Acts 44ActsWitness in JerusalemKoine Greek: Textus Receptus 1550 Stephanus

Koine Greek: Textus Receptus 1550 StephanusBerean Standard Bible

1. 1STVΛαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ ΣαδδουκαῖοιBSBBSB: While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
2. 2STVδιαπονούμενοι διὰ τὸ διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς τὸν λαὸν καὶ καταγγέλλειν ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶνBSBBSB: greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
3. 3STVκαὶ ἐπέβαλον αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ ἔθεντο εἰς τήρησιν εἰς τὴν αὔριον· ἦν γὰρ ἑσπέρα ἤδηBSBBSB: They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
4. 4STVπολλοὶ δὲ τῶν ἀκουσάντων τὸν λόγον ἐπίστευσαν καὶ ἐγενήθη ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ὡσεὶ χιλιάδες πέντεBSBBSB: But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
5. 5STVἘγένετο δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον συναχθῆναι αὐτῶν τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ πρεσβυτέρους καὶ γραμματεῖςBSBBSB: The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
6. 6STVεἴς Ἰερουσαλήμ καὶ Ἄνναν τὸν ἀρχιερέα καὶ Καϊάφαν, καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ ὅσοι ἦσαν ἐκ γένους ἀρχιερατικοῦBSBBSB: along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
7. 7STVκαὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο Ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖςBSBBSB: They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
8. 8STVτότε Πέτρος πλησθεὶς πνεύματος ἁγίου εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ,BSBBSB: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
9. 9STVεἰ ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἀνακρινόμεθα ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ ἀνθρώπου ἀσθενοῦς ἐν τίνι οὗτος σέσωσταιBSBBSB: If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
10. 10STVγνωστὸν ἔστω πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ Ἰσραὴλ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου ὃν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐν τούτῳ οὗτος παρέστηκεν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ὑγιήςBSBBSB: then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
11. 11STVοὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφ’ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδόμούντων, ὁ γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίαςBSBBSB: This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
12. 12STVκαὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἡ σωτηρία οὔτε γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶςBSBBSB: Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
13. 13STVΘεωροῦντες δὲ τὴν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοί εἰσιν καὶ ἰδιῶται ἐθαύμαζον ἐπεγίνωσκόν τε αὐτοὺς ὅτι σὺν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσανBSBBSB: When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
14. 14STVτόν δὲ ἄνθρωπον βλέποντες σὺν αὐτοῖς ἑστῶτα τὸν τεθεραπευμένον οὐδὲν εἶχον ἀντειπεῖνBSBBSB: And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
15. 15STVκελεύσαντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω τοῦ συνεδρίου ἀπελθεῖν συνέβαλον πρὸς ἀλλήλουςBSBBSB: So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16. 16STVλέγοντες Τί ποιήσομεν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις ὅτι μὲν γὰρ γνωστὸν σημεῖον γέγονεν δι’ αὐτῶν πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἰερουσαλὴμ φανερόν καὶ οὐ δυνάμεθα ἀρνήσασθαι·BSBBSB: “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
17. 17STVἀλλ’ ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τὸν λαόν ἀπειλῇ ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπωνBSBBSB: But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
18. 18STVκαὶ καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς παρήγγειλαν αὐτοῖς τὸ καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ ἸησοῦBSBBSB: Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19. 19STVὁ δὲ Πέτρος καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀποκριθέντες πρὸς αὐτούς εἶπον Εἰ δίκαιόν ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίνατεBSBBSB: But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
20. 20STVοὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδομεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖνBSBBSB: For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
21. 21STVοἱ δὲ προσαπειλησάμενοι ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς μηδὲν εὑρίσκοντες τὸ πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτούς διὰ τὸν λαόν ὅτι πάντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι·BSBBSB: After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
22. 22STVἐτῶν γὰρ ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐφ’ ὃν ἐγεγόνει τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο τῆς ἰάσεωςBSBBSB: For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
23. 23STVἈπολυθέντες δὲ ἦλθον πρὸς τοὺς ἰδίους καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν ὅσα πρὸς αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι εἶπονBSBBSB: On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24. 24STVοἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦραν φωνὴν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἶπον, Δέσποτα σὺ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖςBSBBSB: When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
25. 25STVὁ διὰ στόματος Δαβὶδ τοῦ παιδός σου εἰπών Ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενάBSBBSB: You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26. 26STVπαρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦBSBBSB: The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
27. 27STVσυνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν ὃν ἔχρισας Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος σὺν ἔθνεσιν καὶ λαοῖς ἸσραήλBSBBSB: In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
28. 28STVποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου καὶ ἡ βουλή σου προώρισεν γενέσθαιBSBBSB: They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
29. 29STVκαὶ τὰ νῦν κύριε ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ δὸς τοῖς δούλοις σου μετὰ παρρησίας πάσης λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον σουBSBBSB: And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
30. 30STVἐν τῷ τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐκτείνειν σε εἰς ἴασιν καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου ἸησοῦBSBBSB: as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
31. 31STVκαὶ δεηθέντων αὐτῶν ἐσαλεύθη ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν συνηγμένοι καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ ἐλάλουν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ παρρησίαςBSBBSB: After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
32. 32STVΤοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν ἡ καρδία καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ μία καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι ἀλλ’ ἦν αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κοινάBSBBSB: The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
33. 33STVκαὶ μεγάλῃ δυνάμει ἀπεδίδουν τὸ μαρτύριον οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ χάρις τε μεγάλη ἦν ἐπὶ πάντας αὐτούςBSBBSB: With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
34. 34STVοὐδὲ γὰρ ἐνδεής τις ὑπῇρχεν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ὅσοι γὰρ κτήτορες χωρίων ἢ οἰκιῶν ὑπῆρχον πωλοῦντες ἔφερον τὰς τιμὰς τῶν πιπρασκομένωνBSBBSB: There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
35. 35STVκαὶ ἐτίθουν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων διεδίδοτο δὲ ἑκάστῳ καθότι ἄν τις χρείαν εἶχενBSBBSB: and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
36. 36STVἸωσῆς δὲ ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρναβᾶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον υἱὸς παρακλήσεως Λευίτης Κύπριος τῷ γένειBSBBSB: Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
37. 37STVὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα καὶ ἔθηκεν παρά τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλωνBSBBSB: sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.