GNT

1 μετὰ δὲ πέντε ἡμέρας κατέβη ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς ἁνανίας μετὰ πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν καὶ ῥήτορος τερτύλλου τινός, οἵτινες ἐνεφάνισαν τῶ ἡγεμόνι κατὰ τοῦ παύλου.

2 κληθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ τέρτυλλος λέγων, πολλῆς εἰρήνης τυγχάνοντες διὰ σοῦ καὶ διορθωμάτων γινομένων τῶ ἔθνει τούτῳ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας,

3 πάντῃ τε καὶ πανταχοῦ ἀποδεχόμεθα, κράτιστε φῆλιξ, μετὰ πάσης εὐχαριστίας.

4 ἵνα δὲ μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖόν σε ἐγκόπτω, παρακαλῶ ἀκοῦσαί σε ἡμῶν συντόμως τῇ σῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ.

5 εὑρόντες γὰρ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον λοιμὸν καὶ κινοῦντα στάσεις πᾶσιν τοῖς ἰουδαίοις τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε τῆς τῶν ναζωραίων αἱρέσεως,

6 ὃς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπείρασεν βεβηλῶσαι, ὃν καὶ ἐκρατήσαμεν,

7 

8 παρ᾽ οὖ δυνήσῃ αὐτὸς ἀνακρίνας περὶ πάντων τούτων ἐπιγνῶναι ὧν ἡμεῖς κατηγοροῦμεν αὐτοῦ.

9 συνεπέθεντο δὲ καὶ οἱ ἰουδαῖοι φάσκοντες ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν.

10 ἀπεκρίθη τε ὁ παῦλος νεύσαντος αὐτῶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος λέγειν, ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν ὄντα σε κριτὴν τῶ ἔθνει τούτῳ ἐπιστάμενος εὐθύμως τὰ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολογοῦμαι,

11 δυναμένου σου ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι οὐ πλείους εἰσίν μοι ἡμέραι δώδεκα ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἀνέβην προσκυνήσων εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ,

12 καὶ οὔτε ἐν τῶ ἱερῶ εὖρόν με πρός τινα διαλεγόμενον ἢ ἐπίστασιν ποιοῦντα ὄχλου οὔτε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς οὔτε κατὰ τὴν πόλιν,

13 οὐδὲ παραστῆσαι δύνανταί σοι περὶ ὧν νυνὶ κατηγοροῦσίν μου.

14 ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῶ πατρῴῳ θεῶ, πιστεύων πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς προφήταις γεγραμμένοις,

15 ἐλπίδα ἔχων εἰς τὸν θεόν, ἣν καὶ αὐτοὶ οὖτοι προσδέχονται, ἀνάστασιν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι δικαίων τε καὶ ἀδίκων.

16 ἐν τούτῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διὰ παντός.

17 δι᾽ ἐτῶν δὲ πλειόνων ἐλεημοσύνας ποιήσων εἰς τὸ ἔθνος μου παρεγενόμην καὶ προσφοράς,

18 ἐν αἷς εὖρόν με ἡγνισμένον ἐν τῶ ἱερῶ, οὐ μετὰ ὄχλου οὐδὲ μετὰ θορύβου·

19 τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀσίας ἰουδαῖοι, οὓς ἔδει ἐπὶ σοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ κατηγορεῖν εἴ τι ἔχοιεν πρὸς ἐμέ _

20 ἢ αὐτοὶ οὖτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὖρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου

21 ἢ περὶ μιᾶς ταύτης φωνῆς ἧς ἐκέκραξα ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑστὼς ὅτι περὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν ἐγὼ κρίνομαι σήμερον ἐφ᾽ ὑμῶν.

22 ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ φῆλιξ, ἀκριβέστερον εἰδὼς τὰ περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ, εἴπας, ὅταν λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος καταβῇ διαγνώσομαι τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς,

23 διαταξάμενος τῶ ἑκατοντάρχῃ τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἔχειν τε ἄνεσιν καὶ μηδένα κωλύειν τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ ὑπηρετεῖν αὐτῶ.

