Chapter 5
Ananias and Sapphira
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Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, [also] sold a piece of property.
δέ τις Ἀνὴρ ὀνόματι Ἁνανίας σὺν αὐτοῦ τῇ γυναικὶ Σαπφίρῃ ἐπώλησεν κτῆμα de tis Anēr onomati Hananias syn autou tē gynaiki Sapphirē epōlēsen ktēma — NA/TR · 1
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[With]… [his] wife’s full knowledge, he kept back [some] of the proceeds [for himself], [but] brought a portion [and] laid [it] at the vvv apostles’ feet.
καὶ καὶ τῆς γυναικός συνειδυίης ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς καὶ ἐνέγκας τι μέρος ἔθηκεν παρὰ τοὺς τῶν ἀποστόλων πόδας kai kai tēs gynaikos syneiduiēs enosphisato apo tēs timēs kai enenkas ti meros ethēken para tous tōn apostolōn podas — NA/TR · 2
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Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that… Satan has filled your heart vvv to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold [some] of the proceeds from the land?
δὲ ὁ Πέτρος Εἶπεν Ἁνανία διὰ τί ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐπλήρωσεν σου τὴν καρδίαν σε ψεύσασθαί τὸ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα καὶ νοσφίσασθαι ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ χωρίου de ho Petros Eipen Hanania dia ti ho Satanas eplērōsen sou tēn kardian se pseusasthai to to Hagion Pneuma kai nosphisasthai apo tēs timēs tou chōriou — NA/TR · 3
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vvv Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it [not] at [your] disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? vvv You have not lied to men, but to God!
οὐχὶ ἔμενεν σοὶ μένον καὶ πραθὲν ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τί ὅτι ἔθου τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐν σου τῇ καρδίᾳ οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ τῷ Θεῷ ouchi emenen soi menon kai prathen hypērchen en tē sē exousia ti hoti ethou touto to pragma en sou tē kardia ouk epseusō anthrōpois alla tō Theō — NA/TR · 4
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- On hearing these words, Ananias fell down [and] died. And great fear came over all who heard [what had happened].
δὲ Ἀκούων τούτους τοὺς λόγους ὁ Ἁνανίας πεσὼν ἐξέψυξεν καὶ μέγας φόβος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας de Akouōn toutous tous logous ho Hananias pesōn exepsyxen kai megas phobos egeneto epi pantas tous akouontas — NA/TR · 5
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Then the young [men] stepped forward, wrapped up his [body], and carried [him] out [and] buried [him].
δὲ οἱ νεώτεροι ἀναστάντες συνέστειλαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξενέγκαντες ἔθαψαν de hoi neōteroi anastantes synesteilan auton kai exenenkantes ethapsan — NA/TR · 6
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- About three hours later his wife also came in, vvv unaware of what had happened.
δὲ Ἐγένετο ὡς τριῶν ὡρῶν διάστημα αὐτοῦ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν μὴ εἰδυῖα τὸ γεγονὸς de Egeneto hōs triōn hōrōn diastēma autou hē gynē kai eisēlthen mē eiduia to gegonos — NA/TR · 7
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- “Tell me, said Peter -, “[is this] the price you [and your husband ] got for the land? “Yes, - she answered, “that is the price.
δὲ Εἰπέ μοι ἀπεκρίθη Πέτρος πρὸς αὐτὴν εἰ τοσούτου ἀπέδοσθε τὸ χωρίον Ναί δὲ Ἡ εἶπεν τοσούτου de Eipe moi apekrithē Petros pros autēn ei tosoutou apedosthe to chōrion Nai de Hē eipen tosoutou — NA/TR · 8
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“How could you agree to test the Spirit of [the] Lord? - Peter [replied] -. “Look, the feet of the [men who] buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out [also]…
Τί ὅτι ὑμῖν συνεφωνήθη πειράσαι τὸ Πνεῦμα Κυρίου δὲ Ὁ Πέτρος πρὸς αὐτήν ἰδοὺ οἱ πόδες τῶν θαψάντων σου τὸν ἄνδρα ἐπὶ τῇ θύρᾳ καὶ ἐξοίσουσίν σε Ti hoti hymin synephōnēthē peirasai to Pneuma Kyriou de Ho Petros pros autēn idou hoi podes tōn thapsantōn sou ton andra epi tē thyra kai exoisousin se — NA/TR · 9
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- At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young [men] came in [and], finding her dead, carried [her] out [and] buried [her] beside her husband.
δὲ παραχρῆμα Ἔπεσεν πρὸς αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ ἐξέψυξεν δὲ οἱ νεανίσκοι εἰσελθόντες εὗρον αὐτὴν νεκράν καὶ ἐξενέγκαντες ἔθαψαν πρὸς αὐτῆς τὸν ἄνδρα de parachrēma Epesen pros autou tous podas kai exepsyxen de hoi neaniskoi eiselthontes heuron autēn nekran kai exenenkantes ethapsan pros autēs ton andra — NA/TR · 10
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And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these [events].
