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26 katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE Passage New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26)

26 1Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defence: Paul Defends Himself before Agrippa Ac.26.1-11Ἀγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ἐφη, Ἐπιτρέπεταί σοι περὶ σεαυτοῦ λέγειν. τότε ὁ Παῦλος ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἀπελογεῖτο,
2"I think myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defence today against all the accusations of the Jews, Περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, ἡγημαι ἐμαυτὸν μακάριον ἐπὶ σοῦ μέλλων σήμερον ἀπολογεῖσθαι,
3because you are especially familiar with all customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.  μάλιστα γνώστην ὀντα σε πάντων τῶν κατὰ Ἰουδαίους ἐθῶν τε καὶ ζητημάτων· διὸ δέομαι μακροθύμως ἀκοῦσαί μου.
4"My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. Τὴν μὲν οὖν βίωσίν μου τὴν ἐκ νεότητος τὴν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς γενομένην ἐν τῷ ἐθνει μου ἐν τε Ἱεροσολύμοις ἰσασι πάντες Ἰουδαῖοι,
5They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. προγινώσκοντές με ἀνωθεν, ἐὰν θέλωσι μαρτυρεῖν, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἀκριβεστάτην αἱρεσιν τῆς ἡμετέρας θρησκείας ἐζησα Φαρισαῖος.
6And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, καὶ νῦν ἐπ' ἐλπίδι τῆς εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐπαγγελίας γενομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἑστηκα κρινόμενος,
7to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! εἰς ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον ἐλπίζει καταντῆσαι· περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, βασιλεῦ.
8Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? τί ἀπιστον κρίνεται παρ' ὑμῖν εἰ ὁ θεὸς νεκροὺς ἐγείρεὶ;
9"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὀνομα Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι·
10And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.  ὃ καὶ ἐποίησα ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις, καὶ πολλούς τε τῶν ἀγίων ἐγὼ ἐν φυλακαῖς κατέκλεισα τὴν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐξουσίαν λαβών, ἀναιρουμένων τε αὐτῶν κατήνεγκα ψῆφον,
11And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. καὶ κατὰ πάσας τὰς συναγωγὰς πολλάκις τιμωρῶν αὐτοὺς ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν, περισσῶς τε ἐμμαινόμενος αὐτοῖς ἐδίωκον ἑως καὶ εἰς τὰς ἐξω πόλεις.

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