24 μετὰ δὲ ἡμέρας τινὰς παραγενόμενος ὁ φῆλιξ σὺν δρουσίλλῃ τῇ ἰδίᾳ γυναικὶ οὔσῃ ἰουδαίᾳ μετεπέμψατο τὸν παῦλον καὶ ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς εἰς χριστὸν ἰησοῦν πίστεως.

25 διαλεγομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ περὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἐγκρατείας καὶ τοῦ κρίματος τοῦ μέλλοντος ἔμφοβος γενόμενος ὁ φῆλιξ ἀπεκρίθη, τὸ νῦν ἔχον πορεύου, καιρὸν δὲ μεταλαβὼν μετακαλέσομαί σε·

26 ἅμα καὶ ἐλπίζων ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ παύλου· διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῶ.

27 διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης ἔλαβεν διάδοχον ὁ φῆλιξ πόρκιον φῆστον· θέλων τε χάριτα καταθέσθαι τοῖς ἰουδαίοις ὁ φῆλιξ κατέλιπε τὸν παῦλον δεδεμένον.

KJV

1  And¹¹⁶¹ after³³²⁶ five⁴⁰⁰² days²²⁵⁰ Ananias³⁶⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ high priest⁷⁴⁹ descended²⁵⁹⁷ with³³²⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ elders,⁴²⁴⁵ and²⁵³² with a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ orator⁴⁴⁸⁹ named Tertullus,⁵⁰⁶¹ who³⁷⁴⁸ informed¹⁷¹⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ governor²²³² against²⁵⁹⁶ Paul.³⁹⁷²

2  And¹¹⁶¹ when he⁸⁴⁶ was called forth,²⁵⁶⁴ Tertullus⁵⁰⁶¹ began⁷⁵⁶ to accuse²⁷²³ him, saying,³⁰⁰⁴ Seeing that by¹²²³ thee⁴⁶⁷⁵ we enjoy⁵¹⁷⁷ great⁴¹⁸³ quietness,¹⁵¹⁵ and²⁵³² that very worthy deeds²⁷³⁵ are done¹⁰⁹⁶ unto this⁵¹²⁹ nation¹⁴⁸⁴ by¹²²³ thy⁴⁶⁷⁴ providence,⁴³⁰⁷

3  We accept⁵⁸⁸ it⁵⁰³⁷ always,³⁸³⁹ and²⁵³² in all places,³⁸³⁷ most noble²⁹⁰³ Felix,⁵³⁴⁴ with³³²⁶ all³⁹⁵⁶ thankfulness.²¹⁶⁹

4  Notwithstanding,¹¹⁶¹ that²⁴⁴³ I be not further tedious^{1465 3361 1909 4119} unto thee,⁴⁵⁷¹ I pray³⁸⁷⁰ thee that thou⁴⁵⁷¹ wouldest hear¹⁹¹ us²²⁵⁷ of thy⁴⁶⁷⁴ clemency¹⁹³² a few words.⁴⁹³⁵

5  For¹⁰⁶³ we have found²¹⁴⁷ this⁵¹²⁶ man⁴³⁵ a pestilent³⁰⁶¹ fellow, and²⁵³² a mover²⁷⁹⁵ of sedition⁴⁷¹⁴ among all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ throughout²⁵⁹⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ world,³⁶²⁵ and⁵⁰³⁷ a ringleader⁴⁴¹⁴ of the³⁵⁸⁸ sect¹³⁹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Nazarenes:³⁴⁸⁰

6  Who³⁷³⁹ also²⁵³² hath gone about³⁹⁸⁵ to profane⁹⁵³ the³⁵⁸⁸ temple:²⁴¹¹ whom³⁷³⁹ we took,²⁹⁰² and²⁵³² would²³⁰⁹ have judged²⁹¹⁹ according²⁵⁹⁶ to our²²⁵¹ law.³⁵⁵¹

7  But¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ chief captain⁵⁵⁰⁶ Lysias³⁰⁷⁹ came³⁹²⁸ upon us, and with³³²⁶ great⁴¹⁸³ violence⁹⁷⁰ took him away⁵²⁰ out of¹⁵³⁷ our²²⁵⁷ hands,⁵⁴⁹⁵