Καὶ μέγας φόβος ἐγένετο ἐφ’ τὴν ὅλην ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας ταῦτα Kai megas phobos egeneto eph’ tēn holēn ekklēsian kai epi pantas tous akouontas tauta — NA/TR · 11
The Apostles Heal Many
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- The apostles vvv vvv vvv performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord [the believers gathered together]… in Solomon’s Colonnade.
δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων Διὰ τῶν χειρῶν ἐγίνετο πολλὰ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ λαῷ καὶ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦσαν ἅπαντες ἐν Σολομῶντος τῇ στοᾷ de tōn apostolōn Dia tōn cheirōn egineto polla sēmeia kai terata en tō laō kai homothymadon ēsan hapantes en Solomōntos tē stoa — NA/TR · 12
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- Although the people regarded them highly…, no one else dared to join them.
δὲ ἀλλ’ ὁ λαός ἐμεγάλυνεν αὐτοὺς οὐδεὶς τῶν λοιπῶν ἐτόλμα κολλᾶσθαι αὐτοῖς de all’ ho laos emegalynen autous oudeis tōn loipōn etolma kollasthai autois — NA/TR · 13
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Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord— large numbers of both men and women.
δὲ μᾶλλον πιστεύοντες προσετίθεντο τῷ Κυρίῳ πλήθη τε ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν de mallon pisteuontes prosetithento tō Kyriō plēthē te andrōn kai gynaikōn — NA/TR · 14
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As a result -, [people] brought the sick into the streets and laid [them] on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
ὥστε καὶ ἐκφέρειν τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς εἰς τὰς πλατείας καὶ τιθέναι ἐπὶ κλιναρίων καὶ κραβάττων ἵνα κἂν Πέτρου ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ αὐτῶν ἐρχομένου hōste kai ekpherein tous astheneis eis tas plateias kai tithenai epi klinariōn kai krabattōn hina kan Petrou hē skia episkiasē tini autōn erchomenou — NA/TR · 15
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- Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing [the] sick and [those] tormented by unclean spirits, [and] all [of them] were healed.
δὲ τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνήρχετο τῶν πόλεων πέριξ Ἰερουσαλήμ φέροντες ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ ἀκαθάρτων πνευμάτων οἵτινες ἅπαντες ἐθεραπεύοντο de to plēthos kai synērcheto tōn poleōn perix Ierousalēm pherontes astheneis kai ochloumenous hypo akathartōn pneumatōn hoitines hapantes etherapeuonto — NA/TR · 16
The Apostles Arrested and Freed
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Then the high priest and all his associates…, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ πάντες οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἡ οὖσα τῶν αἵρεσις Σαδδουκαίων ἐπλήσθησαν ζήλου Ἀναστὰς de ho archiereus kai pantes hoi syn autō hē ousa tōn hairesis Saddoukaiōn eplēsthēsan zēlou Anastas — NA/TR · 17
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and arrested… the apostles and put them in [the] public jail.
καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν δημοσίᾳ τηρήσει kai epebalon tas cheiras epi tous apostolous kai ethento autous en dēmosia tērēsei — NA/TR · 18
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But during the night an angel of [the] Lord opened the doors of the jail vvv [and] brought them out, saying,
δὲ διὰ νυκτὸς Ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἤνοιξε τὰς θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοὺς ἐξαγαγών τε εἶπεν de dia nyktos Angelos Kyriou ēnoixe tas thyras tēs phylakēs autous exagagōn te eipen — NA/TR · 19
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“Go, stand in the temple [courts] [and] tell the people the full message of this [new] life.
Πορεύεσθε καὶ σταθέντες ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ λαλεῖτε τῷ λαῷ τὰ πάντα ῥήματα τῆς ταύτης Ζωῆς Poreuesthe kai stathentes en tō hierō laleite tō laō ta panta rhēmata tēs tautēs Zōēs — NA/TR · 20
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- At daybreak [the apostles] entered… the temple [courts] as they had been told and began to teach [the people]. [When] the high priest and his associates… arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin the full assembly of the vvv elders of Israel— and sent to the jail [for] [the apostles].
