Acts 15
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γενομένηςWhen was hapeningδὲthenστάσεωςcommotionκαὶandζητήσεωςcontroversyοὐκnoὀλίγηςsmallτῷtheΠαύλῳby PaulκαὶandτῷtheΒαρναβᾷBarnabasπρὸςwithαὐτοὺςthemἔταξανthey appointedἀναβαίνεινto go upΠαῦλονPaulκαὶandΒαρναβᾶνBarnabasκαίandτιναςcertainἄλλουςothersἐξout fromαὐτῶνthemπρὸςtoτοὺςtheἀποστόλουςapostlesκαὶandπρεσβυτέρουςeldersεἰςtoἸερουσαλὴμJerusalemπερὶaboutτοῦtheζητήματοςquestionτούτου.¶this.
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ΟἱTheyμὲνindeedοὖνthereforeπροπεμφθέντεςhaving been sent forwardὑπὸbyτῆςtheἐκκλησίαςchurchδιήρχοντοwere passing throughτήνtheτεbothΦοινίκηνPhoeniciaκαὶandΣαμάρειανSamariaἐκδιηγούμενοιrelating in detailτὴνtheἐπιστροφὴνconversionτῶνof theἐθνῶνGentilesκαὶandἐποίουνthey were bringingχαρὰνjoyμεγάληνgreatπᾶσινto allτοῖςtheἀδελφοῖς.brothers.
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πολλῆςOf muchδὲnowζητήσεωςcontroversyγενομένης,having taken place,ἀναστὰςhaving risen upΠέτροςPeterεἶπενsaidπρὸςtoαὐτούς·them;ἄνδρεςMenἀδελφοί,brothers,ὑμεῖςyou yourselvesἐπίστασθεknowὅτιthatἀφ᾽fromἡμερῶνdaysἀρχαίωνearlyἐνamongὑμῖνyouἐξελέξατοchoseὁtheθεὸςGodδιὰthroughτοῦtheστόματόςmouthμουof mineἀκοῦσαιto hearτὰtheἔθνηGentilesτὸνtheλόγονwordτοῦof theεὐαγγελίουgospelκαὶandπιστεῦσαι.to believe.
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ΤότεThenἔδοξενit seemed goodτοῖςto theἀποστόλοιςapostlesκαὶandτοῖςto theπρεσβυτέροιςeldersσὺνwithὅλῃallτῇtheἐκκλησίᾳchurchἐκλεξαμένουςhaving chosenἄνδραςmenἐξout fromαὐτῶνthemπέμψαιto sendεἰςtoἈντιόχειανAntiochσὺνwithτῷtheΠαύλῳPaulκαὶandΒαρναβᾷ,Barnabas,ἸούδανJudasτὸνwhoκαλούμενονis being calledΒαρσαββᾶνBarsabbasκαὶandΣιλᾶν,Silas,ἄνδραςmenἡγουμένουςleadingἐνamongτοῖςtheἀδελφοῖς,brothers,
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γράψαντεςhaving writtenδιὰthroughχειρὸςthe handαὐτῶνof themτάδε·¶these things:ΟἱTheἀπόστολοιapostlesκαὶandοἱtheπρεσβύτεροιeldersκαὶandοἱtheἀδελφοὶbrothersτοῖςTo thoseκατὰinτὴνtheἈντιόχειανAntiochκαὶandΣυρίανSyriaκαὶandΚιλικίανCiliciaἀδελφοῖςto brothersτοῖςtheἐξamongἐθνῶνthe Gentilesχαίρειν.¶Greeting.
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ἘπειδὴInasmuch asἠκούσαμενwe have heardὅτιthatτινὲςsomeἐξfromἡμῶνusἐξελθόντεςwent outἐτάραξανtroubledὑμᾶςyouλόγοιςby wordsἀνασκευάζοντεςupsettingτὰςtheψυχὰςmindsὑμῶνof youλέγοντεςsayingπεριτέμνεσθαιto be circumcisedκαὶandτηρεῖνto keepτὸνtheνόμον,lawοἷςto whomοὐnotδιεστειλάμεθα,we had given instructions,
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ΜετὰAfterδέnowτιναςsomeἡμέραςdaysεἶπενsaidπρὸςtoΒαρναβᾶνBarnabasΠαῦλος·Paul;ἐπιστρέψαντεςHaving turned backδὴindeedἐπισκεψώμεθαlet us look afterτοὺςtheἀδελφοὺςbrothersἡμῶνof usκατὰinπόλινcityπᾶσανeveryἐνinαἷςwhichκατηγγείλαμενwe have announcedτὸνtheλόγονwordτοῦof theκυρίου,Lord,πῶςhowἔχουσιν.they are.
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