| New English Bible | Acts:5 | Novum Testamentum Graece (UBS.Ed.26) | ||
| 1 | But there was another man, called Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, who sold a property. | Ananias and Sapphira Ac.5.1-11 | Ἀνὴρ δέ τις Ἀνανίας ὀνόματι σὺν Σαπφίρῃ τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπώλησεν κτῆμα | |
| 2 | With the full knowledge of his wife he kept back part of the purchase-money, and part he brought and laid at the apostles' feet. | καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς, συνειδυίης καὶ τῆς γυναικός, καὶ ἐνέγκας μέρος τι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐθηκεν. | ||
| 3 | But Peter said, 'Ananias, how was it that Satan so possessed your mind that you lied to the Holy Spirit, and kept back part of the price of the land? | εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος, Ἀνανία, διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσεν ὁ Σατανᾶς τὴν καρδίαν σου ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἀγιον καὶ νοσφίσασθαι ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ χωρίοὺ; | ||
| 4 | While it remained, did it not remain yours? When it was turned into money, was it not still at your own disposal? What made you think of doing this thing? You have lied not to men but to God.' | οὐχὶ μένον σοὶ ἐμενεν καὶ πραθὲν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν; τί ὅτι ἐθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτὸ; οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ. | ||
| 5 | When Ananias heard these words he dropped dead; and all the others who heard were awestruck. | ἀκούων δὲ ὁ Ἀνανίας τοὺς λόγους τούτους πεσὼν ἐξέψυξεν· καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας. | ||
| 6 | The younger men rose and covered his body, then carried him out and buried him. | ἀναστάντες δὲ οἱ νεώτεροι συνέστειλαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξενέγκαντες ἐθαψαν. | ||
| 7 | About three hours passed, and then his wife came in, unaware of what had happened. | Ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστημα καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰδυῖα τὸ γεγονὸς εἰσῆλθεν. | ||
| 8 | Peter turned to her and said, 'Tell me, were you paid such and such a price for the land?' 'Yes,' she said, 'that was the price.' | ἀπεκρίθη δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν Πέτρος, Εἰπέ μοι, εἰ τοσούτου τὸ χωρίον ἀπέδοσθὲ ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, Ναί, τοσούτου. | ||
| 9 | Then Peter said, 'Why did you both conspire to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Hark! there at the door are the footsteps of those who buried your husband; and they will carry you away.' | ὁ δὲ Πέτρος πρὸς αὐτήν, Τί ὅτι συνεφωνήθη ὑμῖν πειράσαι τὸ Πνεῦμα κυρίοὺ; ἰδοὺ οἱ πόδες τῶν θαψάντων τὸν ἀνδρα σου ἐπὶ τῇ θύρᾳ καὶ ἐξοίσουσίν σε. | ||
| 10 | And suddenly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead; and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. | ἐπεσεν δὲ παραχρῆμα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξέψυξεν· εἰσελθόντες δὲ οἱ νεανίσκοι εὗρον αὐτὴν νεκράν, καὶ ἐξενέγκαντες ἐθαψαν πρὸς τὸν ἀνδρα αὐτῆς. | ||
| 11 | And a great awe fell upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these events. | καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐφ' ὁλην τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας ταῦτα. | ||
| 12 | Many remarkable and wonderful things took place among the people at the hands of the apostles. THEY USED TO MEET by common consent in Solomon's Portico, | Many Signs and Wonders Performed Ac.5.12-16 | Διὰ δὲ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐγίνετο σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πολλὰ ἐν τῷ λαῷ· καὶ ἦσαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἀπαντες ἐν τῇ στοᾷ Σολομῶντος. | |
| 13 | no one from outside their number venturing to join with them. But people in general spoke highly of them, | τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν οὐδεὶς ἐτόλμα κολλᾶσθαι αὐτοῖς, ἀλλ' ἐμεγάλυνεν αὐτοὺς ὁ λαός· | ||
| 14 | and more than that, numbers of men and women were added to their ranks as believers in the Lord. | μᾶλλον δὲ προσετίθεντο πιστεύοντες τῷ κυρίῳ πλήθη ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν, | ||
| 15 | In the end the sick were actually carried out into the streets and laid there on beds and stretchers, so that even the shadow of Peter might fall on one or another as he passed by; | ὡστε καὶ εἰς τὰς πλατείας ἐκφέρειν τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς καὶ τιθέναι ἐπὶ κλιναρίων καὶ κραβάττων, ἵνα ἐρχομένου Πέτρου κἂν ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ αὐτῶν. | ||