δὲ ὑπὸ τὸν ὄρθρον εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν Ἀκούσαντες καὶ ἐδίδασκον δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Παραγενόμενος συνεκάλεσαν τὸ συνέδριον καὶ τὴν πᾶσαν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ καὶ ἀπέστειλαν εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἀχθῆναι αὐτούς de hypo ton orthron eisēlthon eis to hieron Akousantes kai edidaskon de ho archiereus kai hoi syn autō Paragenomenos synekalesan to synedrion kai tēn pasan gerousian tōn huiōn Israēl kai apesteilan eis to desmōtērion achthēnai autous — NA/TR · 21
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers vvv did not find them [there]. [So] they returned with the report:
δὲ παραγενόμενοι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ οἱ ὑπηρέται οὐχ εὗρον αὐτοὺς δὲ ἀναστρέψαντες ἀπήγγειλαν de paragenomenoi en tē phylakē hoi hypēretai ouch heuron autous de anastrepsantes apēngeilan — NA/TR · 22
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- “We found the jail vvv vvv securely locked, [with] the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened [them], we found no one inside.
λέγοντες ὅτι εὕρομεν Τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ κεκλεισμένον καὶ τοὺς φύλακας ἑστῶτας ἐπὶ τῶν θυρῶν δὲ ἀνοίξαντες εὕρομεν οὐδένα ἔσω legontes hoti heuromen To desmōtērion en pasē asphaleia kekleismenon kai tous phylakas hestōtas epi tōn thyrōn de anoixantes heuromen oudena esō — NA/TR · 23
The Apostles before the Sanhedrin
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- When the captain of the temple [guard] and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to… what… was happening.
δὲ Ὡς τε ὅ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ἤκουσαν τούτους τοὺς λόγους διηπόρουν περὶ αὐτῶν τί ἂν τοῦτο γένοιτο de Hōs te ho stratēgos tou hierou kai hoi archiereis ēkousan toutous tous logous diēporoun peri autōn ti an touto genoito — NA/TR · 24
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Then someone came in [and] announced -, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple [courts] teaching the people!
δέ τις παραγενόμενος ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι Ἰδοὺ οἱ ἄνδρες οὓς ἔθεσθε ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ εἰσὶν ἑστῶτες ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ διδάσκοντες τὸν λαόν de tis paragenomenos apēngeilen autois hoti Idou hoi andres hous ethesthe en tē phylakē eisin hestōtes en tō hierō kai didaskontes ton laon — NA/TR · 25
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At that point, the captain went with the officers [and] brought [the apostles]— [but] not by force, for fear the people would stone [them].
Τότε ὁ στρατηγὸς ἀπελθὼν σὺν τοῖς ὑπηρέταις ἦγεν αὐτούς οὐ μετὰ βίας γὰρ ἐφοβοῦντο τὸν λαόν μὴ λιθασθῶσιν Tote ho stratēgos apelthōn syn tois hypēretais ēgen autous ou meta bias gar ephobounto ton laon mē lithasthōsin — NA/TR · 26
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- They brought them in… [and] made [them] stand before the Sanhedrin, [where] the high priest interrogated them.
δὲ ἀγαγόντες αὐτοὺς ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς de agagontes autous estēsan en tō synedriō kai ho archiereus epērōtēsen autous — NA/TR · 27
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“We gave you strict orders… vvv not to teach in this name, he said. “Yet… you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for… this man’s blood.
Παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγείλαμεν ὑμῖν Οὐ μὴ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ ὀνόματι λέγων καὶ ἰδοὺ πεπληρώκατε τὴν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῆς ὑμῶν διδαχῆς καὶ βούλεσθε ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς τούτου τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ αἷμα Parangelia parēngeilamen hymin Ou mē didaskein epi toutō tō onomati legōn kai idou peplērōkate tēn Ierousalēm tēs hymōn didachēs kai boulesthe epagagein eph’ hēmas toutou tou anthrōpou to haima — NA/TR · 28
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But Peter and the other apostles replied…, vvv “We must obey God rather than men.
δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι Ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπαν δεῖ Πειθαρχεῖν Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις de Petros kai hoi apostoloi Apokritheis eipan dei Peitharchein Theō mallon ē anthrōpois — NA/TR · 29
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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging [Him] on a tree.
ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἡμῶν πατέρων ἤγειρεν Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς διεχειρίσασθε κρεμάσαντες ἐπὶ ξύλου ho Theos tōn hēmōn paterōn ēgeiren Iēsoun hon hymeis diecheirisasthe kremasantes epi xylou — NA/TR · 30
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- God exalted Him to His right hand [as] Prince and Savior, [ in order ] to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
ὁ Θεὸς ὕψωσεν τοῦτον τῇ αὐτοῦ δεξιᾷ Ἀρχηγὸν καὶ Σωτῆρα τοῦ δοῦναι μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ho Theos hypsōsen touton tē autou dexia Archēgon kai Sōtēra tou dounai metanoian kai aphesin hamartiōn tō Israēl — NA/TR · 31
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- We are witnesses of these things, and so [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.
καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν μάρτυρες τῶν τούτων ῥημάτων καὶ τὸ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα ὃ ὁ Θεὸς ἔδωκεν τοῖς πειθαρχοῦσιν αὐτῷ kai hēmeis esmen martyres tōn toutōn rhēmatōn kai to to Hagion Pneuma ho ho Theos edōken tois peitharchousin autō — NA/TR · 32
Gamaliel’s Advice
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- When [the Council members] heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put [the apostles] to death…
δὲ Οἱ ἀκούσαντες διεπρίοντο καὶ ἐβουλεύοντο ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς de Hoi akousantes dieprionto kai ebouleuonto anelein autous — NA/TR · 33
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But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin [and] ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
δέ τις Φαρισαῖος ὀνόματι Γαμαλιήλ νομοδιδάσκαλος τίμιος παντὶ τῷ λαῷ Ἀναστὰς ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ ἐκέλευσεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ποιῆσαι ἔξω βραχὺ de tis Pharisaios onomati Gamaliēl nomodidaskalos timios panti tō laō Anastas en tō synedriō ekeleusen tous anthrōpous poiēsai exō brachy — NA/TR · 34
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“Men of Israel, he said -, “consider carefully… what you are about to do to these men.
Ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται τε Εἶπέν πρὸς αὐτούς προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς τί μέλλετε πράσσειν ἐπὶ τούτοις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Andres Israēlitai te Eipen pros autous prosechete heautois ti mellete prassein epi toutois tois anthrōpois — NA/TR · 35
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- Some time ago… Theudas rose up, claiming… to be somebody, [and] about four hundred men joined [him]. [He] was killed, all his followers… were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
γὰρ πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν Θευδᾶς ἀνέστη λέγων ἑαυτόν εἶναί τινα ᾧ ὡς τετρακοσίων ἀριθμὸς ἀνδρῶν προσεκλίθη ὃς ἀνῃρέθη καὶ πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν gar pro toutōn tōn hēmerōn Theudas anestē legōn heauton einai tina hō hōs tetrakosiōn arithmos andrōn proseklithē hos anērethē kai pantes hosoi epeithonto autō dielythēsan kai egenonto eis ouden — NA/TR · 36
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After [him], Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers… were scattered.
μετὰ τοῦτον Ἰούδας ὁ Γαλιλαῖος ἀνέστη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀπογραφῆς καὶ ἀπέστησεν λαὸν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ κἀκεῖνος ἀπώλετο καὶ πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διεσκορπίσθησαν meta touton Ioudas ho Galilaios anestē en tais hēmerais tēs apographēs kai apestēsen laon opisō autou kakeinos apōleto kai pantes hosoi epeithonto autō dieskorpisthēsan — NA/TR · 37
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So in the present [case] I advise you: Leave… these men {alone}. Let them go…! For if [their] purpose or - endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
Καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἄφετε αὐτούς ὅτι ἐὰν αὕτη ἡ βουλὴ ἢ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων καταλυθήσεται Kai ta nyn legō hymin apostēte apo toutōn tōn anthrōpōn kai aphete autous hoti ean hautē hē boulē ē touto to ergon ē ex anthrōpōn katalythēsetai — NA/TR · 38
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But if it is from God, vvv you will not be able to stop them. vvv vvv vvv You may even find yourselves fighting against God.
δὲ εἰ ἐστιν ἐκ Θεοῦ οὐ δυνήσεσθε καταλῦσαι αὐτούς μή‿ ποτε καὶ εὑρεθῆτε θεομάχοι de ei estin ek Theou ou dynēsesthe katalysai autous mē pote kai heurethēte theomachoi — NA/TR · 39
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At this, they yielded to [Gamaliel]. They called the apostles [in] and had them flogged. Then they ordered [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].
δὲ Ἐπείσθησαν αὐτῷ καὶ προσκαλεσάμενοι τοὺς ἀποστόλους δείραντες παρήγγειλαν μὴ λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἀπέλυσαν de Epeisthēsan autō kai proskalesamenoi tous apostolous deirantes parēngeilan mē lalein epi tō onomati tou Iēsou kai apelysan — NA/TR · 40
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- [The apostles] left… the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
οὖν μὲν Οἱ ἐπορεύοντο ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ συνεδρίου χαίροντες ὅτι κατηξιώθησαν ἀτιμασθῆναι ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ὀνόματος oun men Hoi eporeuonto apo prosōpou tou synedriou chairontes hoti katēxiōthēsan atimasthēnai hyper tou Onomatos — NA/TR · 41
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- Every day, in the temple [courts] and from house [to house], vvv they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus [is] the Christ.
τε πᾶσάν ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ κατ’ οἶκον οὐκ ἐπαύοντο διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστὸν te pasan hēmeran en tō hierō kai kat’ oikon ouk epauonto didaskontes kai euangelizomenoi Iēsoun ton Christon — NA/TR · 42