASIN TOIS KATOIKOUSIN IEROUSALHM FANERON, KAI OU DUNAMEQA ARNEISQAI. ALL INA MH EPI PLEION DIANEMHQH EIS TON LAON, APEILHSWMEQA AUTOIS MHKETI LALEIN EPI TW ONOMATI TOUTW MHDENI ANQRWPWN. KAI KALESANTES AUTOUS PARHGGEILAN TO KAQOLOU MH FQEGGESQAI MHDE DIDASKEIN EPI TW ONOMATI TOU IHSOU. O DE PETROS KAI IWANNHS APOKRIQENTES EIPON PROS AUTOUS, EI DIKAION ESTIN ENWPION TOU QEOU UMWN AKOUEIN MALLON H TOU QEOU, KRINATE OU DUNAMEQA GAR HMEIS A EIDAMEN KAI HKOUSAMEN MH LALEIN. OI DE PROSAPEILHSAMENOI APELUSAN AUTOUS, MHDEN EURISKONTES TO PWS KOLASWNTAI AUTOUS, DIA TON LAON, OTI PANTES EDOXAZON TON QEON EPI TW GEGONOTI. ETWN GAR HN PLEIONWN TESSERAKONTA O ANQRWPOS EF ON GEGONEI TO SHMEION TOUTO THS IASEWS. APOLUQENTES DE HLQON PROS TOUS IDIOUS KAI APHGGEILAN OSA PROS AUTOUS OI ARCIEREIS KAI OI PRESBUTEROI EIPAN. OI DE AKOUSANTES OMOQUMADON HRAN FWNHN PROS TON QEON KAI EIPAN, DESPOTA, SU O POIHSAS TON OURANON KAI THN GHN KAI THN QALASSAN KAI PANTA TA EN AUTOIS, O TOU PATROS HMWN DIA PNEUMATOS AGIOU STOMATOS DAUID PAIDOS SOU EIPWN, INATI EFRUAXAN EQNH KAI LAOI EMELETHSAN KENA? PARESTHSAN OI BASILEIS THS GHS KAI OI ARCONTES SUNHCQHSAN EPI TO AUTO KATA TOU KURIOU KAI KATA TOU CRISTOU AUTOU. SUNHCQHSAN GAR EP ALHQEIAS EN TH POLEI TAUTH EPI TON AGION PAIDA SOU IHSOUN, ON ECRISAS, HRWDHS TE KAI PONTIOS PILATOS SUN EQNESI KAI LAOIS ISRAHL, POIHSAI OSA H CEIR SOU KAI H BOULH SOU PROWRISEN GENESQAI. KAI TA NUN, KURIE, EPIDE EPI TAS APEILAS AUTWN, KAI DOS TOIS DOULOIS SOU META PARRHSIAS PASHS LALEIN TON LOGON SOU, EN TW THN CEIRA SOU EKTEINEIN SE EIS IASIN KAI SHMEIA KAI TERATA GINESQAI DIA TOU ONOMATOS TOU AGIOU PAIDOS SOU IHSOU. KAI DEHQENTWN AUTWN ESALEUQH O TOPOS EN W HSAN SUNHGMENOI, KAI EPLHSQHSAN APANTES TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS, KAI ELALOUN TON LOGON TOU QEOU META PARRHSIAS. TOU DE PLHQOUS TWN PISTEUSANTWN HN KARDIA KAI YUCH MIA, KAI OUDE EIS TI TWN UPARCONTWN AUTW ELEGEN IDION EINAI, ALL HN AUTOIS PANTA KOINA. KAI DUNAMEI MEGALH APEDIDOUN TO MARTURION OI APOSTOLOI THS ANASTASEWS TOU KURIOU IHSOU, CARIS TE MEGALH HN EPI PANTAS AUTOUS. OUDE GAR ENDEHS TIS HN EN AUTOIS. OSOI GAR KTHTORES CWRIWN H OIKIWN UPHRCON, PWLOUNTES EFERON TAS TIMAS TWN PIPRASKOMENWN KAI ETIQOUN PARA TOUS PODAS TWN APOSTOLWN. DIEDIDETO DE EKASTW KAQOTI AN TIS CREIAN EICEN. IWSHF DE O EPIKLHQEIS BARNABAS APO TWN APOSTOLWN, O ESTIN MEQERMHNEUOMENON UIOS PARAKLHSEWS, LEUITHS, KUPRIOS TW GENEI, UPARCONTOS AUTW AGROU PWLHSAS HNEGKEN TO CRHMA KAI EQHKEN PARA TOUS PODAS TWN APOSTOLWN. ANHR DE TIS ANANIAS ONOMATI SUN SAPFEIRH TH GUNAIKI AUTOU EPWLHSEN KTHMA KAI ENOSFISATO APO THS TIMHS, SUNEIDUIHS KAI THS GUNAIKOS, KAI ENEGKAS MEROS TI PARA TOUS PODAS TWN APOSTOLWN EQHKEN. EIPEN DE O PETROS, ANANIA, DIA TI EPLHRWSEN O SATANAS THN KARDIAN SOU YEUSASQAI SE TO PNEUMA TO AGION KAI NOSFISASQAI APO THS TIMHS TOU CWRIOU? 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. AKOUWN DE O ANANIAS TOUS LOGOUS TOUTOUS PESWN EXEYUXEN. KAI EGENETO FOBOS MEGAS EPI PANTAS TOUS AKOUONTAS. ANASTANTES DE OI NEWTEROI SUNESTEILAN AUTON KAI EXENEGKANTES EQAYAN. EGENETO DE WS WRWN TRIWN DIASTHMA KAI H GUNH AUTOU MH EIDUIA TO GEGONOS EISHLQEN. APEKRIQH DE PROS AUTHN PETROS, EIPE MOI, EI TOSOUTOU TO CWRION APEDOSQE? H DE EIPEN, NAI, TOSOUTOU. O DE PETROS PROS AUTHN, TI OTI SUNEFWNHQH UMIN PEIRASAI TO PNEUMA KURIOU? IDOU OI PODES TWN QAYANTWN TON ANDRA SOU EPI TH QURA KAI EXOISOUSIN SE. EPESEN DE PARACRHMA PROS TOUS PODAS AUTOU KAI EXEYUXEN. EISELQONTES DE OI NEANISKOI EURON AUTHN NEKRAN, KAI EXENEGKANTES EQAYAN PROS TON ANDRA AUTHS. KAI EGENETO FOBOS MEGAS EF OLHN THN EKKLHSIAN KAI EPI PANTAS TOUS AKOUONTAS TAUTA. DIA DE TWN CEIRWN TWN APOSTOLWN EGINETO SHMEIA KAI TERATA POLLA EN TW LAW. KAI HSAN OMOQUMADON APANTES EN TH STOA SOLOMWNTOS. TWN DE LOIPWN OUDEIS ETOLMA KOLLASQAI AUTOIS, ALL EMEGALUNEN AUTOUS O LAOS. MALLON DE PROSETIQENTO PISTEUONTES TW KURIW PLHQH ANDRWN TE KAI GUNAIKWN, WSTE KAI EIS TAS PLATEIAS EKFEREIN TOUS ASQENEIS KAI TIQENAI EPI KLINARIWN KAI KRABATTWN, INA ERCOMENOU PETROU KAN H SKIA EPISKIASH TINI AUTWN. SUNHRCETO DE KAI TO PLHQOS TWN PERIX POLEWN IEROUSALHM, FERONTES ASQENEIS KAI OCLOUMENOUS UPO PNEUMATWN AKAQARTWN, OITINES EQERAPEUONTO APANTES. ANASTAS DE O ARCIEREUS KAI PANTES OI SUN AUTW, H OUSA AIRESIS TWN SADDOUKAIWN, EPLHSQHSAN ZHLOU KAI EPEBALON TAS CEIRAS EPI TOUS APOSTOLOUS KAI EQENTO AUTOUS EN THRHSEI DHMOSIA. AGGELOS DE KURIOU DIA NUKTOS HNOIXE TAS QURAS THS FULAKHS EXAGAGWN TE AUTOUS EIPEN, POREUESQE KAI STAQENTES LALEITE EN TW IERW TW LAW PANTA TA RHMATA THS ZWHS TAUTHS. AKOUSANTES DE EISHLQON UPO TON ORQRON EIS TO IERON KAI EDIDASKON. PARAGENOMENOS DE O ARCIREUS KAI OI SUN AUTW SUNEKALESAN TO SUNEDRION KAI PASAN THN GEROUSIAN TWN UIWN ISRAHL, KAI APESTEILAN EIS TO DESMWTHRION ACQHNAI AUTOUS. OI DE PARAGENOMENOI UPHRETAI OUC EURON AUTOUS EN TH FULAKH, ANASTREYANTES DE APHGGEILAN LEGONTES OTI TO DESMWTHRION EUROMEN KEKLEISMENON EN PASH ASFALEIA KAI TOUS FULAKAS ESTWTAS EPI TWN QURWN, ANOIXANTES DE ESW, OUDENA EUROMEN. WS DE HKOUSAN TOUS LOGOUS TOUTOUS O TE STRATHGOS TOU IEROU KAI OI ARCIEREIS, DIHPOROUN PERI AUTWN TI AN GENOITO TOUTO. PARAGENOMENOS DE TIS APHGGEILEN AUTOIS OTI IDOU OI ANDRES OUS EQESQE EN TH FULAKH EISIN EN TW IERW ESTWTES KAI DIDASKONTES TON LAON. TOTE APELQWN O STRATHGOS SUN TOIS UPHRETAIS HGEN AUTOUS, OU META BIAS, EFOBOUNTO GAR TON LAON, MH LIQASQWSIN. AGAGONTES DE AUTOUS ESTHSAN EN TW SUNEDRIW. KAI EPHRWTHSEN AUTOUS O ARCIEREUS LEGWN, PARAGGELIA PARHGGEILAMEN UMIN MH DIDASKEIN EPI TW ONOMATI TOUTW, KAI IDOU PEPLHRWKATE TH IEROUSALHM THS DIDACHS UMWN, KAI BOULESQE EPAGAGEIN EF HMAS TO AIMA TOU ANQRWPOU TOUTOU. APOKRIQEIS DE PETROS KAI OI APOSTOLOI EIPAN, PEIQARCEIN DEI QEW MALLON H ANQRWPOIS. O QEOS TWN PATERWN HMWN HGEIREN IHSOUN, ON UMEIS DIECEIRISASQE KREMASANTES EPI XULOU. TOUTON O QEOS ARCHGON KAI SWTHRA UYWSEN TH DEXIA AUTOU, DOUNAI METANOIAN TW ISRAHL KAI AFESIN AMARTIWN. KAI HMEIS ESMEN MARTURES TWN RHMATWN TOUTWN, KAI TO PNEUMA TO AGION O EDWKEN O QEOS TOIS PEIQARCOUSIN AUTW. OI DE AKOUSANTES DIEPRIONTO KAI EBOULONTO ANELEIN AUTOUS. ANASTAS DE TIS EN TW SUNEDRIW FARISAIOS ONOMATI GAMALIHL, NOMODIDASKALOS TIMIOS PANTI TW LAW, EKELEUSEN EXW BRACU TOUS ANQRWPOUS POIHSAI, EIPEN TE PROS AUTOUS, ANDRES ISRAHLITAI, PROSECETE EAUTOIS EPI TOIS ANQRWPOIS TOUTOIS TI MELLETE PRASSEIN. PRO GAR TOUTWN TWN HMERWN ANESTH QEUDAS, LEGWN EINAI TINA EAUTON, W PROSEKLIQH ANDRWN ARIQMOS WS TETRAKOSIWN. OS ANHREQH, KAI PANTES OSOI EPEIQONTO AUTW DIELUQHSAN KAI EGENONTO EIS OUDEN. META TOUTON ANESTH IOUDAS O GALILAIOS EN TAIS HMERAIS THS APOGRAFHS KAI APESTHSEN LAON OPISW AUTOU. KAKEINOS APWLETO, KAI PANTES OSOI EPEIQONTO AUTW DIESKORPISQHSAN. KAI TA NUN LEGW UMIN, APOSTHTE APO TWN ANQRWPWN TOUTWN KAI AFETE AUTOUS. OTI EAN H EX ANQRWPWN H BOULH AUTH H TO ERGON TOUTO, KATALUQHSETAI. EI DE EK QEOU ESTIN, OU DUNHSESQE KATALUSAI AUTOUS- MHPOTE KAI QEOMACOI EUREQHTE. EPEISQHSAN DE AUTW, KAI PROSKALESAMENOI TOUS APOSTOLOUS DEIRANTES PARHGGEILAN MH LALEIN EPI TW ONOMATI TOU IHSOU KAI APELUSAN. OI MEN OUN EPOREUONTO CAIRONTES APO PROSWPOU TOU SUNEDRIOU OTI KATHXIWQHSAN UPER TOU ONOMATOS ATIMASQHNAI. PASAN TE HMERAN EN TW IERW KAI KAT OIKON OUK EPAUONTO DIDASKONTES KAI EUAGGELIZOMENOI TON CRISTON, IHSOUN. 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. PROSKALESAMENOI DE OI DWDEKA TO PLHQOS TWN MAQHTWN EIPAN, OUK ARESTON ESTIN HMAS KATALEIYANTAS TON LOGON TOU QEOU DIAKONEIN TRAPEZAIS. EPISKEYASQE DE, ADELFOI, ANDRAS EX UMWN MARTUROUMENOUS EPTA PLHREIS PNEUMATOS KAI SOFIAS, OUS KATASTHSOMEN EPI THS CREIAS TAUTHS. HMEIS DE TH PROSEUCH KAI TH DIAKONIA TOU LOGOU PROSKARTERHSOMEN. KAI HRESEN O LOGOS ENWPION PANTOS TOU PLHQOUS, KAI EXELEXANTO STEFANON, ANDRA PLHRHS PISTEWS KAI PNEUMATOS AGIOU, KAI FILIPPON KAI PROCORON KAI NIKANORA KAI TIMWNA KAI PARMENAN KAI NIKOLAON PROSHLUTON ANTIOCEA, OUS ESTHSAN ENWPION TWN APOSTOLWN, KAI PROSEUXAMENOI EPEQHKAN AUTOIS TAS CEIRAS. KAI O LOGOS TOU QEOU HUXANEN, KAI EPLHQUNETO O ARIQMOS TWN MAQHTWN EN IEROUSALHM SFODRA, POLUS TE OCLOS TWN IEREWN UPHKOUON TH PISTEI. STEFANOS DE PLHRHS CARITOS KAI DUNAMEWS EPOIEI TERATA KAI SHMEIA MEGALA EN TW LAW. ANESTHSAN DE TINES TWN EK THS SUNAGWGHS THS LEGOMENHS LIBERTINWN KAI KURHNAIWN KAI ALEXANDREWN KAI TWN APO KILIKIAS KAI ASIAS SUZHTOUNTES TW STEFANW, KAI OUK ISCUON ANTISTHNAI TH SOFIA KAI TW PNEUMATI W ELALEI. TOTE UPEBALON ANDRAS LEGONTAS OTI AKHKOAMEN AUTOU LALOUNTOS RHMATA BLASFHMA EIS MWUSHN KAI TON QEON. SUNEKINHSAN TE TON LAON KAI TOUS PRESBUTEROUS KAI TOUS GRAMMATEIS, KAI EPISTANTES SUNHRPASAN AUTON KAI HGAGON EIS TO SUNEDRION, ESTHSAN TE MARTURAS YEUDEIS LEGONTAS, O ANQRWPOS OUTOS OU PAUETAI LALWN RHMATA KATA TOU TOPOU TOU AGIOU (TOUTOU) KAI TOU NOMOU. AKHKOAMEN GAR AUTOU LEGONTOS OTI IHSOUS O NAZWRAIOS OUTOS KATALUSEI TON TOPON TOUTON KAI ALLAXEI TA EQH A PAREDWKEN HMIN MWUSHS. KAI ATENISANTES EIS AUTON PANTES OI KAQEZOMENOI EN TW SUNEDRIW EIDON TO PROSWPON AUTOU WSEI PROSWPON AGGELOU. EIPEN DE O ARCIEREUS, EI TAUTA OUTWS ECEI? 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, KAI EIPEN PROS AUTON, EXELQE EK THS GHS SOU KAI EK THS SUGGENEIAS SOU, KAI DEURO EIS THN GHN HN AN SOI DEIXW. 