| 16 | and the people from the towns round Jerusalem flocked in, bringing those who were ill or harassed by unclean spirits, and all of them were cured. | συνήρχετο δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πέριξ πόλεων Ἰερουσαλήμ, φέροντες ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, οἱτινες ἐθεραπεύοντο ἀπαντες. | ||
| 17 | Then the High Priest and his colleagues, the Sadducean party as it then was, were goaded into action by jealousy. | Persecution of the Apostles Ac.5.17-42 (Jerusalem) - | Ἀναστὰς δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ πάντες οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, ἡ οὖσα αἱρεσις τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, ἐπλήσθησαν ζήλου | |
| 18 | They proceeded to arrest the apostles, and put them in official custody. | καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ ἐθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ. | ||
| 19 | But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, brought them out, and said, | ἀγγελος δὲ κυρίου διὰ νυκτὸς ἀνοίξας τὰς θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς ἐξαγαγών τε αὐτοὺς εἶπεν, | ||
| 20 | 'Go, take your place in the temple and speak to the people, and tell them about this new life and all it means.' | Πορεύεσθε καὶ σταθέντες λαλεῖτε ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῷ λαῷ πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τῆς ζωῆς ταύτης. | ||
| 21 | Accordingly they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching. When the High Priest arrived with his colleagues they summoned the 'Sanhedrin', that is, the full senate of the Israelite nation, and sent to the jail to fetch the prisoners. | ἀκούσαντες δὲ εἰσῆλθον ὑπὸ τὸν ὀρθρον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐδίδασκον. Παραγενόμενος δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ συνεκάλεσαν τὸ συνέδριον καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱ ῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν εἰς τὸ δεσνωτήριον ἀχθῆναι αὐτούς. | ||
| 22 | But the police who went to the prison failed to find them there, so they returned and reported, | οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ὑπηρέται οὐχ εὗρον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, ἀναστρέψαντες δὲ ἀπήγγειλαν | ||
| 23 | 'We found the jail securely locked at every point, with the warders at their posts by the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.' | λέγοντες ὅτι Τὸ δεσμωτήριον εὑρομεν κεκλεισμένον ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ καὶ τοὺς φύλακας ἑστῶτας ἐπὶ τῶν θυρῶν, ἀνοίξαντες δὲ ἐσω, οὐδένα εὑρομεν. | ||
| 24 | When they heard this, the Controller of the Temple and the chief priests were wondering what could have become of them, | ὡς δὲ ἠκουσαν τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὁ τε στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, διηπόρουν περὶ αὐτῶν τί ἂν γένοιτο τοῦτο. | ||
| 25 | and then a man arrived with the report, 'Look! the men you put in prison are there in the temple teaching the people.' | παραγενόμενος δέ τις ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι Ἰδοὺ οἱ ἀνδρες οὓς ἐθεσθε ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ εἰσὶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἑστῶτες καὶ διδάσκοντες τὸν λαόν. | ||
| 26 | At that the Controller went off with the police and fetched them, but without using force for fear of being stoned by the people. | τότε ἀπελθὼν ὁ στρατηγὸς σὺν τοῖς ὑπηρέταις ἦγεν αὐτούς, οὐ μετὰ βίας, ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ τὸν λαόν, μὴ λιθασθῶσιν. | ||
| 27 | So they brought them and stood them before the Council; and the High Priest began his examination. | Ἀγαγόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐστησαν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ. καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς | ||
| 28 | 'We expressly ordered you', he said, 'to desist from teaching in that name; and what has happened? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you are trying to make us responsible for that man's death.' | λέγων, Παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγείλαμεν ὑμῖν μὴ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ; καὶ ἰδοὺ πεπληρώκατε τὴν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῆς διδαχῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ βούλεσθε ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ α ἷμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου. | ||