8  Commanding²⁷⁵³ his⁸⁴⁸ accusers²⁷²⁵ to come²⁰⁶⁴ unto¹⁹⁰⁹ thee:⁴⁵⁷¹ by examining³⁵⁰ of³⁸⁴⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ thyself⁸⁴⁶ mayest¹⁴¹⁰ take knowledge¹⁹²¹ of⁴⁰¹² all³⁹⁵⁶ these things,⁵¹³⁰ whereof³⁷³⁹ we²²⁴⁹ accuse²⁷²³ him.⁸⁴⁶

9  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ also²⁵³² assented,⁴⁹³⁴ saying⁵³³⁵ that these things⁵⁰²³ were²¹⁹² so.³⁷⁷⁹

10  Then¹¹⁶¹ Paul,³⁹⁷² after that the³⁵⁸⁸ governor²²³² had beckoned³⁵⁰⁶ unto him⁸⁴⁶ to speak,³⁰⁰⁴ answered,⁶¹¹ Forasmuch as I know¹⁹⁸⁷ that thou⁴⁵⁷¹ hast been⁵⁶⁰⁷ of¹⁵³⁷ many⁴¹⁸³ years²⁰⁹⁴ a judge²⁹²³ unto this⁵¹²⁹ nation,¹⁴⁸⁴ I do the more cheerfully²¹¹⁵ answer⁶²⁶ for⁴⁰¹² myself:¹⁶⁸³

11  Because that thou⁴⁶⁷⁵ mayest¹⁴¹⁰ understand,¹⁰⁹⁷ that³⁷⁵⁴ there are^{1526 3427} yet but^{3756 4119 2228} twelve¹¹⁷⁷ days²²⁵⁰ since^{575 3739} I went up³⁰⁵ to¹⁷²² Jerusalem²⁴¹⁹ for to worship.⁴³⁵²

12  And²⁵³² they neither³⁷⁷⁷ found²¹⁴⁷ me³¹⁶⁵ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ temple²⁴¹¹ disputing¹²⁵⁶ with⁴³¹⁴ any man,⁵¹⁰⁰ neither²²²⁸ raising up^{4160 1999} the people,³⁷⁹³ neither³⁷⁷⁷ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogues,⁴⁸⁶⁴ nor³⁷⁷⁷ in²⁵⁹⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ city:⁴¹⁷²

13  Neither³⁷⁷⁷ can¹⁴¹⁰ they prove³⁹³⁶ the things whereof^{4012 3739} they now³⁵⁶⁸ accuse²⁷²³ me.³⁴⁵⁰

14  But¹¹⁶¹ this⁵¹²⁴ I confess³⁶⁷⁰ unto thee,⁴⁶⁷¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ after²⁵⁹⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ which³⁷³⁹ they call³⁰⁰⁴ heresy,¹³⁹ so³⁷⁷⁹ worship³⁰⁰⁰ I the God²³¹⁶ of my fathers,³⁹⁷¹ believing⁴¹⁰⁰ all things³⁹⁵⁶ which are written¹¹²⁵ in²⁵⁹⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ law³⁵⁵¹ and²⁵³² in the³⁵⁸⁸ prophets:⁴³⁹⁶

15  And have²¹⁹² hope¹⁶⁸⁰ toward¹⁵¹⁹ God,²³¹⁶ which³⁷³⁹ they³⁷⁷⁸ themselves⁸⁴⁶ also²⁵³² allow,⁴³²⁷ that there shall³¹⁹⁵ be¹⁵¹⁰ a resurrection³⁸⁶ of the dead,³⁴⁹⁸ both⁵⁰³⁷ of the just¹³⁴² and²⁵³² unjust.⁹⁴

16  And¹¹⁶¹ herein^{1722 5129} do I exercise⁷⁷⁸ myself,⁸⁴⁶ to have²¹⁹² always¹²⁷⁵ a conscience⁴⁸⁹³ void of offense⁶⁷⁷ toward⁴³¹⁴ God,²³¹⁶ and²⁵³² toward men.⁴⁴⁴

