Η Καινή Διαθήκη Acts 28

Malta

1 Καὶ διασωθέντες, τότε ἐπέγνωσαν* ὅτι Μελίτη ἡ νῆσος καλεῖται. 2 Οἱ δὲ† βάρβαροι παρεῖχον οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμῖν, ἀνάψαντες‡ γὰρ πυράν, προσελάβοντο πάντας ἡμᾶς, διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ§ τὸ ψῦχος. 3 Συστρέψαντος δὲ τοῦ Παύλου φρυγάνων* πλῆθος καὶ ἐπιθέντος ἐπὶ τὴν πυράν, ἔχιδνα ἐκ† τῆς θέρμης ἐξελθοῦσα‡ καθήψατο§ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ. 4 Ὡς δὲ εἶδον οἱ βάρβαροι κρεμάμενον* τὸ θηρίον ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἔλεγον πρὸς ἀλλήλους,† «Πάντως φονεύς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, ὃν διασωθέντα ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ Δίκη ζῆν οὐκ εἴασεν.» 5 Ὁ μὲν οὖν, ἀποτιναξάμενος‡ τὸ θηρίον εἰς τὸ πῦρ, ἔπαθεν οὐδὲν κακόν. 6 Οἱ δὲ προσεδόκων αὐτὸν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι, ἢ καταπίπτειν ἄφνω νεκρόν· ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων μηδὲν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον, μεταβαλλόμενοι§ ἔλεγον θεὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι.*

7 Ἐν δὲ τοῖς περὶ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον ὑπῆρχεν χωρία τῷ πρώτῳ τῆς νήσου, ὀνόματι Ποπλίῳ, ὃς ἀναδεξάμενος ἡμᾶς τρεῖς ἡμέρας φιλοφρόνως ἐξένισεν. 8 Ἐγένετο δὲ τὸν πατέρα τοῦ Ποπλίου πυρετοῖς καὶ δυσεντερίᾳ† συνεχόμενον κατακεῖσθαι· πρὸς ὃν ὁ Παῦλος εἰσελθὼν καὶ προσευξάμενος,‡ ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῷ, ἰάσατο αὐτόν. 9 Τούτου οὖν§ γενομένου, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ ἔχοντες ἀσθενείας ἐν τῇ νήσῳ* προσήρχοντο καὶ ἐθεραπεύοντο· 10 οἳ καὶ πολλαῖς τιμαῖς ἐτίμησαν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἀναγομένοις ἐπέθεντο τὰ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν.†

Rome

11 Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς μῆνας ἀνήχθημεν‡ ἐν πλοίῳ παρακεχειμακότι ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, Ἀλεξανδρίνῳ,§ παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις. 12 Καὶ καταχθέντες εἰς Συρακούσας ἐπεμείναμεν ἡμέρας τρεῖς· 13 ὅθεν περιελθόντες* κατηντήσαμεν εἰς Ῥήγιον. Καὶ μετὰ μίαν ἡμέραν ἐπιγενομένου νότου, δευτεραῖοι ἤλθομεν εἰς Ποτιόλους, 14 οὗ εὑρόντες ἀδελφούς, παρεκλήθημεν ἐπ᾿† αὐτοῖς ἐπιμεῖναι‡ ἡμέρας ἑπτά—καὶ οὕτως εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἤλθομεν.§ 15 Κἀκεῖθεν οἱ ἀδελφοί, ἀκούσαντες τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν, ἐξῆλθον* εἰς ἀπάντησιν ἡμῖν† ἄχρις‡ Ἀππίου Φόρου καὶ Τριῶν Ταβερνῶν, οὓς ἰδὼν ὁ Παῦλος, εὐχαριστήσας τῷ Θεῷ, ἔλαβεν θάρσος.

16 Ὅτε δὲ ἤλθομεν§ εἰς Ῥώμην, ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρέδωκεν τοὺς δεσμίους* τῷ στρατοπεδάρχῃ·† τῷ δὲ Παύλῳ ἐπετράπη‡ μένειν καθ᾿ ἑαυτόν, σὺν τῷ φυλάσσοντι αὐτὸν§ στρατιώτῃ.

Paul and the Jews

17 Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς συγκαλέσασθαι τὸν Παῦλον* τοὺς ὄντας τῶν Ἰουδαίων πρώτους· συνελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν, ἔλεγεν πρὸς αὐτούς· «Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ† οὐδὲν ἐναντίον ποιήσας τῷ λαῷ ἢ τοῖς ἔθεσιν τοῖς πατρῴοις, δέσμιος ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων παρεδόθην εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων, 18 οἵτινες ἀνακρίναντές με ἐβούλοντο‡ ἀπολῦσαι διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν θανάτου ὑπάρχειν ἐν ἐμοί. 19 Ἀντιλεγόντων δὲ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἠναγκάσθην ἐπικαλέσασθαι Καίσαρα· οὐχ ὡς τοῦ ἔθνους μου ἔχων τι κατηγορῆσαι.§ 20 Διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν* καὶ προσλαλῆσαι· ἕνεκεν γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι.» 21 Οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπον·† «Ἡμεῖς οὔτε γράμματα περὶ σοῦ ἐδεξάμεθα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, οὔτε παραγενόμενός τις τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἀπήγγειλεν ἢ ἐλάλησέν τι πονηρὸν περὶ σοῦ.‡ 22 Ἀξιοῦμεν δὲ παρὰ σοῦ ἀκοῦσαι§ ἃ φρονεῖς· περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῆς αἱρέσεως ταύτης, γνωστόν ἐστιν ἡμῖν* ὅτι πανταχοῦ ἀντιλέγεται.»

