DB1 | Persecution of the Apostles Ac.5.17-42 | NEB Contents | notes| 5 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 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, Or: wondering about them, what this could possibly mean. | 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 Or: ... Jesus, and you did him 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 Or: at his right hand. as leader and saviour, to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. | τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἀρχηγὸν καὶ σωτῆρα ὑψωσεν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ 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. Or: the good news that the Messiah was Jesus. | πᾶσάν τε ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ κατ' οἶκον οὐκ ἐπαύοντο διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν Χριστόν, Ἰησοῦν. | |