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, KAI OUK EDWKEN AUTW KLHRONOMIAN EN AUTH OUDE BHMA PODOS, KAI EPHGGEILATO DOUNAI AUTW EIS KATASCESIN AUTHN KAI TW SPERMATI AUTOU MET AUTON, OUK ONTOS AUTW TEKNOU. ELALHSEN DE OUTWS O QEOS OTI ESTAI TO SPERMA AUTOU PAROIKON EN GH ALLOTRIA, KAI DOULWSOUSIN AUTO KAI KAKWSOUSIN ETH TETRAKOSIA. KAI TO EQNOS W EAN DOULEUSOUSIN KRINW EGW, O QEOS EIPEN, KAI META TAUTA EXELEUSONTAI KAI LATREUSOUSIN MOI EN TW TOPW TOUTW. KAI EDWKEN AUTW DIAQHKHN PERITOMHS. KAI OUTWS EGENNHSEN TON ISAAK KAI PERIETEMEN AUTON TH HMERA TH OGDOH, KAI ISAAK TON IAKWB, KAI IAKWB TOUS DWDEKA PATRIARCAS. KAI OI PATRIARCAI ZHLWSANTES TON IWSHF APEDONTO EIS AIGUPTON. KAI HN O QEOS MET AUTOU, KAI EXEILATO AUTON EK PASWN TWN QLIYEWN AUTOU, KAI EDWKEN AUTW CARIN KAI SOFIAN ENANTION FARAW BASILEWS AIGUPTOU, KAI KATESTHSEN AUTON HGOUMENON EP AIGUPTON KAI (EF) OLON TON OIKON AUTOU. HLQEN DE LIMOS EF OLHN THN AIGUPTON KAI CANAAN KAI QLIYIS MEGALH, KAI OUC HURISKON CORTASMATA OI PATERES HMWN. AKOUSAS DE IAKWB ONTA SITIA EIS AIGUPTON EXAPESTEILEN TOUS PATERAS HMWN PRWTON. KAI EN TW DEUTERW ANEGNWRISQH IWSHF TOIS ADELFOIS AUTOU, KAI FANERON EGENETO TW FARAW TO GENOS (TOU) IWSHF. APOSTEILAS DE IWSHF METEKALESATO IAKWB TON PATERA AUTOU KAI PASAN THN SUGGENEIAN EN YUCAIS EBDOMHKONTA PENTE, KAI KATEBH IAKWB EIS AIGUPTON. KAI ETELEUTHSEN AUTOS KAI OI PATERES HMWN, KAI METETEQHSAN EIS SUCEM KAI ETEQHSAN EN TW MNHMATI W WNHSATO ABRAAM TIMHS ARGURIOU PARA TWN UIWN EMMWR EN SUCEM. KAQWS DE HGGIZEN O CRONOS THS EPAGGELIAS HS WMOLOGHSEN O QEOS TW ABRAAM, HUXHSEN O LAOS KAI EPLHQUNQH EN AIGUPTW, ACRI OU ANESTH BASILEUS ETEROS (EP AIGUPTON) OS OUK HDEI TON IWSHF. OUTOS KATASOFISAMENOS TO GENOS HMWN EKAKWSEN TOUS PATERAS TOU POIEIN TA BREFH EKQETA AUTWN EIS TO MH ZWOGONEISQAI. EN W KAIRW EGENNHQH MWUSHS, KAI HN ASTEIOS TW QEW. OS ANETRAFH MHNAS TREIS EN TW OIKW TOU PATROS. EKTEQENTOS DE AUTOU ANEILATO AUTON H QUGATHR FARAW KAI ANEQREYATO AUTON EAUTH EIS UION. KAI EPAIDEUQH MWUSHS (EN) PASH SOFIA AIGUPTIWN, HN DE DUNATOS EN LOGOIS KAI ERGOIS AUTOU. WS DE EPLHROUTO AUTW TESSERAKONTAETHS CRONOS, ANEBH EPI THN KARDIAN AUTOU EPISKEYASQAI TOUS ADELFOUS AUTOU TOUS UIOUS ISRAHL. KAI IDWN TINA ADIKOUMENON HMUNATO KAI EPOIHSEN EKDIKHSIN TW KATAPONOUMENW PATAXAS TON AIGUPTION. ENOMIZEN DE SUNIENAI TOUS ADELFOUS AUTOU OTI O QEOS DIA CEIROS AUTOU DIDWSIN SWTHRIAN AUTOIS, OI DE OU SUNHKAN. TH TE EPIOUSH HMERA WFQH AUTOIS MACOMENOIS KAI SUNHLLASSEN AUTOUS EIS EIRHNHN EIPWN, ANDRES, ADELFOI ESTE. INATI ADIKEITE ALLHLOUS? O DE ADIKWN TON PLHSION APWSATO AUTON EIPWN, TIS SE KATESTHSEN ARCONTA KAI DIKASTHN EF HMWN? MH ANELEIN ME SU QELEIS ON TROPON ANEILES ECQES TON AIGUPTION? EFUGEN DE MWUSHS EN TW LOGW TOUTW, KAI EGENETO PAROIKOS EN GH MADIAM, OU EGENNHSEN UIOUS DUO. KAI PLHRWQENTWN ETWN TESSARAKONTA WFQH AUTW EN TH ERHMW TOU OROUS SINA AGGELOS EN FLOGI PUROS BATOU. O DE MWUSHS IDWN EQAUMAZEN TO ORAMA. PROSERCOMENOU DE AUTOU KATANOHSAI EGENETO FWNH KURIOU, EGW O QEOS TWN PATERWN SOU, O QEOS ABRAAM KAI ISAAK KAI IAKWB. ENTROMOS DE GENOMENOS MWUSHS OUK ETOLMA KATANOHSAI. EIPEN DE AUTW O KURIOS, LUSON TO UPODHMA TWN PODWN SOU, O GAR TOPOS EF W ESTHKAS GH AGIA ESTIN. IDWN EIDON THN KAKWSIN TOU LAOU MOU TOU EN AIGUPTW, KAI TOU STENAGMOU AUTOU HKOUSA, KAI KATEBHN EXELESQAI AUTOUS. KAI NUN DEURO APOSTEILW SE EIS AIGUPTON. TOUTON TON MWUSHN, ON HRNHSANTO EIPONTES, TIS SE KATESTHSEN ARCONTA KAI DIKASTHN? TOUTON O QEOS (KAI) ARCONTA KAI LUTRWTHN APESTALKEN SUN CEIRI AGGELOU TOU OFQENTOS AUTW EN TH BATW. OUTOS EXHGAGEN AUTOUS POIHSAS TERATA KAI SHMEIA EN GH AIGUPTW KAI EN ERUQRA QALASSH KAI EN TH ERHMW ETH TESSARAKONTA. OUTOS ESTIN O MWUSHS O EIPAS TOIS UIOIS ISRAHL, PROFHTHN UMIN ANASTHSEI O QEOS EK TWN ADELFWN UMWN WS EME. 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H SKHNH TOU MARTURIOU HN TOIS PATRASIN HMWN EN TH ERHMW, KAQWS DIETAXATO O LALWN TW MWUSH POIHSAI AUTHN KATA TON TUPON ON EWRAKEI. 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 DAUID, OS EUREN CARIN ENWPION TOU QEOU KAI HTHSATO EUREIN SKHNWMA TW OIKW IAKWB. SOLOMWN DE OIKODOMHSEN AUTW OIKON. ALL OUC O UYISTOS EN CEIROPOIHTOIS KATOIKEI. KAQWS O PROFHTHS LEGEI, O OURANOS MOI QRONOS, H DE GH UPOPODION TWN PODWN MOU. POION OIKON OIKODOMHSETE MOI, LEGEI KURIOS, H TIS TOPOS THS KATAPAUSEWS MOU? OUCI H CEIR MOU EPOIHSEN TAUTA PANTA? SKLHROTRACHLOI KAI APERITMHTOI KARDIAS KAI TOIS WSIN, UMEIS AEI TW PNEUMATI TW AGIW ANTIPIPTETE, WS OI PATERES UMWN KAI UMEIS. TINA TWN PROFHTWN OUK EDIWXAN OI PATERES UMWN? KAI APEKTEINAN TOUS PROKATAGGEILANTAS PERI THS ELEUSEWS TOU DIKAIOU OU NUN UMEIS PRODOTAI KAI FONEIS EGENESQE, OITINES ELABETE TON NOMON EIS DIATAGAS AGGELWN, KAI OUK EFULAXATE. AKOUONTES DE TAUTA DIEPRIONTO TAIS KARDIAIS AUTWN KAI EBRUCON TOUS ODONTAS EP AUTON. UPARCWN DE PLHRHS PNEUMATOS AGIOU ATENISAS EIS TON OURANON EIDEN DOXAN QEOU KAI IHSOUN ESTWTA EK DEXIWN TOU QEOU, KAI EIPEN, IDOU QEWRW TOUS OURANOUS DIHNOIGMENOUS KAI TON UION TOU ANQRWPOU EK DEXIWN ESTWTA TOU QEOU. KRAXANTES DE FWNH MEGALH SUNESCON TA WTA AUTWN, KAI WRMHSAN OMOQUMADON EP AUTON, KAI EKBALONTES EXW THS POLEWS ELIQOBOLOUN. KAI OI MARTURES APEQENTO TA IMATIA AUTWN PARA TOUS PODAS NEANIOU KALOUMENOU SAULOU. KAI ELIQOBOLOUN TON STEFANON EPIKALOUMENON KAI LEGONTA, KURIE IHSOU, DEXAI TO PNEUMA MOU. QEIS DE TA GONATA EKRAXEN FWNH MEGALH, KURIE, MH STHSHS AUTOIS TAUTHN THN AMARTIAN. KAI TOUTO EIPWN EKOIMHQH. SAULOS DE HN SUNEUDOKWN TH ANAIRESEI AUTOU. EGENETO DE EN EKEINH TH HMERA DIWGMOS MEGAS EPI THN EKKLHSIAN THN EN IEROSOLUMOIS. PANTES DE DIESPARHSAN KATA TAS CWRAS THS IOUDAIAS KAI SAMAREIAS PLHN TWN APOSTOLWN. SUNEKOMISAN DE TON STEFANON ANDRES EULABEIS KAI EPOIHSAN KOPETON MEGAN EP AUTW. SAULOS DE ELUMAINETO THN EKKLHSIAN KATA TOUS OIKOUS EISPOREUOMENOS, SURWN TE ANDRAS KAI GUNAIKAS PAREDIDOU EIS FULAKHN. OI MEN OUN DIASPARENTES DIHLQON EUAGGELIZOMENOI TON LOGON. FILIPPOS DE KATELQWN EIS (THN) POLIN THS SAMAREIAS EKHRUSSEN AUTOIS TON CRISTON. PROSEICON DE OI OCLOI TOIS LEGOMENOIS UPO TOU FILIPPOU OMOQUMADON EN TW AKOUEIN AUTOUS KAI BLEPEIN TA SHMEIA A EPOIEI. POLLOI GAR TWN ECONTWN PNEUMATA AKAQARTA BOWNTA FWNH MEGALH EXHRCONTO, POLLOI DE PARALELUMENOI KAI CWLOI EQERAPEUQHSAN. EGENETO DE POLLH CARA EN TH POLEI EKEINH. ANHR DE TIS ONOMATI SIMWN PROUPHRCEN EN TH POLEI MAGEUWN KAI EXISTANWN TO EQNOS THS SAMAREIAS, LEGWN EINAI TINA EAUTON MEGAN, W PROSEICON PANTES APO MIKROU EWS MEGALOU LEGONTES, OUTOS ESTIN H DUNAMIS TOU QEOU H KALOUMENH MEGALH. PROSEICON DE AUTW DIA TO IKANW CRONW TAIS MAGEIAIS EXESTAKENAI AUTOUS. OTE DE EPISTEUSAN TW FILIPPW EUAGGELIZOMENW PERI THS BASILEIAS TOU QEOU KAI TOU ONOMATOS IHSOU CRISTOU, EBAPTIZONTO ANDRES TE KAI GUNAIKES. O DE SIMWN KAI AUTOS EPISTEUSEN, KAI BAPTISQEIS HN PROSKARTERWN TW FILIPPW, QEWRWN TE SHMEIA KAI DUNAMEIS MEGALAS GINOMENAS EXISTATO. AKOUSANTES DE OI EN IEROSOLUMOIS APOSTOLOI OTI DEDEKTAI H SAMAREIA TON LOGON TOU QEOU APESTEILAN PROS AUTOUS PETRON KAI IWANNHN, OITINES KATABANTES PROSHUXANTO PERI AUTWN OPWS LABWSIN PNEUMA AGION. OUDEPW GAR HN EP OUDENI AUTWN EPIPEPTWKOS, MONON DE BEBAPTISMENOI UPHRCON EIS TO ONOMA TOU KURIOU IHSOU. TOTE EPETIQOUN TAS CEIRAS EP AUTOUS, KAI ELAMBANON PNEUMA AGION. IDWN DE O SIMWN OTI DIA THS EPIQESEWS TWN CEIRWN TWN APOSTOLWN DIDOTAI TO PNEUMA, PROSHNEGKEN AUTOIS CRHMATA LEGWN, DOTE KAMOI THN EXOUSIAN TAUTHN INA W EAN EPIQW TAS CEIRAS LAMBANH PNEUMA AGION. PETROS DE EIPEN PROS AUTON, TO ARGURION SOU SUN SOI EIH EIS APWLEIAN, OTI THN DWREAN TOU QEOU ENOMISAS DIA CRHMATWN KTASQAI. OUK ESTIN SOI MERIS OUDE KLHROS EN TW LOGW TOUTW, H GAR KARDIA SOU OUK ESTIN EUQEIA ENANTI TOU QEOU. METANOHSON OUN APO THS KAKIAS SOU TAUTHS, KAI DEHQHTI TOU KURIOU EI ARA AFEQHSETAI SOI H EPINOIA THS KARDIAS SOU. EIS GAR COLHN PIKRIAS KAI SUNDESMON ADIKIAS ORW SE ONTA. APOKRIQEIS DE O SIMWN EIPEN, DEHQHTE UMEIS UPER EMOU PROS TON KURION OPWS MHDEN EPELQH EP EME WN EIRHKATE. OI MEN OUN DIAMARTURAMENOI KAI LALHSANTES TON LOGON TOU KURIOU UPESTREFON EIS IEROSOLUMA, POLLAS TE KWMAS TWN SAMARITWN EUHGGELIZONTO. AGGELOS DE KURIOU ELALHSEN PROS FILIPPON LEGWN, ANASTHQI KAI POREUOU KATA MESHMBRIAN EPI THN ODON THN KATABAINOUSAN APO IEROUSALHM EIS GAZAN. AUTH ESTIN ERHMOS. KAI ANASTAS EPOREUQH. KAI IDOU ANHR AIQIOY EUNOCOS DUNASTHS KANDAKHS BASILISSHS AIQIOPWN, OS HN EPI PASHS THS GAZHS AUTHS, OS ELHLUQEI PROSKUNHSWN EIS IEROUSALHM, HN TE UPOSTREFWN KAI KAQHMENOS EPI TOU ARMATOS AUTOU KAI ANEGINWSKEN TON PROFHTHN HSAIAN. EIPEN DE TO PNEUMA TW FILIPPW, PROSELQE KAI KOLLHQHTI TW ARMATI TOUTW. PROSDRAMWN DE O FILIPPOS HKOUSEN AUTOU ANAGINWSKONTOS HSAIAN TON PROFHTHN, KAI EIPEN, ARA GE GINWSKEIS A ANAGINWSKEIS? O DE EIPEN, PWS GAR AN DUNAIMHN EAN MH TIS ODHGHSEI ME? PAREKALESEEN TE TON FILIPPON ANABANTA KAQISAI SUN AUTW. H DE PERIOCH THS GRAFHS HN ANEGINWSKEN HN AUTH. WS PROBATON EPI SFAGHN HCQH, KAI WS AMNOS ENANTION TOU KEIRANTOS AUTON AFWNOS, OUTWS OUK ANOIGEI TO STOMA AUTOU. EN TH TAPEINWSEI H KRISIS AUTOU HRQH. THN GENEAN AUTOU TIS DIHGHSETAI? OTI AIRETAI APO THS GHS H ZWH AUTOU. APOKRIQEIS DE O EUNOUCOS TW FILIPPW EIPEN, DEOMAI SOU, PERI TINOS O PROFHTHS LEGEI TOUTO? PERI EAUTOU H PERI ETEROU TINOS? ANOIXAS DE O FILIPPOS TO STOMA AUTOU KAI ARXAMENOS APO THS GRAFHS TAUTHS EUHGGELISATO AUTW TON IHSOUN. WS DE EPOREUONTO KATA THN ODON, HLQON EPI TI UDWR, KAI FHSIN O EUNOUCOS, IDOU UDWR. TI KWLUEI ME BAPTISQHNAI? KAI EKELEUSEN STHNAI TO ARMA, KAI