| 29 | Peter replied for himself and the apostles: 'We must obey God rather than men. | ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπαν, Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις. | ||
| 30 | The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you had done to death by hanging him on a gibbet. | ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἠγειρεν Ἰησοῦν, ὃν ὑμεῖς διεχειρίσασθε κρεμάσαντες ἐπὶ ξύλου· | ||
| 31 | He it is whom God has exalted with his own right hand as leader and saviour, to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. | τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἀρχηγὸν καὶ σωτῆρα ὑψωσεν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ, δοῦναι μετάνοιαν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἀφεσιν ἀμαρτιῶν. | ||
| 32 | And we are witnesses to all this, and so is the Holy Spirit given by God to those who are obedient to him.' | καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν μάρτυρες τῶν ῥημάτων τούτων, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἀγιον ὃ ἐδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς πειθαρχοῦσιν αὐτῷ. | ||
| 33 | This touched them on the raw, and they wanted to put them to death. | Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες διεπρίοντο καὶ ἐβούλοντο ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς. | ||
| 34 | But a member of the Council rose to his feet, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in high regard by all the people. He moved that the men be put outside for a while. | ἀναστὰς δέ τις ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ Φαρισαῖος ὀνόματι Γαμαλιήλ, νομοδιδάσκαλος τίμιος παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ἐκέλευσεν ἐξω βραχὺ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ποιῆσαι, | ||
| 35 | Then he said, 'Men of Israel, be cautious in deciding what to do with these men. | εἶπέν τε πρὸς αὐτούς, Ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται, προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις τί μέλλετε πράσσειν. | ||
| 36 | Some time ago Theudas came forward, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. But he was killed and his whole following was broken up and disappeared. | πρὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτόν, ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμὸς ὡς τετρακοσίων· ὃς ἀνῃρέθη, καὶ πάντες ὁσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν. | ||
| 37 | After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census; he induced some people to revolt under his leadership, but he too perished and his whole following was scattered. | μετὰ τοῦτον ἀνέστη Ἰούδας ὁ Γαλιλαῖος ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀπογραφῆς καὶ ἀπέστησεν λαὸν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ· κἀκεῖνος ἀπώλετο, καὶ πάντες ὁσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διεσκορπίσθησαν. | ||
| 38 | And so now: keep clear of these men, I tell you; leave them alone. For if this idea of theirs or its execution is of human origin, it will collapse; | καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων καὶ ἀφετε αὐτούς· ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἡ βουλὴ αὑτη ἢ τὸ ἐργον τοῦτο, καταλυθήσεται· | ||
| 39 | but if it is from God, you will never be able to put them down, and you risk finding yourselves at war with God.' | εἰ δὲ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ δυνήσεσθε καταλῦσαι αὐτούς - μήποτε καὶ θεομάχοι εὑρεθῆτε. ἐπείσθησαν δὲ αὐτῷ, | ||
| 40 | They took his advice. They sent for the apostles and had them flogged; then they ordered them to give up speaking in the name of Jesus, and discharged them. | καὶ προσκαλεσάμενοι τοὺς ἀποστόλους δείραντες παρήγγειλαν μὴ λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἀπέλυσαν. | ||
| 41 | So the apostles went out from the Council rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer indignity for the sake of the Name. | Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἐπορεύοντο χαίροντες ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ συνεδρίου ὅτι κατηξιώθησαν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἀτιμασθῆναι· | ||
| 42 | And every day they went steadily on with their teaching in the temple and in private houses, telling the good news of Jesus the Messiah. | πᾶσάν τε ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ κατ' οἶκον οὐκ ἐπαύοντο διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν Χριστόν, Ἰησοῦν. | ||
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