17  Now¹¹⁶¹ after¹²²³ many⁴¹¹⁹ years²⁰⁹⁴ I came³⁸⁵⁴ to bring⁴¹⁶⁰ alms¹⁶⁵⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ my³⁴⁵⁰ nation,¹⁴⁸⁴ and²⁵³² offerings.⁴³⁷⁶

18  Whereupon^{1722 3739 1161} certain⁵¹⁰⁰ Jews²⁴⁵³ from⁵⁷⁵ Asia⁷⁷³ found²¹⁴⁷ me³¹⁶⁵ purified⁴⁸ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ temple,²⁴¹¹ neither³⁷⁵⁶ with³³²⁶ multitude,³⁷⁹³ nor³⁷⁶¹ with³³²⁶ tumult.²³⁵¹

19  Who³⁷³⁹ ought¹¹⁶³ to have been here³⁹¹⁸ before¹⁹⁰⁹ thee,⁴⁶⁷⁵ and²⁵³² object,²⁷²³ if they had aught^{1536 2192} against⁴³¹⁴ me.³¹⁶⁵

20  Or²²²⁸ else let these³⁷⁷⁸ same⁸⁴⁶ here say,²⁰³⁶ if they have found any^{1536 2147} evil doing⁹² in¹⁷²² me,¹⁶⁹⁸ while I³⁴⁵⁰ stood²⁴⁷⁶ before¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ council,⁴⁸⁹²

21  Except²²²⁸ it be for⁴⁰¹² this⁵⁰²⁶ one³³⁹¹ voice,⁵⁴⁵⁶ that³⁷³⁹ I cried²⁸⁹⁶ standing²⁴⁷⁶ among¹⁷²² them,^{846 3754} Touching⁴⁰¹² the resurrection³⁸⁶ of the dead³⁴⁹⁸ I¹⁴⁷³ am called in question²⁹¹⁹ by⁵²⁵⁹ you⁵²¹⁶ this day.⁴⁵⁹⁴

22  And¹¹⁶¹ when Felix⁵³⁴⁴ heard¹⁹¹ these things,⁵⁰²³ having more perfect knowledge^{1492 197} of⁴⁰¹² that way,³⁵⁹⁸ he deferred³⁰⁶ them,⁸⁴⁶ and said,²⁰³⁶ When³⁷⁵² Lysias³⁰⁷⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ chief captain⁵⁵⁰⁶ shall come down,²⁵⁹⁷ I will know the uttmost¹²³¹ of your matter.^{2596 5209}

23  And⁵⁰³⁷ he commanded¹²⁹⁹ a centurion¹⁵⁴³ to keep⁵⁰⁸³ Paul,³⁹⁷² and⁵⁰³⁷ to let him have²¹⁹² liberty,⁴²⁵ and²⁵³² that he should forbid²⁹⁶⁷ none³³⁶⁷ of his⁸⁴⁶ acquaintance²³⁹⁸ to minister⁵²⁵⁶ or²²²⁸ come unto⁴³³⁴ him.⁸⁴⁶

24  And¹¹⁶¹ after³³²⁶ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ days,²²⁵⁰ when Felix⁵³⁴⁴ came³⁸⁵⁴ with⁴⁸⁶² his⁸⁴⁸ wife¹¹³⁵ Drusilla,¹⁴⁰⁹ which was⁵⁶⁰⁷ a Jewess,²⁴⁵³ he sent for³³⁴³ Paul,³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² heard¹⁹¹ him⁸⁴⁶ concerning⁴⁰¹² the³⁵⁸⁸ faith⁴¹⁰² in¹⁵¹⁹ Christ.⁵⁵⁴⁷

25  And¹¹⁶¹ as he⁸⁴⁶ reasoned¹²⁵⁶ of⁴⁰¹² righteousness,^{1343 2532} temperance,¹⁴⁶⁶ and²⁵³² judgment²⁹¹⁷ to come,¹⁵¹⁰ Felix⁵³⁴⁴ trembled,^{1096 1719} and answered,⁶¹¹ Go thy way⁴¹⁹⁸ for this time;^{3568 2192} when¹¹⁶¹ I have³³³⁵ a convenient season,²⁵⁴⁰ I will call for³³³³ thee.⁴⁵⁷¹