KATEBHSAN AMFOTEROI EIS TO UDWR, O TE FILIPPOS KAI O EUNOUCOS, KAI EBAPTISEN AUTON. OTE DE ANEBHSAN EK TOU UDATOS, PNEUMA KURIOU HRPASEN TON FILIPPON, KAI OUK EIDEN AUTON OUKETI O EUNOUCOS. EPOREUETO GAR THN ODON AUTOU CAIRWN. FILIPPOS DE EUREQH EIS AZWTON, KAI DIERCOMENOS EUHGGELIZETO TAS POLEIS PASAS EWS TOU ELQEIN AUTON EIS KAISAREIAN. O DE SAULOS, ETI EMPNEWN APEILHS KAI FONOU EIS TOUS MAQHTAS TOU KURIOU, PROSELQWN TW ARCIEREI HTHSATO PAR AUTOU EPISTOLAS EIS DAMASKON PROS TAS SUNAGWGAS, OPWS EAN TINAS EURH THS ODOU ONTAS, ANDRAS TE KAI GUNAIKAS, DEDEMENOUS AGAGH EIS IEROUSALHM. EN DE TW POREUESQAI EGENETO AUTON EGGIZEIN TH DAMASKW, EXAIFNHS TE AUTON PERIHSTRAYEN FWS EK TOU OURANOU, KAI PESWN EPI THN GHN HKOUSEN FWNHN LEGOUSAN AUTW, SAOUL SAOUL, TI ME DIWKEIS? EIPEN DE, TIS EI, KURIE? O DE, EGW EIMI IHSOUS ON SU DIWKEIS. ALLA ANASTHQI KAI EISELQE EIS THN POLIN, KAI LALHQHSETAI SOI O TI SE DEI POIEIN. OI DE ANDRES OI SUNODEUONTES AUTW EISTHKEISAN ENEOI, AKOUONTES MEN THS FWNHS MHDENA DE QEWROUNTES. HGERQH DE SAULOS APO THS GHS, ANEWGMENWN DE TWN OFQALMWN AUTOU OUDEN EBLEPEN. CEIRAGWGOUNTES DE AUTON EISHGAGON EIS DAMASKON. KAI HN HMERAS TREIS MH BLEPWN, KAI OUK EFAGEN OUDE EPIEN. HN DE TIS MAQHTHS EN DAMASKW ONOMATI ANANIAS, KAI EIPEN PROS AUTON EN ORAMATI O KURIOS, ANANIA. O DE EIPEN, IDOU EGW, KURIE. O DE KURIOS PROS AUTON, ANASTAS POREUQHTI EPI THN RUMHN THN KALOUMENHN EUQEIAN KAI ZHTHSON EN OKIA IOUDA SAULON ONOMATI TARSEA. IDOU GAR PROSEUCETAI, KAI EIDEN ANDRA (EN ORAMATI) ANANIAN ONOMATI EISELQONTA KAI EPIQENTA AUTW (TAS) CEIRAS OPWS ANABLEYH. APEKRIQH DE ANANIAS, KURIE, HKOUSA APO POLLWN PERI TOU ANDROS TOUTOU, OSA KAKA TOIS AGIOIS SOU EPOIHSEN EN IEROUSALHM. KAI WDE ECEI EXOUSIAN PARA TWN ARCIEREWN DHSAI PANTAS TOUS EPIKALOUMENOUS TO ONOMA SOU. EIPEN DE PROS AUTON O KURIOS, POREUOU, OTI SKEUOS EKLOGHS ESTIN MOI OUTOS TOU BASTASAI TO ONOMA MOU ENWPION TWN EQNWN TE KAI BASILEWN UIWN TE ISRAHL. EGW GAR UPODEIXW AUTW OSA DEI AUTON UPER TOU ONOMATOS MOU PAQEIN. 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. KAI EUQEWS APEPESAN AUTOU APO TWN OFQALMWN WS LEPIDES, ANEBLEYEN TE, KAI ANASTAS EBAPTISQH, KAI LABWN TROFHN ENISCUSEN. EGENETO DE META TWN EN DAMASKW MAQHTWN HMERAS TINAS, KAI EUQEWS EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS EKHRUSSEN TON IHSOUN OTI OUTOS ESTIN O UIOS TOU QEOU. 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? SAULOS DE MALLON ENEDUNAMOUTO KAI SUNECUNNEN (TOUS) IOUDAIOUS TOUS KATOIKOUNTAS EN DAMASKW, SUMBIBAZWN OTI OUTOS ESTIN O CRISTOS. WS DE EPLHROUNTO HMERAI IKANAI, SUNEBOULEUSANTO OI IOUDAIOI ANELEIN AUTON. EGNWSQH DE TW SAULW H EPIBOULH AUTWN. PARETHROUNTO DE KAI TAS PULAS HMERAS TE KAI NUKTOS OPWS AUTON ANELWSIN. LABONTES DE OI MAQHTAI AUTOU NUKTOS DIA TOU TEICOUS KAQHKAN AUTON CALASANTES EN SPURIDI. PARAGENOMENOS DE EIS IEROUSALHM EPEIRAZEN KOLLASQAI TOIS MAQHTAIS. KAI PANTES EFOBOUNTO AUTON, MH PISTEUONTES OTI ESTIN MAQHTHS. 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 IHSOU. KAI HN MET AUTWN EISPOREUOMENOS KAI EKPOREUOMENOS EIS IEROUSALHM, PARRHSIAZOMENOS EN TW ONOMATI TOU KURIOU, ELALEI TE KAI SUNEZHTEI PROS TOUS ELLHNISTAS. OI DE EPECEIROUN ANELEIN AUTON. EPIGNONTES DE OI ADELFOI KATHGAGON AUTON EIS KAISAREIAN KAI EXAPESTEILAN AUTON EIS TARSON. H MEN OUN EKKLHSIA KAQ OLHS THS IOUDAIAS KAI GALILAIAS KAI SAMAREIAS EICEN EIRHNHN, OIKODOMOUMENH KAI POREUOMENH TW FOBW TOU KURIOU, KAI TH PARAKLHSEI TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS EPLHQUNETO. EGENETO DE PETRON DIERCOMENON DIA PANTWN KATELQEIN KAI PROS TOUS AGIOUS TOUS KATOIKOUNTAS LUDDA. EUREN DE EKEI ANQRWPON TINA ONOMATI AINEAN EX ETWN OKTW KATAKEIMENON EPI KRABATTOU, OS HN PARALELUMENOS. KAI EIPEN AUTW O PETROS, AINEA, IATAI SE IHSOUS CRISTOS. ANASTHQI KAI STRWSON SEAUTW. KAI EUQEWS ANESTH KAI EIDAN AUTON PANTES OI KATOIKOUNTES LUDDA KAI TON SARWNA, OITINES EPESTREYAN EPI TON KURION. EN IOPPH DE TIS HN MAQHTRIA ONOMATI TABIQA, H DIERMHNEUOMENH LEGETAI DORKAS. AUTH HN PLHRHS ERGWN AGAQWN KAI ELEHMOSUNWN WN EPOIEI. EGENETO DE EN TAIS HMERAIS EKEINAIS ASQENHSASAN AUTHN APOQANEIN. LOUSANTES DE (AUTHN) EQHKAN EN UPERWW. EGGUS DE OUSHS LUDDAS TH IOPPH OI MAQHTAI AKOUSANTES OTI PETROS ESTIN EN AUTH APESTEILAN DUO ANDRAS PROS AUTON PARAKALOUNTES, MH OKNHSHS DIELQEIN EWS HMWN. 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. EKBALWN DE EXW PANTAS O PETROS KAI QEIS TA GONATA PROSHUXATO, KAI EPISTREYAS PROS TO SWMA EIPEN, TABIQA, ANASTHQI. H DE HNOIXEN TOUS OFQALMOUS AUTHS, KAI IDOUSA TON PETRON ANEKAQISEN. DOUS DE AUTH CEIRA ANESTHSEN AUTHN, FWNHSAS DE TOUS AGIOUS KAI TAS CHRAS PARESTHSEN AUTHN ZWSAN. GNWSTON DE EGENETO KAQ OLHS (THS) IOPPHS, KAI EPISTEUSAN POLLOI EPI TON KURION. EGENETO DE HMERAS IKANAS MEINAI EN IOPPH PARA TINI SIMWNI BURSEI. ANHR DE TIS EN KAISAREIA ONOMATI KORNHLIOS EKATONTARCHS EK SPEIRHS THS KALOUMENHS ITALIKHS, EUSEBHS KAI FOBOUMENOS TON QEON SUN PANTI TW OIKW AUTOU, POIWN ELEHMOSUNAS POLLAS TW LAW KAI DEOMENOS TOU QEOU DIA PANTOS, EIDEN EN ORAMATI FANERWS WSEI PERI WRAN ENATHN THS HMERAS AGGELON TOU QEOU EISELQONTA PROS AUTON KAI EIPONTA AUTW, KORNHLIE. O DE ATENISAS AUTW KAI EMFOBOS GENOMENOS EIPEN, TI ESTIN, KURIE? EIPEN DE AUTW, AI PROSEUCAI SOU KAI AI ELEHMOSUNAI SOU ANEBHSAN EIS MNHMOSUNON EMPROSQEN TOU QEOU. KAI NUN PEMYON ANDRAS EIS IOPPHN KAI METAPEMYAI SIMWNA TINA OS EPIKALEITAI PETROS. OUTOS XENIZETAI PARA TINI SIMWNI BURSEI, W ESTIN OIKIA PARA QALASSAN. WS DE APHLQEN O AGGELOS O LALWN AUTW, FWNHSAS DUO TWN OIKETWN KAI STRATIWTHN EUSEBH TWN PROSKARTEROUNTWN AUTW, KAI EXHGHSAMENOS APANTA AUTOIS APESTEILEN AUTOUS EIS THN IOPPHN. TH DE EPAURION ODOIPOROUNTWN EKEINWN KAI TH POLEI EGGIZONTWN ANEBH PETROS EPI TO DWMA PROSEUXASQAI PERI WRAN EKTHN. EGENETO DE PROSPEINOS KAI HQELEN GEUSASQAI. PARASKEUAZONTWN DE AUTWN EGENETO EP AUTON EKSTASIS, KAI QEWREI TON OURANON ANEWGMENON KAI KATABAINON SKEUOS TI WS OQONHN MEGALHN TESSARSIN ARCAIS KAQIEMENON EPI THS GHS, EN W UPHRCEN PANTA TA TETRAPODA KAI ERPETA THS GHS KAI PETEINA TOU OURANOU. KAI EGENETO FWNH PROS AUTON, ANASTAS, PETRE, QUSON KAI FAGE. O DE PETROS EIPEN, MHDAMWS, KURIE, OTI OUDEPOTE EFAGON PAN KOINON KAI AKAQARTON. KAI FWNH PALIN EK DEUTEROU PROS AUTON, A O QEOS EKAQARISEN SU MH KOINOU. TOUTO DE EGENETO EPI TRIS, KAI EUQUS ANELHMFQH TO SKEUOS EIS TON OURANON. WS DE EN EAUTW DIHPOREI O PETROS TI AN EIH TO ORAMA O EIDEN, IDOU OI ANDRES OI APESTALMENOI UPO TOU KORNHLIOU DIERWTHSANTES THN OIKIAN TOU SIMWNOS EPESTHSAN EPI TON PULWNA, KAI FWNHSANTES EPUNQANONTO EI SIMWN O EPIKALOUMENOS PETROS ENQADE XENIZETAI. TOU DE PETROU DIENQUMOUMENOU PERI TOU ORAMATOS EIPEN (AUTW) TO PNEUMA, IDOU ANDRES (DUO) ZHTOUSIN SE. ALLA ANASTAS KATABHQI KAI POREUOU SUN AUTOIS MHDEN DIAKRINOMENOS, OTI EGW APESTALKA AUTOUS. KATABAS DE PETROS PROS TOUS ANDRAS EIPEN, IDOU EGW EIMI ON ZHTEITE. TIS H AITIA DI HN PARESTE? OI DE EIPAN, 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. EISKALESAMENOS OUN AUTOUS EXENISEN. TH DE EPAURION ANASTAS EXHLQEN SUN AUTOIS, KAI TINES TWN ADELFWN TWN APO IOPPHS SUNHLQON AUTW. TH DE EPAURION EISHLQEN EIS THN KAISAREIAN. O DE KORNHLIOS HN PROSDOKWN AUTOUS, SUGKALESAMENOS TOUS SUGGENEIS AUTOU KAI TOUS ANAGKAIOUS FILOUS. WS DE EGENETO TOU EISELQEIN TON PETRON, SUNANTHSAS AUTW O KORNHLIOS PESWN EPI TOUS PODAS PROSEKUNHSEN. O DE PETROS HGEIREN AUTON LEGWN, ANASTHQI. KAI EGW AUTOS ANQRWPOS EIMI. KAI SUNOMILWN AUTW EISHLQEN, KAI EURISKEI SUNELHLUQOTAS POLLOUS, EFH TE PROS AUTOUS, UMEIS EPISTASQE WS AQEMITON ESTIN ANDRI IOUDAIW KOLLASQAI H PROSERCESQAI ALLOFULW. KAMOI O QEOS EDEIXEN MHDENA KOINON H AKAQARTON LEGEIN ANQRWPON. DIO KAI ANANTIRRHTWS HLQON METAPEMFQEIS. PUNQANOMAI OUN TINI LOGW METEPEMYASQE ME? KAI O KORNHLIOS EFH, APO TETARTHS HMERAS MECRI TAUTHS THS WRAS HMHN THN ENATHN PROSEUCOMENOS EN TW OIKW MOU, KAI IDOU ANHR ESTH ENWPION MOU EN ESQHTI LAMPRA KAI FHSIN, KORNHLIE, EISHKOUSQH SOU H PROSEUCH KAI AI ELEHMOSUNAI SOU EMNHSQHSAN ENWPION TOU QEOU. PEMYON OUN EIS IOPPHN KAI METAKALESAI SIMWNA OS EPIKALEITAI PETROS. OUTOS XENIZETAI EN OIKIA SIMWNOS BURSEWS PARA QALASSAN. 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 KURIOU. ANOIXAS DE PETROS TO STOMA EIPEN, EP ALHQEIAS KATALAMBANOMAI OTI OUK ESTIN PROSWPOLHMPTHS O QEOS, ALL EN PANTI EQNEI O FOBOUMENOS AUTON KAI ERGAZOMENOS DIKAIOSUNHN DEKTOS AUTW ESTIN. TON LOGON (ON) APESTEILEN TOIS UIOIS ISRAHL EUAGGELIZOMENOS EIRHNHN DIA IHSOU CRISTOU- OUTOS ESTIN PANTWN KURIOS- UMEIS OIDATE, TO GENOMENON RHMA KAQ OLHS THS IOUDAIAS, ARXAMENOS APO THS GALILAIAS META TO BAPTISMA O EKHRUXEN IWANNHS, IHSOUN TON APO NAZAREQ, 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. KAI HMEIS MARTURES PANTWN WN EPOIHSEN EN TE TH CWRA TWN IOUDAIWN KAI IEROUALHM. ON KAI ANEILAN KREMASANTES EPI XULOU. TOUTON O QEOS HGEIREN TH TRITH HMERA KAI EDWKEN AUTON EMFANH GENESQAI, OU PANTI TW LAW ALLA MARTUSIN TOIS PROKECEIROTONHMENOIS UPO TOU QEOU, HMIN, OITINES SUNEFAGOMEN KAI SUNEPIOMEN AUTW META TO ANASTHNAI AUTON EK NEKRWN. KAI PARHGGEILEN HMIN KHRUXAI TW LAW KAI DIAMARTURASQAI OTI OUTOS ESTIN O WRISMENOS UPO TOU QEOU KRITHS ZWNTWN KAI NEKRWN. TOUTW PANTES OI PROFHTAI MARTUROUSIN, AFESIN AMARTIWN LABEIN DIA TOU ONOMATOS AUTOU PANTA TON PISTEUONTA EIS AUTON. ETI LALOUNTOS TOU PETROU TA RHMATA TAUTA EPEPESEN TO PNEUMA TO AGION EPI PANTAS TOUS AKOUONTAS TON LOGON. KAI EXESTHSAN OI EK PERITOMHS PISTOI OSOI SUNHLQAN TW PETRW, OTI KAI EPI TA EQNH H DWREA TOU PNEUMATOS TOU AGIOU EKKECUTAI. HKOUON GAR AUTWN LALOUNTWN GLWSSAIS KAI MEGALUNONTWN TON QEON. TOTE APEKRIQH PETROS, MHTI TO UDWR DUNATAI KWLUSAI TIS TOU MH BAPTISQHNAI TOUTOUS OITINES TO PNEUMA TO AGION ELABON WS KAI HMEIS? PROSETAXEN DE AUTOUS EN TW ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU BAPTISQHNAI. TOTE HRWTHSAN AUTON EPIMEINAI HMERAS TINAS. HKOUSAN DE OI APOSTOLOI KAI OI ADELFOI OI ONTES KATA THN IOUDAIAN OTI KAI TA EQNH EDEXANTO TON LOGON TOU QEOU. OTE DE ANEBH PETROS EIS IEROUSALHM, DIEKRINONTO PROS AUTON OI EK PERITOMHS LEGONTES OTI EISHLQES PROS ANDRAS AKROBUSTIAN ECONTAS KAI SUNEFAGES AUTOIS. ARXAMENOS DE PETROS EXETIQETO AUTOIS KAQEXHS LEGWN, 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 ACRI EMOU. EIS HN ATENISAS KATENOOUN KAI EIDON TA TETRAPODA THS GHS KAI TA QHRIA KAI TA ERPETA KAI TA PETEINA TOU OURANOU. HKOUSA DE KAI FWNHS LEGOUSHS MOI, ANASTAS, PETRE, QUSON KAI FAGE. EIPON DE, MHDAMWS, KURIE, OTI KOINON H AKAQARTON OUDEPOTE EISHLQEN EIS TO STOMA MOU. APEKRIQH DE FWNH EK DEUTEROU EK TOU OURANOU, A O QEOS EKAQARISEN SU MH KOINOU. TOUTO DE EGENETO EPI TRIS, KAI ANESPASQH PALIN APANTA EIS TON OURANON. KAI IDOU EXAUTHS TREIS ANDRES EPESTHSAN EPI THN OIKIAN EN H HMHN, APESTALMENOI APO KAISAREIAS PROS ME. EIPEN DE TO PNEUMA MOI SUNELQEIN AUTOIS MHDEN DIAKRINANTA. HLQON DE SUN EMOI KAI OI EX ADELFOI OUTOI, KAI EISHLQOMEN EIS TON OIKON TOU ANDROS. APHGGEILEN DE HMIN PWS EIDEN TON AGGELON EN TW OIKW AUTOU STAQENTA KAI EIPONTA, APOSTEILON EIS IOPPHN KAI METAPEMYAI SIMWNA TON EPIKALOUMENON PETRON, OS LALHSEI RHMATA PROS SE EN OIS SWQHSH SU KAI PAS O OIKOS SOU. EN DE TW ARXASQAI ME LALEIN EPEPESEN TO PNEUMA TO AGION EP AUTOUS WSPER KAI EF HMAS EN ARCH. EMNHSQHN DE TOU RHMATOS TOU KURIOU WS ELEGEN, IWANNHS MEN EBAPTISEN UDATI, UMEIS DE BAPTISQHSESQE EN PNEUMATI AGIW. EI OUN THN ISHN DWREAN EDWKEN AUTOIS O QEOS WS KAI HMIN PISTEUSASIN EPI TON KURION IHSOUN CRISTON, EGW TIS HMHN DUNATOS KWLUSAI TON QEON? AKOUSANTES DE TAUTA HSUCASAN KAI EDOXASAN TON QEON LEGONTES, ARA KAI TOIS EQNESIN O QEOS THN METANOIAN EIS ZWHN EDWKEN. 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. HSAN DE TINES EX AUTWN ANDRES KUPRIOI KAI KURHNAIOI, OITINES ELQONTES EIS ANTIOCEIAN ELALOUN KAI PROS TOUS ELLHNAS, EUAGGELIZOMENOI TON KURION IHSOUN. KAI HN CEIR KURIOU MET AUTWN, POLUS TE ARIQMOS O PISTEUSAS EPESTREYEN EPI TON KURION. HKOUSQH DE O LOGOS EIS TA WTA THS EKKLHSIAS THS OUSHS EN IEROUSALHM PERI AUTWN, KAI EXAPESTEILAN BARNABAN EWS ANTIOCEIAS. OS PARAGENOMENOS KAI IDWN THN CARIN (THN) TOU QEOU ECARH KAI PAREKALEI PANTAS TH PROQESEI THS KARDIAS PROSMENEIN TW KURIW, OTI HN ANHR AGAQOS KAI PLHRHS PNEUMATOS AGIOU KAI PISTEWS. KAI PROSETEQH OCLOS IKANOS TW KURIW. EXHLQEN DE EIS TARSON ANAZHTHSAI SAULON, KAI EURWN HGAGEN EIS ANTIOCEIAN. EGENETO DE AUTOIS KAI ENIAUTON OLON SUNACQHNAI EN TH EKKLHSIA KAI DIDAXAI OCLON IKANON, CRHMATISAI TE PRWTWS EN ANTIOCEIA TOUS MAQHTAS CRISTIANOUS. EN TAUTAIS DE TAIS HMERAIS KATHLQON APO IEROSOLUMWN PROFHTAI EIS ANTIOCEIAN. ANASTAS DE EIS EX AUTWN ONOMATI AGABOS ESHMANEN DIA TOU PNEUMATOS LIMON MEGALHN MELLEIN ESESQAI EF OLHN THN OIKOUMENHN. HTIS EGENETO EPI KLAUDIOU. TWN DE MAQHTWN KAQWS EUPOREITO TIS WRISAN EKASTOS AUTWN EIS DIAKONIAN PEMYAI TOIS KATOIKOUSIN EN TH IOUDAIA ADELFOIS. O KAI EPOIHSAN APOSTEILANTES PROS TOUS PRESBUTEROUS DIA CEIROS BARNABA KAI SAULOU. KAT EKEINON DE TON KAIRON EPEBALEN HRWDHS O BASILEUS TAS CEIRAS KAKWSAI TINAS TWN APO THS EKKLHSIAS. ANEILEN DE IAKWBON TON ADELFON IWANNOU MACAIRH. IDWN DE OTI ARESTON ESTIN TOIS IOUDAIOIS PROSEQETO SULLABEIN KAI PETRON, HSAN DE HMERAI TWN AZUMWN, ON KAI PIASAS EQETO EIS FULAKHN, PARADOUS TESSARSIN TETRADIOIS STRATIWTWN FULASSEIN AUTON, BOULOMENOS META TO PASCA ANAGAGEIN AUTON TW LAW. O MEN OUN PETROS ETHREITO EN TH FULAKH. PROSEUCH DE HN EKTENWS GINOMENH UPO THS EKKLHSIAS PROS TON QEON PERI AUTOU. 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SUNIDWN TE HLQEN EPI THN OIKIAN THS MARIAS THS MHTROS IWANNOU TOU EPIKALOUMENOU MARKOU, OU HSAN IKANOI SUNHQROISMENOI KAI PROSEUCOMENOI. KROUSANTOS DE AUTOU THN QURAN TOU PULWNOS PROSHLQEN PAIDISKH UPAKOUSAI ONOMATI RODH. KAI EPIGNOUSA THN FWNHN TOU PETROU APO THS CARAS OUK HNOIXEN TON PULWNA, EISDRAMOUSA DE APHGGEILEN ESTANAI TON PETRON PRO TOU PULWNOS. OI DE PROS AUTHN EIPAN, MAINH. H DE DIISCURIZETO OUTWS ECEIN. OI DE ELEGON, O AGGELOS ESTIN AUTOU. O DE PETROS EPEMENEN KROUWN. ANOIXANTES DE EIDAN AUTON KAI EXESTHSAN. KATASEISAS DE AUTOIS TH CEIRI SIGAN DIHGHSATO (AUTOIS) PWS O KURIOS AUTON EXHGAGEN EK THS FULAKHS, EIPEN TE, APAGGEILATE IAKWBW KAI TOIS ADELFOIS TAUTA. KAI EXELQWN EPOREUQH EIS ETERON TOPON. GENOMENHS DE HMERAS HN TARACOS OUK OLIGOS EN TOIS STRATIWTAIS, TI ARA O PETROS EGENETO. HRWDHS DE EPIZHTHSAS AUTON KAI MH EURWN ANAKRINAS TOUS FULAKAS EKELEUSEN APACQHNAI, KAI KATELQWN APO THS IOUDAIAS EIS KAISAREIAN DIETRIBEN. HN DE 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. TAKTH DE HMERA O HRWDHS ENDUSAMENOS ESQHTA BASILIKHN (KAI) KAQISAS EPI TOU BHMATOS EDHMHGOREI PROS AUTOUS. O DE DHMOS EPEFWNEI, QEOU FWNH KAI OUK ANQRWPOU. PARACRHMA DE EPATAXEN AUTON AGGELOS KURIOU ANQ WN OUK EDWKEN THN DOXAN TW QEW, KAI GENOMENOS SKWLHKOBRWTOS EXEYUXEN. O DE LOGOS TOU QEOU HUXANEN KAI EPLHQUNETO. BARNABAS DE KAI SAULOS UPESTREYAN EX IEROUSALHM PLHRWSANTES THN DIAKONIAN, SUMPARALABONTES IWANNHN TON EPIKLHQENTA MARKON. HSAN DE 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 TETRAARCOU SUNTROFOS KAI SAULOS. LEITOURGOUNTWN DE AUTWN TW KURIW KAI NHSTEUONTWN EIPEN TO PNEUMA TO AGION, AFORISATE DH MOI TON BARNABAN KAI SAULON EIS TO ERGON O PROSKEKLHMAI AUTOUS. TOTE NHSTEUSANTES KAI PROSEUXAMENOI KAI EPIQENTES TAS CEIRAS AUTOIS APELUSAN. AUTOI MEN OUN EKPEMFQENTES UPO TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS KATHLQON EIS SELEUKEIAN, EKEIQEN TE APEPLEUSAN EIS KUPRON, KAI GENOMENOI EN SALAMINI KATHGGELLON TON LOGON TOU QEOU EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS TWN IOUDAIWN. EICON DE KAI IWANNHN UPHRETHN. DIELQONTES DE OLHN THN NHSON ACRI PAFOU EURON ANDRA TINA MAGON YEUDOPROFHTHN IOUDAION W ONOMA BARIHSOU, OS HN SUN TW ANQUPATW SERGIW PAULW, ANDRI SUNETW. OUTOS PROSKALESAMENOS BARNABAN KAI SAULON EPEZHTHSEN AKOUSAI TON LOGON TOU QEOU. ANQISTATO DE AUTOIS ELUMAS O MAGOS, OUTWS GAR MEQERMHNEUETAI TO ONOMA AUTOU, ZHTWN DIASTREYAI TON ANQUPATON APO THS PISTEWS. SAULOS DE, O KAI PAULOS, PLHSQEIS PNEUMATOS AGIOU ATENISAS EIS AUTON EIPEN, W PLHRHS PANTOS DOLOU KAI PASHS RADIOURGIAS, UIE DIABOLOU, ECQRE PASHS DIKAIOSUNHS, OU PAUSH DIASTREFWN TAS ODOUS (TOU) KURIOU TAS EUQEIAS? KAI NUN IDOU CEIR KURIOU EPI SE, KAI ESH TUFLOS MH BLEPWN TON HLION ACRI KAIROU. PARACRHMA TE EPESEN EP AUTON ACLUS KAI SKOTOS, KAI PERIAGWN EZHTEI CEIRAGWGOUS. TOTE IDWN O ANQUPATOS TO GEGONOS EPISTEUSEN EKPLHSSOMENOS EPI TH DIDACH TOU KURIOU. ANACQENTES DE APO THS PAFOU OI PERI PAULON HLQON EIS PERGHN THS PAMFULIAS. IWANNHS DE APOCWRHSAS AP AUTWN UPESTREYEN EIS IEROSOLUMA. AUTOI DE DIELQONTES APO THS PERGHS PAREGENONTO EIS ANTIOCEIAN THN PISIDIAN, KAI EISELQONTES EIS THN SUNAGWGHN TH HMERA TWN SABBATWN EKAQISAN. META DE THN ANAGNWSIN TOU NOMOU KAI TWN PROFHTWN APESTEILAN OI ARCISUNAGWGOI PROS AUTOUS LEGONTES, ANDRES ADELFOI, EI TIS ESTIN EN UMIN LOGOS PARAKLHSEWS PROS TON LAON, LEGETE. ANASTAS DE PAULOS KAI KATASEISAS TH CEIRI EIPEN. ANDRES ISRAHLITAI KAI OI FOBOUMENOI TON QEON, AKOUSATE. O QEOS TOU LAOU TOUTOU ISRAHL EXELEXATO TOUS PATERAS HMWN, KAI TON LAON UYWSEN EN TH PAROIKIA EN GH AIGUPTOU, KAI META BRACIONOS UYHLOU EXHGAGEN AUTOUS EX AUTHS, KAI WS TESSERAKONTAETH CRONON ETROPOFORHSEN AUTOUS EN TH ERHMW, KAI KAQELWN EQNH EPTA EN GH CANAAN KATEKLHRONOMHSEN THN GHN AUTWN WS ETESIN TETRAKOSIOIS KAI PENTHKONTA. KAI META TAUTA EDWKEN KRITAS EWS SAMOUHL (TOU) PROFHTOU. KAKEIQEN HTHSANTO BASILEA, KAI EDWKEN AUTOIS O QEOS TON SAOUL UION KIS, ANDRA EK FULHS BENIAMEIN, ETH TESSARAKONTA. KAI METASTHSAS AUTON HGEIREN TON DAUID AUTOIS EIS BASILEA, W KAI EIPEN MARTURHSAS, EURON DAUID TON TOU IESSAI, ANDRA KATA THN KARDIAN MOU, OS POIHSEI PANTA TA QELHMATA MOU. TOUTOU O QEOS APO TOU SPERMATOS KAT EPAGGELIAN HGAGEN TW ISRAHL SWTHRA IHSOUN, PROKHRUXANTOS IWANNOU PRO PROSWPOU THS EISODOU AUTOU BAPTISMA METANOIAS PANTI TW LAW ISRAHL. WS DE EPLHROU IWANNHS TON DROMON, ELEGEN, TI EME UPONOEITE EINAI? OUK EIMI EGW. ALL IDOU ERCETAI MET EME OU OUK EIMI AXIOS TO UPODHMA TWN PODWN LUSAI. ANDRES ADELFOI, UIOI GENOUS ABRAAM KAI OI EN UMIN FOBOUMENOI TON QEON, HMIN O LOGOS THS SWTHRIAS TAUTHS EXAPESTALH. OI GAR KATOIKOUNTES EN IEROUSALHM KAI OI ARCONTES AUTWN TOUTON AGNOHSANTES KAI TAS FWNAS TWN PROFHTWN TAS KATA PAN SABBATON ANAGINWSKOMENAS KRINANTES EPLHRWSAN, KAI MHDEMIAN AITIAN QANATOU EURONTES HTHSANTO PILATON ANAIREQHNAI AUTON. WS DE ETELESAN PANTA TA PERI AUTOU GEGRAMMENA, KAQELONTES APO TOU XULOU EQHKAN EIS MNHMEION. O DE QEOS HGEIREN AUTON EK NEKRWN. OS WFQH EPI HMERAS PLEIOUS TOIS SUNANABASIN AUTW APO THS GALILAIAS EIS IEROUSALHM, OITINES (NUN) EISIN MARTURES AUTOU PROS TON LAON. KAI HMEIS UMAS EUAGGELIZOMEQA THN PROS TOUS PATERAS EPAGGELIAN GENOMENHN, OTI TAUTHN O QEOS EKPEPLHRWKEN TOIS TEKNOIS HMWN ANASTHSAS IHSOUN, WS KAI EN TW YALMW