26  He¹¹⁶¹ hoped¹⁶⁷⁹ also²⁵³² that³⁷⁵⁴ money⁵⁵³⁶ should have been given¹³²⁵ him⁸⁴⁶ of⁵²⁵⁹ Paul,³⁹⁷² that³⁷⁰⁴ he might loose³⁰⁸⁹ him:⁸⁴⁶ wherefore¹³⁵² he²⁵³² sent for³³⁴³ him⁸⁴⁶ the more often,⁴⁴³⁷ and communed³⁶⁵⁶ with him.⁸⁴⁶

27  But¹¹⁶¹ after two years^{4137 1333} Porcius⁴²⁰¹ Festus⁵³⁴⁷ came into Felix' room:^{2983 1240 5344} and⁵⁰³⁷ Felix,⁵³⁴⁴ willing²³⁰⁹ to show²⁶⁹⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ a pleasure,⁵⁴⁸⁵ left²⁶⁴¹ Paul³⁹⁷² bound.¹²¹⁰

Vul

1 Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias, cum senioribus quibusdam, et Tertullo quodam oratore, qui adierunt præsidem adversus Paulum.

2 Et citato Paulo cœpit accusare Tertullus, dicens: Cum in multa pace agamus per te, et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam,

3 semper et ubique suscipimus, optime Felix, cum omni gratiarum actione.

4 Ne diutius autem te protraham, oro, breviter audias nos pro tua clementia.

5 Invenimus hunc hominem pestiferum, et concitantem seditiones omnibus Judæis in universo orbe, et auctorem seditionis sectæ Nazarenorum:

6 qui etiam templum violare conatus est, quem et apprehensum voluimus secundum legem nostram judicare.

7 Superveniens autem tribunus Lysias, cum vi magna eripuit eum de manibus nostris,

8 jubens accusatores ejus ad te venire: a quo poteris ipse judicans, de omnibus istis cognoscere, de quibus nos accusamus eum.

9 Adjecerunt autem et Judæi, dicentes hæc ita se habere.

10 Respondit autem Paulus (annuente sibi præside dicere): Ex multis annis te esse judicem genti huic sciens, bono animo pro me satisfaciam.

11 Potes enim cognoscere quia non plus sunt mihi dies quam duodecim, ex quo ascendi adorare in Jerusalem:

12 et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem, aut concursum facientem turbæ, neque in synagogis, neque in civitate:

13 neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc me accusant.

14 Confiteor autem hoc tibi, quod secundum sectam quam dicunt hæresim, sic deservio Patri et Deo meo, credens omnibus quæ in lege et prophetis scripta sunt:

15 spem habens in Deum, quam et hi ipsi exspectant, resurrectionem futuram justorum et iniquorum.

16 In hoc et ipse studeo sine offendiculo conscientiam habere ad Deum et ad homines semper.

17 Post annos autem plures eleemosynas facturus in gentem meam, veni, et oblationes, et vota,

18 in quibus invenerunt me purificatum in templo: non cum turba, neque cum tumultu.

19 Quidam autem ex Asia Judæi, quos oportebat apud te præsto esse, et accusare si quid haberent adversum me:

20 aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio,

21 nisi de una hac solummodo voce qua clamavi inter eos stans: Quoniam de resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor hodie a vobis.

22 Distulit autem illos Felix, certissime sciens de via hac, dicens: Cum tribunus Lysias descenderit, audiam vos.

23 Jussitque centurioni custodire eum, et habere requiem, nec quemquam de suis prohibere ministrare ei.

24 Post aliquot autem dies veniens Felix cum Drusilla uxore sua, quæ erat Judæa, vocavit Paulum, et audivit ab eo fidem quæ est in Christum Jesum.

25 Disputante autem illo de justitia, et castitate, et de judicio futuro, tremefactus Felix, respondit: Quod nunc attinet, vade: tempore autem opportuno accersam te:

26 simul et sperans quod pecunia ei daretur a Paulo, propter quod et frequenter accersens eum, loquebatur cum eo.

27 Biennio autem expleto, accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum. Volens autem gratiam præstare Judæis Felix, reliquit Paulum vinctum.