GEGRAPTAI TW DEUTERW, UIOS MOU EI SU, EGW SHMERON GEGENNHKA SE. OTI DE ANESTHSEN AUTON EK NEKRWN MHKETI MELLONTA UPOSTREFEIN EIS DIAFQORAN, OUTWS EIRHKEN OTI DWSW UMIN TA OSIA DAUID TA PISTA. DIOTI KAI EN ETERW LEGEI, OU DWSEIS TON OSION SOU IDEIN DIAFQORAN. DAUID MEN GAR IDIA GENEA UPHRETHSAS TH TOU QEOU BOULH EKOIMHQH KAI PROSETEQH PROS TOUS PATERAS AUTOU KAI EIDEN DIAFQORAN. ON DE O QEOS HGEIREN OUK EIDEN DIAFQORAN. GNWSTON OUN ESTW UMIN, ANDRES ADELFOI, OTI DIA TOUTOU UMIN AFESIS AMARTIWN KATAGGELLETAI (, KAI) APO PANTWN WN OUK HDUNHQHTE EN NOMW MWUSEWS DIKAIWQHNAI EN TOUTW PAS O PISTEUWN DIKAIOUTAI. BLEPETE OUN MH EPELQH TO EIRHMENON EN TOIS PROFHTAIS, IDETE, OI KATAFRONHTAI, KAI QAUMASATE KAI AFANISQHTE, OTI ERGON ERGAZOMAI EGW EN TAIS HMERAIS UMWN, ERGON O OU MH PISTEUSHTE EAN TIS EKDIHGHTAI UMIN. EXIONTWN DE AUTWN PAREKALOUN EIS TO METAXU SABBATON LALHQHNAI AUTOIS TA RHMATA TAUTA. LUQEISHS DE THS SUNAGWGHS HKOLOUQHSAN POLLOI TWN IOUDAIWN KAI TWN SEBOMENWN PROSHLUTWN TW PAULW KAI TW BARNABA, OITINES PROSLALOUNTES AUTOIS EPEIQON AUTOUS PROSMENEIN TH CARITI TOU QEOU. TW DE ERCOMENW SABBATW SCEDON PASA H POLIS SUNHCQH AKOUSAI TON LOGON TOU KURIOU. IDONTES DE OI IOUDAIOI TOUS OCLOUS EPLHSQHSAN ZHLOU KAI ANTELEGON TOIS UPO PAULOU LALOUMENOIS BLASFHMOUNTES. PARRHSIASAMENOI TE O PAULOS KAI O BARNABAS EIPAN, UMIN HN ANAGKAION PRWTON LALHQHNAI TON LOGON TOU QEOU. EPEIDH APWQEISQE AUTON KAI OUK AXIOUS KRINETE EAUTOUS THS AIWNIOU ZWHS, IDOU STREFOMEQA EIS TA EQNH. OUTWS GAR ENTETALTAI HMIN O KURIOS, TEQEIKA SE EIS FWS EQNWN TOU EINAI SE EIS SWTHRIAN EWS ESCATOU THS GHS. AKOUONTA DE TA EQNH ECAIRON KAI EDOXAZON TON LOGON TOU KURIOU, KAI EPISTEUSAN OSOI HSAN TETAGMENOI EIS ZWHN AIWNION. DIEFERETO DE O LOGOS TOU KURIOU DI OLHS THS CWRAS. OI DE IOUDAIOI PARWTRUNAN TAS SEBOMENAS GUNAIKAS TAS EUSCHMONAS KAI TOUS PRWTOUS THS POLEWS KAI EPHGEIRAN DIWGMON EPI TON PAULON KAI BARNABAN, KAI EXEBALON AUTOUS APO TWN ORIWN AUTWN. OI DE EKTINAXAMENOI TON KONIORTON TWN PODWN EP AUTOUS HLQON EIS IKONION, OI TE MAQHTAI EPLHROUNTO CARAS KAI PNEUMATOS AGIOU. 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. OI DE APEIQHSANTES IOUDAIOI EPHGEIRAN KAI EKAKWSAN TAS YUCAS TWN EQNWN KATA TWN ADELFWN. IKANON MEN OUN CRONON DIETRIYAN PARRHSIAZOMENOI EPI TW KURIOU TW MARTUROUNTI TW LOGW THS CARITOS AUTOU, DIDONTI SHMEIA KAI TERATA GINESQAI DIA TWN CEIRWN AUTWN. ESCISQH DE TO PLHQOS THS POLEWS, KAI OI MEN HSAN SUN TOIS IOUDAIOIS OI DE SUN TOIS APOSTOLOIS. WS DE EGENETO ORMH TWN EQNWN TE KAI IOUDAIWN SUN TOIS ARCOUSIN AUTWN UBRISAI KAI LIQOBOLHSAI AUTOUS, SUNIDONTES KATEFUGON EIS TAS POLEIS THS LUKAONIAS LUSTRAN KAI DERBHN KAI THN PERICWRON, KAKEI EUAGGELIZOMENOI HSAN. KAI TIS ANHR ADUNATOS EN LUSTROIS TOIS POSIN EKAQHTO, CWLOS EK KOILIAS MHTROS AUTOU OS OUDEPOTE PERIEPATHSEN. OUTOS HKOUSEN TOU PAULOU LALOUNTOS. OS ATENISAS AUTW KAI IDWN OTI ECEI PISTIN TOU SWQHNAI EIPEN MEGALH FWNH, ANASTHQI EPI TOUS PODAS SOU ORQOS. KAI HLATO KAI PERIEPATEI. OI TE OCLOI IDONTES O EPOIHSEN PAULOS EPHRAN THN FWNHN AUTWN LUKAONISTI LEGONTES, OI QEOI OMOIWQENTES ANQRWPOIS KATEBHSAN PROS HMAS. EKALOUN TE TON BARNABAN DIA, TON DE PAULON ERMHN, EPEIDH AUTOS HN O HGOUMENOS TOU LOGOU. O TE IEREUS TOU DIOS TOU ONTOS PRO THS POLEWS TAUROUS KAI STEMMATA EPI TOUS PULWNAS ENEGKAS SUN TOIS OCLOIS HQELEN QUEIN. AKOUSANTES DE OI APOSTOLOI BARNABAS KAI PAULOS, DIARRHXANTES TA IMATIA AUTWN EXEPHDHSAN EIS TON OCLON, KRAZONTES KAI LEGONTES, ANDRES, TI TAUTA POIEITE? KAI HMEIS OMOIOPAQEIS ESMEN UMIN ANQRWPOI, EUAGGELIZOMENOI UMAS APO TOUTW TWN MATAIWN EPISTREFEIN EPI QEON ZWNTA OS EPOIHSEN TON OURANON KAI THN GHN KAI THN QALASSAN KAI PANTA TA EN AUTOIS. OS EN TAIS PARWCHMENAIS GENEAIS EIASEN PANTA TA EQNH POREUESQAI TAIS ODOIS AUTWN. KAITOI OUK AMARTURON AUTON AFHKEN AGAQOURGWN, OURANOQEN UMIN UETOUS DIDOUS KAI KAIROUS KARPOFOROUS, EMPIPLWN TROFHS KAI EUFROSUNHS TAS KARDIAS UMWN. KAI TAUTA LEGONTES MOLIS KATEPAUSAN TOUS OCLOUS TOU MH QUEIN AUTOIS. EPHLQAN DE APO ANTIOCEIAS KAI IKONIOU IOUDAIOI, KAI PEISANTES TOUS OCLOUS KAI LIQASANTES TON PAULON ESURON EXW THS POLEWS, NOMIZONTES AUTON TEQNHKENAI. KUKLWSANTWN DE TWN MAQHTWN AUTON ANASTAS EISHLQEN EIS THN POLIN. KAI TH EPAURION EXHLQEN SUN TW BARNABA EIS DERBHN. EUAGGELISAMENOI TE THN POLIN EKEINHN KAI MAQHTEUSANTES IKANOUS UPESTREYAN EIS THN LUSTRAN KAI EIS IKONION KAI EIS ANTIOCEIAN, EPISTHRIZONTES TAS YUCAS TWN MAQHTWN, PARAKALOUNTES EMMENEIN TH PISTEI, KAI OTI DIA POLLWN QLIYEWN DEI HMAS EISELQEIN EIS THN BASILEIAN TOU QEOU. CEIROTONHSANTES DE AUTOIS KAT EKKLHSIAN PRESBUTEROUS PROSEUXAMENOI META NHSTEIWN PAREQENTO AUTOUS TW KURIW EIS ON PEPISTEUKEISAN. KAI DIELQONTES THN PISIDIAN HLQON EIS THN PAMFULIAN, KAI LALHSANTES EN PERGH TON LOGON KATEBHSAN EIS ATTALEIAN. KAKEIQEN APEPLEUSAN EIS ANTIOCEIAN, OQEN HSAN PARADEDOMENOI TH CARITI TOU QEOU EIS TO ERGON O EPLHRWSAN. PARAGENOMENOI DE KAI SUNAGAGONTES THN EKKLHSIAN ANHGGELLON OSA EPOIHSEN O QEOS MET AUTWN KAI OTI HNOIXEN TOIS EQNESIN QURAN PISTEWS. DIETRIBON DE CRONON OUK OLIGON SUN TOIS MAQHTAIS. KAI TINES KATELQONTES APO THS IOUDAIAS EDIDASKON TOUS ADELFOUS OTI EAN MH PERITMHQHE TW EQEI TW MWUSEWS, OU DUNASQE SWQHNAI. GENOMENHS DE STASEWS KAI ZHTHSEWS 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. OI MEN OUN PROPEMFQENTES UPO THS EKKLHSIAS DIHRCONTO THN TE FOINIKHN KAI SAMAREIAN EKDIHGOUMENOI THN EPISTROFHN TWN EQNWN, KAI EPOIOUN CARAN MEGALHN PASIN TOIS ADELFOIS. PARAGENOMENOI DE EIS IEROSOLUMA PAREDECQHSAN APO THS EKKLHSIAS KAI TWN APOSTOLWN KAI TWN PRESBUTERWN, ANHGGEILAN TE OSA O QEOS EPOIHSEN MET AUTWN. EXANESTHSAN DE TINES TWN APO THS AIRESEWS TWN FARISAIWN PEPISTEUKOTES, LEGONTES OTI DEI PERITEMNEIN AUTOUS PARAGGELLEIN TE THREIN TON NOMON MWUSEWS. SUNHCQHSAN DE OI APOSTOLOI KAI OI PRESBUTEROI IDEIN PERI TOU LOGOU TOUTOU. POLLHS DE ZHTHSEWS GENOMENHS ANASTAS PETROS EIPEN PROS AUTOUS, ANDRES ADELFOI, UMEIS EPISTASQE OTI AF HMERWN ARCAIWN EN UMIN EXELEXATO O QEOS DIA TOU STOMATOS MOU AKOUSAI TA EQNH TON LOGON TOU EUAGGELIOU KAI PISTEUSAI. KAI O KARDIOGNWSTHS QEOS EMARTURHSEN AUTOIS DOUS TO PNEUMA TO AGION KAQWS KAI HMIN, KAI OUQEN DIEKRINEN METAXU HMWN TE KAI AUTWN, TH PISTEI KAQARISAS TAS KARDIAS AUTWN. NUN OUN TI PEIRAZETE TON QEON, EPIQEINAI ZUGON EPI TON TRACHLON TWN MAQHTWN ON OUTE OI PATERES HMWN OUTE HMEIS ISCUSAMEN BASTASAI? ALLA DIA THS CARITOS TOU KURIOU IHSOU PISTEUOMEN SWQHNAI KAQ ON TROPON KAKEINOI. ESIGHSEN DE PAN TO PLHQOS, KAI HKOUON BARNABA KAI PAULOU EXHGOUMENWN OSA EPOIHSEN O QEOS SHMEIA KAI TERATA EN TOIS EQNESIN DI AUTWN. META DE TO SIGHSAI AUTOUS APEKRIQH IAKWBOS LEGWN, ANDRES ADELFOI, AKOUSATE MOU. SUMEWN EXHGHSATO KAQWS PRWTON O QEOS EPESKEYATO LABEIN EX EQNWN LAON TW ONOMATI AUTOU. KAI TOUTW SUMFWNOUSIN OI LOGOI TWN PROFHTWN KAQWS GEGRAPTAI, META TAUTA ANASTREYW KAI ANOIKODOMHSW THN SKHNHN DAUID THN PEPTWKUIAN, KAI TA KATESKAMMENA AUTHS ANOIKODOMHSW KAI ANORQWSW AUTHN, OPWS AN EKXHTHSWSIN OI KATALOIPOI TWN ANQRWPWN TON KURION, KAI PANTA TA EQNH EF OUS EPIKEKLHTAI TO ONOMA MOU EP AUTOUS, LEGEI KURIOS POIWN TAUTA GNWSTA AP AIWNOS. DIO EGW KRINW MH PARENOCLEIN TOIS APO TWN EQNWN EPISTREFOUSIN EPI TON QEON, ALLA EPISTEILAI AUTOIS TOU APECESQAI TWN ALISGHMATWN TWN EIDWLWN KAI THS PORNEIAS KAI PNIKTOU KAI TOU AIMATOS. MWUSHS GAR EK GENEWN ARCAIWN KATA POLIN TOUS KHRUSSONTAS AUTON ECEI EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS KATA PAN SABBATON ANAGINWSKOMENOS. TOTE EDOXE TOIS APOSTOLOIS KAI TOIS PRESBUTEROIS SUN OLH TH EKKLHSIA EKLEXAMENOUS ANDRAS EX AUTWN PEMYAI EIS ANTIOCEIAN SUN TW PAULW KAI BARNABA, IOUDAN TON KALOUMENON BARSABBAN KAI SILAN, ANDRAS HGOUMENOUS EN TOIS ADELFOIS, GRAYANTES DIA CEIROS AUTWN, OI APOSTOLOI KAI OI PRESBUTEROI ADELFOI TOIS KATA THN ANTIOCEIAN KAI SURIAN KAI KILIKIAN ADELFOIS TOIS EX EQNWN CAIREIN. EPEIDH HKOUSAMEN OTI TINES EX HMWN (EXELQONTES) ETARAXAN UMAS LOGOIS ANASKEUAZONTES TAS YUCAS UMWN, OIS OU DIESTEILAMEQA, EDOXEN HMIN GENOMENOIS OMOQUMADON EKLEXAMENOUS ANDRAS PEMYAI PROS UMAS SUN TOIS AGAPHTOIS HMWN BARNABA KAI PAULW, ANQRWPOIS PARADEDWKOSI TAS YUCAS AUTWN UPER TOU ONOMATOS TOU KURIOU HMWN IHSOU CRISTOU. APESTALKAMEN OUN IOUDAN KAI SILAN, KAI AUTOUS DIA LOGOU APAGGELLONTAS TA AUTA. EDOXEN GAR TW PNEUMATI TW AGIW KAI HMIN MHDEN PLEON EPITIQESQAI UMIN BAROS PLHN TOUTWN TWN EPANAGKES, APECESQAI EIDWLOQUTWN KAI AIMATOS KAI PNIKTWN KAI PORNEIAS. EX WN DIATHROUNTES EAUTOUS EU PRAXETE. ERRWSQE. OI MEN OUN APOLUQENTES KATHLQON EIS ANTIOCEIAN, KAI SUNAGAGONTES TO PLHQOS EPEDWKAN THN EPISTOLHN. ANAGNONTES DE ECARHSAN EPI TH PARAKLHSEI. IOUDAS TE KAI SILAS, KAI AUTOI PROFHTAI ONTES, DIA LOGOU POLLOU PAREKALESAN TOUS ADELFOUS KAI EPESTHRIXAN. POIHSANTES DE CRONON APELUQHSAN MET EIRHNHS APO TWN ADELFWN PROS TOUS APOSTEILANTAS AUTOUS. PAULOS DE KAI BARNABAS DIETRIBON EN ANTIOCEIA DIDASKONTES KAI EUAGGELIZOMENOI META KAI ETERWN POLLWN TON LOGON TOU KURIOU. META DE TINAS HMERAS EIPEN PROS BARNABAN PAULOS, EPISTREYANTES DH EPISKEYWMEQA TOUS ADELFOUS KATA POLIN PASAN EN AIS KATHGGEILAMEN TON LOGON TOU KURIOU, PWS ECOUPIN. BARNABAS DE EBOULETO SUMPARALABEIN KAI TON IWANNHN TON KALOUMENON MARKON. PAULOS DE HXIOU TON APOSTANTA AP AUTWN APO PAMFULIAS KAI MH SUNELQONTA AUTOIS EIS TO ERGON MH SUMPARALAMBANEIN TOUTON. EGENETO DE PAROXUSMOS WSTE APOCWRISQHNAI AUTOUS AP ALLHLWN, TON TE BARNABAN PARALABONTA TON MARKON EKPLEUSAI EIS KUPRON. PAULOS DE EPILEXAMENOS SILAN EXHLQEN PARADOQEIS TH CARITI TOU KURIOU UPO TWN ADELFWN, DIHRCETO DE THN SURIAN KAI KILIKIAN EPISTHRIZWN TAS EKKLHSIAS. KATHNTHSE DE EIS DERBHN KAI EIS LUSTRAN. KAI IDOU MAQHTHS TIS HN EKEI ONOMATI TIMOQEOS, UIOS GUNAIKOS IOUDAIAS PISTHS PATROS DE ELLHNOS, OS EMARTUREITO UPO TWN EN LUSTROIS KAI IKONIW ADELFWN. 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. WS DE DIEPOREUONTO TAS POLEIS, PAREDIDOSAN AUTOIS FULASSEIN TA DOGMATA TA KEKRIMENA UPO TWN APOSTOLWN KAI PRESBUTERWN TWN EN IEROSOLUMOIS. AI MEN OUN EKKLHSIAI ESTEREOUNTO TH PISTEI KAI EPERISSEUON TW ARIQMW KAQ HMERAN. DIHLQON DE THN FRUGIAN KAI GALATIKHN CWRAN, KWLUQENTES UPO TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS LALHSAI TON LOGON EN TH ASIA. ELQONTES DE KATA THN MUSIAN EPEIRAZON EIS THN BUQUNIAN POREUQHNAI, KAI OUK EIASEN AUTOUS TO PNEUMA IHSOU. PARELQONTES DE THN MUSIAN KATEBHSAN EIS TRWADA. KAI ORAMA DIA (THS) NUKTOS TW PAULW WFQH, ANHR MAKEDWN TIS HN ESTWS KAI PARAKALWN AUTON KAI LEGWN, DIABAS EIS MAKEDONIAN BOHQHSON HMIN. WS DE TO ORAMA EIDEN, EUQEWS EZHTHSAMEN EXELQEIN EIS MAKEDONIAN, SUMBIBAXONTES OTI PROSKEKLHTAI HMAS O QEOS EUAGGELISASQAI AUTOUS. ANACQENTES DE APO TRWADOS EUQUDROMHSAMEN EIS SAMOQRAKHN, TH DE EPIOUSH EIS NEAN POLIN, KAKEIQEN EIS FILIPPOUS, HTIS ESTIN PRWTHS MERIDOS THS MAKEDONIAS POLIS, KOLWNIA. HMEN DE EN TAUTH TH POLEI DIATRIBONTES HMERAS TINAS. TH TE HMERA TWN SABBATWN EXHLQOMEN EXW THS PULHS PARA POTAMON OU ENOMIZOMEN PROSEUCHN EINAI, KAI KAQISANTES ELALOUMEN TAIS SUNELQOUSAIS GUNAIXIN. KAI TIS GUNH ONOMATI LUDIA, PORFUROPWLIS POLEWS QUATIRWN SEBOMENH TON QEON, HKOUEN, HS O KURIOS DIHNOIXEN THN KARDIAN PROSECEIN TOIS LALOUMENOIS UPO TOU PAULOU. WS DE EBAPTISQH KAI O OIKOS AUTHS, PAREKALESEN LEGOUSA, EI KEKRIKATE ME PISTIN TW KURIW EINAI, EISELQONTES EIS TON OIKON MOU MENETE. KAI PAREBIASATO HMAS. EGENETO DE POREUOMENWN HMWN EIS THN PROSEUCHN PAIDISKHN TINA ECOUSAN PNEUMA PUQWNA UPANTHSAI HMIN, HTIS ERGASIAN. POLLHN PAREICEN TOIS KURIOIS AUTHS MANTEUOMENH. AUTH KATAKOLOUQOUSA TW PAULW KAI HMIN EKRAZEN LEGOUSA, OUTOI OI ANQRWPOI DOULOI TOU QEOU TOU UYISTOU EISIN, OITINES KATAGGELLOUSIN UMIN ODON SWTHRIAS. TOUTO DE EPOIEI EPI POLLAS HMERAS. DIAPONHQEIS DE PAULOS KAI EPISTREYAS TW PNEUMATI EIPEN, PARAGGELLW SOI EN ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU EXELQEIN AP AUTHS. KAI EXHLQEN AUTH TH WRA. 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, KAI PROSAGAGONTES AUTOUS TOIS STRATHGOIS EIPAN, OUTOI OI ANQRWPOI EKTARASSOUSIN HMWN THN POLIN, IOUDAIOI UPARCONTES, KAI KATAGGELLOUSIN EQH A OUK EXESTIN HMIN PARADECESQAI OUDE POIEIN RWMAIOIS OUSIN. KAI SUNEPESTH O OCLOS KAT AUTWN, KAI OI STRATHGOI PERIRHXANTES AUTWN TA IMATIA EKELEUON RABDIZEIN, POLLAS TE EPIQENTES AUTOIS PLHGAS EBALON EIS FULAKHN, PARAGGEILANTES TW DESMOFULAKI ASFALWS THREIN AUTOUS. OS PARAGGELIAN TOIAUTHN LABWN EBALEN AUTOUS EIS THN ESWTERAN FULAKHN KAI TOUS PODAS HSFALISATO AUTWN EIS TO XULON. KATA DE TO MESONUKTION PAULOS KAI SILAS PROSEUCOMENOI UMNOUN TON QEON, EPHKROWNTO DE AUTWN OI DESMIOI. AFNW DE SEISMOS EGENETO MEGAS WSTE SALEUQHNAI TA QEMELIA TOU DESMWTHRIOU, HNEWCQHSAN DE PARACRHMA AI QURAI PASAI, KAI PANTWN TA DESMA ANEQH. EXUPNOS DE GENOMENOS O DESMOFULAX KAI IDWN ANEWGMENAS TAS QURAS THS FULAKHS, SPASAMENOS (THN) MACAIRAN HMELLEN EAUTON ANAIREIN, NOMIZWN EKPEFEUGENAI TOUS DESMIOUS. EFWNHSEN DE PAULOS MEGALH FWNH LEGWN, UHDEN PRAXHS SEAUTW KAKON, APANTES GAR ESMEN ENQADE. AITHSAS DE FWTA EISEPHDHSEN, KAI ENTROMOS GENOMENOS PROSEPESEN TW PAULW KAI (TW) SILA, KAI PROAGAGWN AUTOUS EXW EFH, KURIOI, TI ME DEI POIEIN INA SWQW? OI DE EIPAN, PISTEUSON EPI TON KURION IHSOUN, KAI SWQHSH SU KAI O OIKOS SOU. KAI ELALHSAN AUTW TON LOGON TOU QEOU SUN PASIN TOIS EN TH OIKIA AUTOU. KAI PARALABWN AUTOUS EN EKEINH TH WRA THS NUKTOS ELOUSEN APO TWN PLHGWN, KAI EBAPTISQH AUTOS KAI OI AUTOU PANTES PARACRHMA, ANAGAGWN TE AUTOUS EIS TON OIKON PAREQHKEN TRAPEZAN KAI HGALLIASATO PANOIKEI PEPISTEUKWS TW QEW. HMERAS DE GENOMENHS APESTEILAN OI STRATHGOI TOUS RABDOUCOUS LEGONTES, APOLUSON TOUS ANQRWPOUS EKEINOUS. APHGGEILEN DE O DESMOFULAX TOUS LOGOUS PROS TON PAULON, OTI APESTALKAN OI STRATHGOI INA APOLUQHTE. NUN OUN EXELQONTES POREUESQE EN EIRHNH. O DE PAULOS EFH PROS AUTOUS, DEIRANTES HMAS DHMOSIA AKATAKRITOUS, ANQRWPOUS RWMAIOUS UPARCONTAS, EBALAN EIS FULAKHN. KAI NUN LAQRA HMAS EKBALLOUSIN? OU GAR, ALLA ELQONTES AUTOI HMAS EXAGAGETWSAN. APHGGEILAN DE TOIS STRATHGOIS OI RABDOUCOI TA RHMATA TAUTA. EFOBHQHSAN DE AKOUSANTES OTI RWMAIOI EISIN, KAI ELQONTES PAREKALESAN AUTOUS, KAI EXAGAGONTES HRWTWN APELQEIN APO THS POLEWS. EXELQONTES DE APO THS FULAKHS EISHLQON PROS THN LUDIAN, KAI IDONTES PAREKALESAN TOUS ADELFOUS KAI EXHLQAN. DIODEUSANTES DE THN AMFIPOLIN KAI THN APOLLWNIAN HLQON EIS QESSALONIKHN, OPOU HN SUNAGWGH TWN IOUDAIWN. KATA DE TO EIWQOS TW PAULW EISHLQEN PROS AUTOUS, KAI EPI SABBATA TRIA DIELEXATO AUTOIS APO TWN GRAFWN, DIANOIGWN KAI PARATIQEMENOS OTI TON CRISTON EDEI PAQEIN KAI ANASTHNAI EK NEKRWN, KAI OTI OUTOS ESTIN O CRISTOS, (O) IHSOUS, ON EGW KATAGGELLW UMIN. KAI TINES EX AUTWN EPEISQHSAN KAI PROSEKLHRWQHSAN TW PAULW KAI TW SILA, TWN TE SEBOMENWN ELLHNWN PLHQOS POLU GUNAIKWN TE TWN PRWTWN OUK OLIGAI. ZHLWSANTES DE OI IOUDAIOI KAI PROSLABOMENOI TWN AGORAIWN ANDRAS TINAS PONHROUS KAI OCLOPOIHSANTES EQORUBOUN THN POLIN, KAI EPISTANTES TH OIKIA IASONOS EZHTOUN AUTOUS PROAGAGEIN EIS TON DHMON. MH EURONTES DE AUTOUS ESURON IASONA KAI TINAS ADELFOUS EPI TOUS POLITARCAS, BOWNTES OTI OI THN OIKOUMENHN ANASTATWSANTES OUTOI KAI ENQADE PAREISIN, OUS UPODEDEKTAI IASWN. KAI OUTOI PANTES APENANTI TWN DOGMATWN KAISAROS PRASSOUSI, BASILEA ETERON LEGONTES EINAI IHSOUN. ETARAXAN DE TON OCLON KAI TOUS POLITARCAS AKOUONTAS TAUTA, KAI LABONTES TO IKANON PARA TOU IASONOS KAI TWN LOIPWN APELUSAN AUTOUS. OI DE ADELFOI EUQEWS DIA NUKTOS EXEPEMYAN TON TE PAULON KAI TON SILAN EIS BEROIAN, OITINES PARAGENOMENOI EIS THN SUNAGWGHN TWN IOUDAIWN APHESAN. OUTOI DE HSAN EUGENESTEROI TWN EN QESSALONIKH, OITINES EDEXANTO TON LOGON META PASHS PROQUMIAS, KAQ HMERAN ANAKRINONTES TAS GRAFAS EI ECOI TAUTA OUTWS. POLLOI MEN OUN EX AUTWN EPISTEUSAN, KAI TWN ELLHNIDWN GUNAIKWN TWN EUSCHMONWN KAI ANDRWN OUK OLIGOI. WS DE EGNWSAN OI APO THS QESSALONIKHS IOUDAIOI OTI KAI EN TH BEROIA KATAGGELH UPO TOU PAULOU O LOGOS TOU QEOU, HLQON KAKEI SALEUONTES KAI TARASSONTES TOUS OCLOUS. EUQEWS DE TOTE TON PAULON EXAPESTEILAN OI ADELFOI POREUESQAI EWS EPI THN QALASSAN. UPEMEINAN TE O TE SILAS KAI O TIMOQEOS EKEI. OI DE KAQISTANONTES TON PAULON HGAGON EWS AQHNWN, KAI LABONTES ENTOLHN PROS TON SILAN KAI TON TIMOQEON INA WS TACISTA ELQWSIN PROS AUTON EXHESAN. EN DE TAIS AQHNAIS EKDECOMENOU AUTOUS TOU PAULOU, PARWXUNETO TO PNEUMA AUTOU EN AUTW QEWROUNTOS KATEIDWLON OUSAN THN POLIN. DIELEGETO MEN OUN EN TH SUNAGWGH TOIS IOUDAIOIS KAI TOIS SEBOMENOIS KAI EN TH AGORA KATA PASAN HMERAN PROS TOUS PARATUGCANONTAS. TINES DE KAI TWN EPIKOUREIWN KAI STOIKWN 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 EUHGGELIZETO. EPILABOMENOI TE AUTOU EPI TON AREION PAGON HGAGON, LEGONTES, DUNAMEQA GNWNAI TIS H KAINH AUTH H UPO SOU LALOUMENH DIDACH? XENIZONTA GAR TINA EISFEREIS EIS TAS AKOAS HMWN. BOULOMEQA OUN GNWNAI TINA QELEI TAUTA EINAI. AQHNAIOI DE PANTES KAI OI EPIDHMOUNTES XENOI EIS OUDEN ETERON HUKAIROUN H LEGEIN TI H AKOUEIN TI KAINOTERON. STAQEIS DE (O) PAULOS EN MESW TOU AREIOU PAGOU EFH, ANDRES AQHNAIOI, KATA PANTA WS DEISIDAIMONESTEROUS UMAS QEWRW. DIERCOMENOS GAR KAI ANAQEWRWN TA SEBASMATA HMWN EURON KAI BWMON EN W EPEGEGRAPTO, AGNWSTW QEW. O OUN AGNOOUNTES EUSEBEITE, TOUTO EGW KATAGGELLW UMIN. O QEOS O POIHSAS TON KOSMON KAI PANTA TA EN AUTW, OUTOS OURANOU KAI GHS UPARCWN KURIOS OUK EN CEIROPOIHTOIS NAOIS KATOIKEI OUDE UPO CEIRWN ANQRWPINWN QERAPEUETAI PROSDEOMENOS TINOS, AUTOS DIDOUS PASI ZWHN KAI PNOHN KAI TA PANTA. EPOIHSEN TE EX ENOS PAN EQNOS ANQRWPWN KATOIKEIN EPI PANTOS PROSWPOU THS GHS, ORISAS PROSTETAGMENOUS KAIROUS KAI TAS OROQESIAS THS KATOIKIAS AUTWN, ZHTEIN TON QEON EI ARA GE YHLAFHSEIAN AUTON KAI EUROIEN, KAI GE OU MAKRAN APO ENOS EKASTOU HMWN UPARCONTA. EN AUTW GAR ZWMEN KAI KINOUMEQA KAI ESMEN, WS KAI TINES TWN KAQ UMAS POIHTWN EIRHKASIN, TOU GAR KAI GENOS ESMEN. GENOS OUN UPARCONTES TOU QEOU OUK OFEILOMEN NOMIZEIN CRUSW H ARGURW H LIQW, CARAGMATI TECNHS KAI ENQUMHSEWS ANQRWPOU, TO QEION EINAI OMOION. TOUS MEN OUN CRONOUS THS AGNOIAS UPERIDWN O QEOS TA NUN PARAGGELLEI TOIS ANQRWPOIS PANTAS PANTACOU METANOEIN, KAQOTI ESTHSEN HMERAN EN H MELLEI KRINEIN THS OIKOUMENHN EN DIKAIOSUNH EN ANDRI W WRISEN, PISTIN PARASCWN PASIN ANASTHSAS AUTON EK NEKRWN. AKOUSANTES DE ANASTASIN NEKRWN OI MEN ECLEUAZON, OI DE EIPAN, AKOUSOMEQA SOU PERI TOUTOU KAI PALIN. OUTWS O PAULOS EXHLQEN EK MESOU AUTWN. TINES DE ANDRES KOLLHQENTES AUTW EPISTEUSAN, EN OIS KAI DIONUSIOS O AREOPAGITHS KAI GUNH ONOMATI DAMARIS KAI ETEROI SUN AUTOIS. META TAUTA CWRISQEIS EK TWN AQHNWN HLQEN EIS KORINQON. KAI EURWN TINA IOUDAIWN ONOMATI AKULAN, PONTIKON TW GENEI, PROSFATWS ELHLUQOTA APO THS ITALIAS KAI PRISKILLAN GUNAIKA AUTOU DIA TO DIATETACENAI KLAUDION CWRIZESQAI PANTAS TOUS IOUDAIOUS APO THS RWMHS, PROSHLQEN AUTOIS, KAI DIA TO OMOTECNON EINAI EMENEN PAR AUTOIS KAI HRGAZETO. HSAN GAR SKHNOPOIOI TH TECNH. DIELEGETO DE EN TH SUNAGWGH KATA PAN SABBATON, EPEIQEN TE IOUDAIOUS KAI ELLHNAS. WS DE KATHLQON APO THS MAKEDONIAS O TE SILAS KAI O TIMOQEOS, SUNEICETO TW LOGW O PAULOS, DIAMARTUROMENOS TOIS IOUDAIOIS EINAI TON CRISTON, IHSOUN. 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. KAI METABAS EKEIQEN EISHLQEN EIS OIKIAN TINOS ONOMATI TITIOU IOUSTOU SEBOMENOU TON QEON, OU H OIKIA HN SUNOMOROUSA TH SUNAGWGH. KRISPOS DE O ARCISUNAGWGOS EPISTEUSEN TW KURIW SUN OLW TW OIKW AUTOU, KAI POLLOI TWN KORINQIWN AKOUONTES EPISTEUON KAI EBAPTIZONTO. EIPEN DE O KURIOS EN NUKTI DI ORAMATOS TW PAULW, MH FOBOU, ALLA LALEI KAI MH SIWPHSHS, DIOTI EGW EIMI META SOU KAI OUDEIS EPIQHSETAI SOI TOU KAKWSAI SE, DIOTI LAOS ESTI MOI POLUS EN TH POLEI TAUTH. EKAQISEN DE ENIAUTON KAI MHNAS EX DIDASKWN EN AUTOIS TON LOGON TOU QEOU. GALLIWNOS DE ANQUPATOU ONTOS THS ACAIAS KATEPESTHSAN OMOQUMADON OI IOUDAIOI TW PAULW KAI HGAGON AUTON EPI TO BHMA, LEGONTES OTI PARA TON NOMON ANAPEIQEI OUTOS TOUS ANQRWPOUS SEBESQAI TON QEON. MELLONTOS DE TOU PAULOU ANOIGEIN TO STOMA EIPEN O GALLIWN PROS TOUS IOUDAIOUS, EI MEN HN ADIKHMA TI H RADIOURGHMA PONHRON, W IOUDAIOI, KATA LOGON AN ANESCOMHN UMWN. EI DE ZHTHMATA ESTIN PERI LOGOU KAI ONOMATWN KAI NOMOU TOU KAQ UMAS, OYESQE AUTOI. KRITHS EGW TOUTWN OU BOULOMAI EINAI. KAI APHLASEN AUTOUS APO TOU BHMATOS. EPILABOMENOI DE PANTES SWSQENHN TON ARCISUNAGWGON ETUPTON EMPROSQEN TOU BHMATOS. KAI OUDEN TOUTWN TW GALLIWNI EMELEN. O DE PAULOS ETI PROSMEINAS HMERAS IKANAS TOIS ADELFOIS APOTAXAMENOS EXEPLEI EIS THN SURIAN, KAI SUN AUTW PRISKILLA KAI AKULAS, KEIRAMENOS EN KEGCREAIS THN KEFALHN, EICEN GAR EUCHN. KATHNTHSAN DE EIS EFESON, KAKEINOUS KATELIPEN AUTOU, AUTOS DE EISELQWN EIS THN SUNAGWGHN DIELEXATO TOIS IOUDAIOIS. ERWTWNTWN DE AUTWN EPI PLEIONA CRONON MEINAI OUK EPENEUSEN, ALLA APOTAXAMENOS KAI EIPWN, PALIN ANAKAMYW PROS UMAS TOU QEOU QELONTOS, ANHCQH APO THS EFESOU. KAI KATELQWN EIS KAISAREIAN, ANABAS KAI ASPASAMENOS THN EKKLHSIAN, KATEBH EIS ANTIOCEIAN, KAI POIHSAS CRONON TINA EXHLQEN, DIERCOMENOS KAQEXHS THN GALATIKHN CWRAN KAI FRUGIAN, EPISTHRIZWN PANTAS TOUS MAQHTAS. IOUDAIOS DE TIS APOLLWS ONOMATI, ALEXANDREUS TW GENEI, ANHR LOGIOS, KATHNTHSEN EIS EFESON, DUNATOS WN EN TAIS GRAFAIS. OUTOS HN KATHCHMENOS THN ODON TOU KURIOU, KAI ZEWN TW PNEUMATI ELALEI KAI EDIDASKEN AKRIBWS TA PERI TOU IHSOU, EPISTAMENOS MONON TO BAPTISMA IWANNOU. OUTOS TE HRXATO PARRHSIAZESQAI EN TH SUNAGWGH. AKOUSANTES DE AUTOU PRISKILLA KAI AKULAS PROSELABONTO AUTON KAI AKRIBESTERON AUTW EXEQENTO THN ODON TOU QEOU. BOULOMENOU DE AUTOU DIELQEIN EIS THN ACAIAN PROTREYAMENOI OI ADELFOI EGRAYAN TOIS MAQHTAIS APODEXASQAI AUTON. OS PARAGENOMENOS SUNEBALETO POLU TOIS PEPISTEUKOSIN DIA THS CARITOS. 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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. TOUTO DE EGENETO EPI ETH DUO, WSTE PANTAS TOUS KATOIKOUNTAS THN ASIAN AKOUSAI TON LOGON TOU KURIOU, IOUDAIOUS TE KAI ELLHNAS. DUNAMEIS TE OU TAS TUCOUSAS O QEOS EPOIEI DIA TWN CEIRWN PAULOU, WSTE KAI EPI TOUS ASQENOUNTAS APOFERESQAI APO TOU CRWTOS AUTOU SOUDARIA H SIMIKINQIA KAI APALLESSESQAI AP AUTWN TAS NOSOUS, TA TE PNEUMATA TA PONHRA EKPOREUESQAI. EPECEIRHSAN DE TINES KAI TWN PERIERCOMENWN IOUDAIWN EXORKISTWN ONOMAZEIN EPI TOUS ECONTAS TA PNEUMATA TA PONHRA TO ONOMA TOU KURIOU IHSOU LEGONTES, ORKIZW UMAS TON IHOSUN ON PAULOS KHRUSSEI. HSAN DE TINOS SKEUA IOUDAIOU ARCIEREWS EPTA UIOI TOUTO POIOUNTES. APOKRIQEN DE TO PNEUMA TO PONHRON EIPEN AUTOIS, TON (MEN) IHSOUN GINWSKW KAI TON PAULON EPISTAMAI, UMEIS DE TINES ESTE? 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OS TAUTHN THN ODON EDIWXA ACRI QANATOU, DESMEUWN KAI PARADIDOUS EIS FULAKAS ANDRAS TE KAI GUNAIKAS, 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. EGENETO DE MOI POREUOMENW KAI EGGIZONTI TH DAMASKW PERI MESHMBRIAN EXAIFNHS EK TOU OURANOU PERIASTRAYAI FWS IKANON PERI EME, EPESA TE EIS TO EDRAFOS KAI HKOUSA FWNHS LEGOUSHS MOI, SAOUL SAOUL, TI ME DIWKEIS? EGW DE APEKRIQHN, TIS EI, KURIE? EIPEN TE PROS ME, EGW EIMI IHSOUS O NAZWRAIOS ON SU DIWKEIS. OI DE SUN EMOI ONTES TO MEN FWS EQEASANTO THN DE FWNHN OUK HKOUSAN TOU LALOUNTOS MOI. EIPON DE, TI PIHSW, KURIE? O DE KURIOS EIPEN PROS ME, ANASTAS POREUOU EIS DAMASKON, KAKEI SOI LALHQHSETAI PERI PANTWN WN TETAKTAI SOI POIHSAI. WS DE OUK ENEBLEPON APO THS DOXHS TOU FWTOS EKEINOU, CEIRAGWGOUMENOS UPO TWN SUNONTWN MOI HLQON EIS DAMASKON. ANANIAS DE TIS, ANHR EULABHS KATA TON NOMON, MARTUROUMENOS UPO PANTWN TWN KATOIKOUNTWN IOUDAIWN, ELQWN PROS ME KAI EPISTAS EIPEN MOI, SAOUL ADELFE, ANABLEYON. KAGW AUTH TH WRA ANEBLEYA EIS AUTON. 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, OTI ESH MARTUS AUTW PROS PANTAS ANQRWPOUS WN EWRAKAS KAI HKOUSAS. KAI NUN TI MELLEIS? ANASTAS BAPTISAI KAI APOLUSAI TAS AMARTIAS SOU EPIKALESAMENOS TO ONOMA AUTOU. EGENETO DE MOI UPOSTREYANTI EIS IEROUSALHM KAI PROSEUCOMENOU MOU EN TW IERW GENESQAI ME EN EKSTASEI KAI IDEIN AUTON LEGONTA MOI, SPEUSON KAI EXELQE EN TACEI EX IEROUSALHM, DIOTI OU PARADEXONTAI SOU MARTURIAN PERI EMOU. KAGW EIPON, KURIE, AUTOI EPISTANTAI OTI EGW HMHN FULAKIZWN KAI DERWN KATA TAS SUNAGWGAS TOUS PISTEUONTAS EPI SE. KAI OTE EXECUNNETO TO AIMA STEFANOU TOU MARTUROS SOU, KAI AUTOS HMHN EFESTWS KAI SUNEUDOKWN KAI FULASSWN TA IMATIA TWN ANAIROUNTWN AUTON. KAI EIPEN PROS ME, POREUOU, OTI EGW EIS EQNH MAKRAN EXAPOSTELW SE. HKOUON DE AUTOU ACRI TOUTOU TOU LOGOU KAI EPHRAN THN FWNHN AUTWN LEGONTES, AIRE APO THS GHS TON TOIOUTON, OU GAR KAQHKEN AUTON ZHN. KRAUGAZONTWN TE AUTWN KAI RIPTOUNTWN TA IMATIA KAI KONIORTON BALLONTWN EIS TON AERA, EKELEUSEN O CILIARCOS EISAGESQAI AUTON EIS THN PAREMBOLHN, EIPAS MASTIXIN ANETAZESQAI AUTON INA EPIGNW DI HN AITIAN OUTWS EPEFWNOUN AUTW. WS DE PROETEINAN AUTON TOIS IMASIN EIPEN PROS TON ESTWTA EKATONTARCON O PAULOS, EI ANQRWPON RWMAION KAI AKATAKRITON EXESTIN UMIN MASTIZEIN? AKOUSAS DE O EKATONTARCHS PROSELQWN TW CILIARCW APHGGEILEN LEGWN, TI MELLEIS POIEIN? O GAR ANQRWPOS OUTOS RWMAIOS ESTIN. PROSELQWN DE O CILIARCOS EIPEN AUTW, LEGE MOI, SU RWMAIOS EI? O DE EFH, NAI. APEKRIQH DE O CILIARCOS, EGW POLLOU KEFALAIOU THN POLITEIAN TAUTHN EKTHSAMHN. O DE PAULOS EFH, EGW DE KAI GEGENNHMAI. EUQEWS OUN APESTHSAN AP AUTOU OI MELLONTES AUTON ANETAZEIN. KAI O CILIARCOS DE EFOBHQH EPIGNOUS OTI RWMAIOS ESTIN KAI OTI AUTON HN DEDEKWS. TH DE EPAURION BOULOMENOS GNWNAI TO ASFALES TO TI KATHGOREITAI UPO TWN IOUDAIWN ELUSEN AUTON, KAI EKELEUSEN SUNELQEIN TOUS ARCIEREIS KAI PAN TO SUNEDRION, KAI KATAGAGWN TON PAULON ESTHSEN EIS AUTOUS. ATENISAS DE TW SUNEDRIW O PAULOS EIPEN, ANDRES ADELFOI, EGW PASH SUNEIDHSEI AGAQH PEPOLITEUMAI TW QEW ACRI TAUTHS THS HMERAS. O DE ARCIEREUS ANANIAS EPETAXEN TOIS PARESTWSIN AUTW TUPTEIN AUTOU TO STOMA. 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? OI DE PARESTWTES EIPAN, TON ARCIEREA TOU QEOU LOIDOREIS? EFH TE O PAULOS, OUK HDEIN, ADELFOI, OTI ESTIN ARCIEREUS. GEGRAPTAI GAR OTI ARCONTA TOU LAOU SOU OUK EREIS KAKWS. GNOUS DE O PAULOS OTI TO EN MEROS ESTIN SADDOUKAIWN TO DE ETERON FARISAIWN EKRAZEN EN TW SUNEDRIW, ANDRES ADELFOI, EGW FARISAIOS EIMI, UIOS FARISAIWN. PERI ELPIDOS KAI ANASTASEWS NEKRWN EGW KRINOMAI. TOUTO DE AUTOU LALOUNTOS EGENETO STASIS TWN FARISAIWN KAI SADDOUKAIWN, KAI ESCISQH TO PLHQOS. SADDOUKAIOI MEN GAR LEGOUSIN MH EINAI ANASTASIN MHTE AGGELON MHTE PNEUMA, FARISAIOI DE OMOLOGOUSIN TA AMFOTERA. EGENETO DE KRAUGH MEGALH, KAI ANASTANTES TINES TWN GRAMMATEWN TOU MEROUS TWN FARISAIWN DIEMACONTO LEGONTES, OUDEN KAKON EURISKOMEN EN TW ANQRWPW TOUTW. EI DE PNEUMA ELALHSEN AUTW H AGGELOS- POLLHS DE GINOMENHS STASEWS FOBHQEIS O CILIARCOS MH DIASPASQH O PAULOS UP AUTWN EKELEUSEN TO STRATEUMA KATABAN ARPASAI AUTON EK MESOU AUTWN, AGEIN TE EIS THN PAREMBOLHN. TH DE EPIOUSH NUKTI EPISTAS AUTW O KURIOS EIPEN, QARSEI. WS GAR DIEMARTURW TA PERI EMOU EIS IEROUSALHM OUTW SE DEI KAI EIS RWMHN MARTURHSAI. GENOMENHS DE HMERAS POIHSANTES SUSTROFHN OI IOUDAIOI ANEQEMATISAN EAUTOUS LEGONTES MHTE FAGEIN MHTE PIEIN EWS OU APOKTEINWSIN TON PAULON. HSAN DE PLEIOUS TESSARAKONTA OI TAUTHN TH SUNWMOSIAN POIHSAMENOI. OITINES PROSELQONTES TOIS ARCIEREUSIN KAI TOIS PRESBUTEROIS EIPAN, ANAQEMATI ANEQEMATISAMEN EAUTOUS MHDENOS GEUSASQAI EWS OU APOKTEINWMEN TON PAULON. NUN OUN UMEIS EMFANISATE TW CILIARCW SUN TW SUNEDRIW OPWS KATAGAGH AUTON EIS UMAS WS MELLONTAS DIAGINWSKEIN AKRIBESTERON TA PERI AUTOU. HMEIS DE PRO TOU EGGISAI AUTON ETOIMOI ESMEN TOU ANELEIN AUTON. AKOUSAS DE O UIOS THS ADELFHS PAULOU THN ENEDRAN PARAGENOMENOS KAI EISELQWN EIS THN PAREMBOLHN APHGGEILEN TW PAULW. PROSKALESAMENOS DE O PAULOS ENA TWN EKATONTARCWN EFH, TON NEANIAN TOUTON APAGAGE PROS TON CILIARCON, ECEI GAR APAGGEILAI TI AUTW. O MEN OUN PARALABWN AUTON HGAGEN PROS TON CILIARCON KAI FHSIN, O DESMIOS PAULOS PROSKALESAMENOS ME HRWTHSEN TOUTON TON NEANISKON AGAGEIN PROS SE, ECONTA TI LALHSAI SOI. EPILABOMENOS DE THS CEIROS AUTOU O CILIARCOS KAI ANACWRHSAS KAT IDIAN EPUNQANETO, TI ESTIN O ECEIS APAGGEILAI MOI? EIPEN DE OTI OI IOUDAIOI SUNEQENTO TOU ERWTHSAI SE OPWS AURION TON PAULON KATAGAGHS EIS TO SUNEDRION WS MELLON TI AKRIBESTERON PUNQANESQAI PERI AUTOU. 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 EISIN ETOIMOI PROSDECOMENOI THN APO SOU EPAGGELIAN. O MEN OUN CILIARCOS APELUSE TON NEANISKON PARAGGEILAS MHDENI EKLALHSAI OTI TAUTA ENEFANISAS PROS ME. 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, KTHNH TA PARASTHSAI INA EPIBIBASANTES TON PAULON DIASWSWSI PROS FHLIKA TON HGEMONA, GRAYAS EPISTOLHN ECOUSAN TON TUPON TOUTON. KLAUDIOS LUSIAS TW KRATISTW HGEMONI FHLIKI CAIREIN. TON ANDRA TOUTON SULLHMFQENTA UPO TWN IOUDAIWN KAI MELLONTA ANAIREISQAI UP AUTWN EPISTAS SUN TW STRATEUMATI EXEILAMHN, MAQWN OTI RWMAIOS ESTIN. BOULOMENOS TE EPIGNWNAI THN AITIAN DI HN ENEKALOUN AUTW KATHGAGON EIS TO SUNEDRION AUTWN. ON EURON EGKALOUMENON PERI ZHTHMATWN TOU NOMOU AUTWN, MHDEN DE AXION QANATOU H DESMWN ECONTA EGKLHMA. MHNUQEISHS DE MOI EPIBOULHS EIS TON ANDRA ESESQAI EX AUTWN EPEMYA PROS SE, PARAGGEILAS KAI TOIS KATHGOROIS LEGEIN PROS AUTON EPI SOU. OI MEN OUN STRATIWTAI KATA TO DIATETAGMENON AUTOIS ANALABONTES TON PAULON HGAGON DIA NUKTOS EIS THN ANTIPATRIDA. TH DE EPAURION EASANTES TOUS IPPEIS APERCESQAI SUN AUTW UPESTREYAN EIS THN PAREMBOLHN. OITINES EISELQONTES EIS THN KAISAREIAN KAI ANADONTES THN EPISTOLHN TW HGEMONI PARESTHSAN KAI TON PAULON AUTW. ANAGNOUS DE KAI EPERWTHSAS EK POIAS EPARCEIAS ESTIN KAI PUQOMENOS OTI APO KILIKIAS, DIAKOUSOMAI SOU, EFH, OTAN KAI OI KATHGOROI SOU PARAGENWNTAI. KELEUSAS EN TW PRAITWRIW TOU HRWDOU FULASSESQAI AUTON. META DE PENTE HMERAS KATEBH O ARCIEREUS ANANIAS META PRESBUTERWN TINWN KAI RHTOROS TERTULLOU TINOS, OITINES ENEFANISAN TW HGEMONI KATA TOU PAULOU. KLHQENTOS DE AUTOU HRXATO KATHGOREIN O TERTULLOS LEGWN, POLLHS EIRHNHS TUGCANONTES DIA SOU KAI DIORQWMATWN GINOMENWN TW EQNEI TOUTW DIA THS SHS PRONOIAS, PANTH TE KAI PANTACOU APODECOMEQA, KRATISTE FHLIX, META PASHS EUCARISTIAS. INA DE MH EPI PLEION SE EGKOPTW, PARAKALW AKOUSAI SE HMWN SUNTOMWS TH SH EPIEIKEIA. EURONTES GAR TON ANDRA TOUTON LOIMON KAI KINOUNTA STASEIS PASIN TOIS IOUDAIOIS TOIS KATA THN OIKOUMENHN PRWTOSTATHN TE THS TWN NAZWRAIWN AIRESEWS, OS KAI TO IERON EPEIRASEN BEBHLWSAI, ON KAI EKRATHSAMEN, PAR OU DUNHSH AUTOS ANAKRINAS PERI PANTWN TOUTWN EPIGNWNAI WN HMEIS KATHGOROUMEN AUTOU. SUNEPEQENTO DE KAI OI IOUDAIOI FASKONTES TAUTA OUTWS ECEIN. APEKRIQH TE O PAULOS, NEUSANTOS AUTW TOU HGEMONOS LEGEIN, EK POLLWN ETWN ONTA SE KRITHN TW EQNEI TOUTW EPISTAMENOS EUQUMWS TA PERI EMAUTOU APOLOGOUMAI, DUNAMENOU SOU EPIGNWNAI OTI OU PLEIOUS EISIN MOI HMERAI DWDEKA AF HS ANEBHN PROSKUNHSWN EIS IEROUSALHM, KAI OUTE EN TW IERW EURON ME PROS TINA DIALEGOMENON H EPISTASIN POIOUNTA OCLOU OUTE EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS OUTE KATA THN POLIN, OUDE PARASTHSAI DUNANTAI SOI PERI WN NUNI KATHGOROUSIN MOU. OMOLOGW DE TOUTO SOI OTI KATA THN ODON HN LEGOUSIN AIRESIN OUTWS LATREUW TW PATRWW QEW, PISTEUWN PASI TOIS KATA TON NOMON KAI TOIS EN TOIS PROFHTAIS GEGRAMMENOIS, ELPIDA ECWN EIS TON QEON, HN KAI AUTOI OUTOI PROSDECONTAI, ANASTASIN MELLEIN ESESQAI DIKAIWN TE KAI ADIKWN. EN TOUTW KAI AUTOS ASKW APROSKOPON SUNEIDHSIN ECEIN PROS TON QEON KAI TOUS ANQRWPOUS DIA PANTOS. DI ETWN DE PLEIONWN ELEHMOSUNAS POIHSWN EIS TO EQNOS MOU PAREGENOMHN KAI PROSFORAS, EN AIS EURON ME HGNISMENON EN TW IERW, OU META OCLOU OUDE META QORUBOU. TINES DE APO THS ASIAS IOUDAIOI, OUS EDEI EPI SOU PAREINAI KAI KATHGOREIN EI TI ECOIEN PROS EME- H AUTOI OUTOI EIPATWSAN TI EURON ADIKHMA STANTOS MOU EPI TOU SUNEDRIOU H PERI MIAS TAUTHS FWNHS HS EKEKRAXA EN AUTOIS ESTWS OTI PERI ANASTASEWS NEKRWN EGW KRINOMAI SHMERON EF UMWN. ANEBALETO DE AUTOUS O FHLIX, AKRIBESTERON EIDWS TA PERI THS ODOU, EIPAS, OTAN LUSIAS O CILIARCOS KATABH DIAGNWSOMAI TA KAQ UMAS, DIATAXAMENOS TW EKATONTARCH THREISQAI AUTON ECEIN TE ANESIN KAI MHDENA KWLUEIN TWN IDIWN AUTOU UPHRETEIN AUTW. META DE HMERAS TINAS PARAGENOMENOS O FHLIX SUN DROUSILLH TH IDIA GUNAIKI OUSH IOUDAIA METEPEMYATO TON PAULON KAI HKOUSEN AUTOU PERI THS EIS CRISTON IHSOUN PISTEWS. DIALEGOMENOU DE AUTOU PERI DIKAIOSUNHS KAI EGKRATEIAS KAI TOU KRIMATOS TOU MELLONTOS EMFOBOS GENOMENOS O FHLIX APEKRIQH, TO NUN ECON POREUOU, KAIRON DE METALABWN METAKALESOMAI SE. AMA KAI ELPIZWN OTI CRHMATA DOQHSETAI AUTW UPO TOU PAULOU. DIO KAI PUKNOTERON AUTON METAPEMPOMENOS WMILEI AUTW. DIETIAS DE PLHRWQEISHS ELABEN DIADOCON O FHLIX PORKION FHSTON. QELWN TE CARITA KATAQESQAI TOIS IOUDAIOIS O FHLIX KATELIPE TON PAULON DEDEMENON. FHSTOS OUN EPIBAS TH EPARCEIA META TREIS HMERAS ANEBH EIS IEROSOLUMA APO KAISAREIAS, ENEFANISAN TE AUTW OI ARCIEREIS KAI OI PRWTOI TWN IOUDAIWN KATA TOU PAULOU, KAI PAREKALOUN AUTON AITOUMENOI CARIN KAT AUTOU OPWS METAPEMYHTAI AUTON EIS IEROUSALHM, ENEDRAN POIOUNTES ANELEIN AUTON KATA THN ODON. O MEN OUN FHSTOS APEKRIQH THREISQAI TON PAULON EIS KAISAREIAN, EAUTON DE MELLEIN EN TACEI EKPOREUESQAI. OI OUN EN UMIN, FHSIN, DUNATOI SUGKATABANTES EI TI ESTIN EN TW ANDRI ATOPON KATHGOREITWSAN AUTOU. DIATRIYAS DE EN AUTOIS HMERAS OU PLEIOUS OKTW H DEKA, KATABAS EIS KAISAREIAN, TH EPAURION KAQISAS EPI TOU BHMATOS EKELEUSEN TON PAULON ACQHNAI. PARAGENOMENOU DE AUTOU PERIESTHSAN AUTON OI APO IEROSOLUMWN KATABEBHKOTES IOUDAIOI, POLLA KAI BAREA AITIWMATA KATAFERONTES A OUK ISCUON APODEIXAI, TOU PAULOU APOLOGOUMENOU OTI OUTE EIS TON NOMON TWN IOUDAIWN OUTE EIS TO IERON OUTE EIS KAISARA TI HMARTON. O FHSTOS DE QELWN TOIS IOUDAIOIS CARIN KATAQESQAI APOKRIQEIS TW PAULW EIPEN, QELEIS EIS IEROSOLUMA ANABAS EKEI PERI TOUTWN KRIQHNAI EP EMOU? EIPEN DE O PAULOS, ESTWS EPI TOU BHMATOS KAISAROS EIMI, OU ME DEI KRINESQAI. IOUDAIOUS OUDEN HDIKHSA, WS KAI SU KALLION EPIGINWSKEIS. EI MEN OUN 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. TOTE O FHSTOS SULLALHSAS META TOU SUMBOULIOU APEKRIQH, KAISARA EPIKEKLHSAI, EPI KAISARA POREUSH. HMERWN DE DIAGENOMENWN TINWN AGRIPPAS O KAISARA POREUSH. HMERWN DE DIAGENOMENWN TINWN AGRIPPAS O BASILEUS KAI BERNIKH KATHNTHSAN EIS KAISAREIAN ASPASAMENOI TON FHSTON. WS DE PLEIOUS HMERAS DIETRIBON EKEI, O FHSTOS TW BASILEI ANEQETO TA KATA TON PAULON LEGWN, ANHR TIS ESTIN KATALELEIMMENOS UPO FHLIKOS DESMIOS, PERI OU GENOMENOU MOU EIS IEROSOLUMA ENEFANISAN OI ARCIEREIS KAI OI PRESBUTEROI TWN IOUDAIWN, AITOUMENOI KAT AUTOU KATADIKHN. PROS OUS APEKRIQHN OTI OUK ESTIN EQOS RWMAIOIS CARIZESQAI TINA ANQRWPON PRIN H O KATHGOROUMENOS KATA PROSWPON ECOI TOUS KATHGOROUS TOPON TE APOLOGIAS LABOI PERI TOU EGKLHMATOS. SUNELQONTWN OUN ENQADE ANABOLHN MHDEMIAN POIHSAMENOS TH EXHS KAQISAS EPI TOU BHMATOS EKELEUSA ACQHNAI TON ANDRA. PERI OU STAQENTES OI KATHGOROI OUDEMIAN AITIAN EFERON WN EGW UPENOOUN PONHRWN, ZHTHMATA DE TINA PERI THS IDIAS DEISIDAIMONIAS EICON PROS AUTON KAI PERI TINOS IHSOU TEQNHKOTOS, ON EFASKEN O PAULOS ZHN. APOROUMENOS DE EGW THN PERI TOUTWN ZHTHSIN ELEGON EI BOULOITO POREUESQAI EIS IEROSOLUMA KAKEI KRINESQAI PERI TOUTWN. TOU DE PAULOU EPIKALESAMENOU THRHQHNAI AUTON EIS THN TOU SEBASTOU DIAGNWSIN, EKELEUSA THREISQAI AUTON EWS OU ANAPEMYW AUTON PROS KAISARA. AGRIPPAS DE PROS TON FHSTON, EBOULOMHN KAI AUTOS TOU ANQRWPOU AKOUSAI. AURION, FHSIN, AKOUSH AUTOU. TH OUN EPAURION ELQONTOS TOU AGRIPPA KAI THS BERNIKHS META POLLHS FANTASIAS KAI EISELQONTWN EIS TO AKROATHRION SUN TE CILIARCOIS KAI ANDRASIN TOIS KAT EXOCHN THS POLEWS, KAI KELEUSANTOS TOU FHSTOU HCQH O PAULOS. KAI FHSIN O FHSTOS, AGRIPPA BASILEU KAI PANTES OI SUMPARONTES HMIN ANDRES, QEWREITE TOUTON PERI OU APAN TO PLHQOS TWN IOUDAIWN ENETUCON MOI EN TE IEROSOLUMOIS KAI ENQADE, BOWNTES MH DEIN AUTON ZHN MHKETI. EGW DE KATELABOMHN MHDEN AXION AUTON QANATOU PEPRACENAI, AUTOU DE TOUTOU EPIKALESAMENOU TON SEBASTON EKRINA PEMPEIN. 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 GRAYW. ALOGON GAR MOI DOKEI PEMPONTA DESMION MH KAI TAS KAT AUTOU AITIAS SHMANAI. AGRIPPAS DE PROS TON PAULON EFH, EPITREPETAI SOI PERI SEAUTOU LEGEIN. TOTE O PAULOS EKTEINAS THN CEIRA APELOGEITO, PERI PANTWN WN EGKALOUMAI UPO IOUDAIWN, BASILEU AGRIPPA, HGHMAI EMAUTON MAKARION EPI SOU MELLWN SHMERON APOLOGEISQAI, MALISTA GNWSTHN ONTA SE PANTWN TWN KATA IOUDAIOUS EQWN TE KAI ZHTHMATWN. DIO DEOMAI MAKROQUMWS AKOUSAI MOU. THN MEN OUN BIWSIN MOU EK NEOTHTOS THN AP ARCHS GENOMENHN EN TW EQNEI MOU EN TE IEROSOLUMOIS ISASI PANTES IOUDAIOI, PROGINWSKONTES ME ANWQEN, EAN QELWSI MARTUREIN, OTI KATA THN AKRIBESTATHN AIRESIN THS HMETERAS QRHSKEIAS EZHSA FARISAIOS. KAI NUN EP ELPIDI THS EIS TOUS PATERAS HMWN EPAGGELIAS GENOMENHS UPO TOU QEOU ESTHKA KRINOMENOS, EIS HN TO DWDEKAFULON HMWN EN EKTENEIA NUKTA KAI HMERAN LATREUON ELPIZEI KATANTHSAI. PERI HS ELPIDOS EGKALOUMAI UPO IOUDAIWN, BASILEU. TI APISTON KRINETAI PAR UMIN EI O QEOS NEKROUS EGEIREI? 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EIS TOUTO GAR WFQHN SOI, PROCEIRISASQAI SE UPHRETHN KAI MARTURA WN TE EIDES ME WN TE OFQHSOMAI SOI, EXAIROUMENOS SE EK TOU LAOU KAI EK TWN EQNWN, EIS OUS EGW APOSTELLW SE 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. OQEN, BASILEU AGRIPPA, OUK EGENOMHN APEIQHS TH OURANIW OPTASIA, ALLA TOIS EN DAMASKW PRWTON TE KAI IEROSOLUMOIS, PASAN TE THN CWRAN THS IOUDAIAS KAI TOIS EQNESIN APHGGELLON METANOEIN KAI EPISTREFEIN EPI TON QEON, AXIA THS METANOIAS ERGA PRASSONTAS. ENEKA TOUTWN ME IOUDAIOI SULLABOMENOI (ONTA) EN TW IERW EPEIRWNTO DIACEIRISASQAI. EPIKOURIAS OUN TUCWN THS APO TOU QEOU ACRI THS HMERAS TAUTHS ESTHKA MARTUROMENOS MIKRW TE KAI MEGALW, OUDEN EKTOS LEGWN WN TE OI PROFHTAI ELALHSAN MELLONTWN GINESQAI KAI MWUSHS, EI PAQHTOS O CRISTOS, EI PRWTOS EX ANASTASEWS NEKRWN FWS MELLEI KATAGGELLEIN TW TE LAW KAI TOIS EQNESIN. 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