23 Ταξάμενοι δὲ αὐτῷ ἡμέραν, ἧκον† πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ξενίαν πλείονες, οἷς ἐξετίθετο διαμαρτυρόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, πείθων‡ τε αὐτοὺς τὰ§ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἀπό τε τοῦ Νόμου Μωϋσέος* καὶ τῶν Προφητῶν, ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἕως ἑσπέρας. 24 Καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐπείθοντο τοῖς λεγομένοις, οἱ δὲ ἠπίστουν.

25 Ἀσύμφωνοι δὲ ὄντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀπελύοντο, εἰπόντος τοῦ Παύλου ῥῆμα ἕν, ὅτι «Καλῶς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐλάλησεν διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν,† 26 λέγον·‡ ‹Πορεύθητι πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον καὶ εἶπον,§ «Ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε,* καὶ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε·† καὶ βλέποντες βλέψετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε»· 27 ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν·‡ μήποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἰάσωμαι§ αὐτούς.› 28 Γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη* τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ· αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται.» 29 Καὶ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ εἰπόντος, ἀπῆλθον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, πολλὴν ἔχοντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς συζήτησιν.†,‡

Two tranquil years

30 Ἔμεινεν§ δὲ ὁ Παῦλος* διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι, καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν, 31 κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ διδάσκων τὰ περὶ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,† μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας, ἀκωλύτως.‡The citation of f35 is based on thirty-five MSS—18, 35, 141, 201, 204, 386, 394, 444, 824, 928, 986, 1072, 1075, 1100, 1249, 1482, 1503, 1548, 1617, 1652, 1732, 1761, 1855, 1856, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1897, 2080, 2261, 2352, 2466, 2554, 2587 and 2723—all of which I collated myself. None of them is a ‘perfect’ representative of f35 in Acts, as it stands [an unreasonable expectation, presumably, for a book this size]. For all that, several come quite close! Of the MSS I have collated [there may be better ones yet to be done], 1864 deviates from the presumed family profile five times, 18 seven times and 2723 eight times. Turning to their exemplars, that of 35 was off by two, that of 18 and 1864 by three, that of 2723 by four, that of 1865 by five, and that of 824, 1503 and 1897 by six. The uniformity is impressive. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Constantinople, Bucharest, Aegean, Trikala, Meteora, Athens, Mt. Athos [seven different monasteries], Grottaferrata, Vatican, Kalavryta, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception.
In the statements of evidence I have included the percentage of manuscript attestation for each variant within either ( ) or [ ]. I have used ( ) for the evidence taken from TuT, which I take to be reasonably precise. For the variant sets that are not covered there I used Reuben Swanson’s excellent collations (New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Acts [Ed. Reuben Swanson, Pasadena, CA: William Carey International University Press, 1998]). For Acts Swanson collated 60 MSS, thirteen being fragmentary (for any given variant set there will usually be at least 45 MSS listed), and I occasionally supplemented from Scrivener and von Soden—the percentages offered, I have used [ ] for these, are extrapolations based on a comparison of these sources.
I venture to predict, if complete collations ever become available, that for any non-Byzantine variants listed with 5 to 1% support (in my apparatus) the margin of error should not exceed ±2%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with 10 to 6% support the margin of error should hardly exceed ±4%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the margin of error should rarely exceed ±15%—since Swanson collated considerably fewer MSS for Acts than he did for Paul’s epistles, and since I find TuT to be less trustworthy here than in other books, my guesses as to percentages are more tentative than usual, except that I guarantee the witness of f35. For further information please see the final footnote for Matthew.

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*28:1 επεγνωσαν f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ επεγνωμεν ℵA,B,C [4%] NU ¦ two other variants

†28:2 δε f35 ℵ [92%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ τε A,B,C [8%] NU

‡28:2 αναψαντες f35 [94%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ αψαντες ℵA,B,C [6%] NU

§28:2 δια rell ¦ — ℵ [15%]

*28:3 φρυγανων f35 ℵ [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 τι A,B,C [5%] NU

†28:3 εκ f35 [70%] HF,RP,TR,CP ¦ απο ℵA,B,C [30%] OC,NU

‡28:3 εξελθουσα f35 ℵA,B,C [35%] TR,NU ¦ διεξελθουσα [65%] HF,RP,OC,CP

§28:3 καθηψατο f35 C [25%] ¦ καθηψεν ℵA,B [72%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ καθεικε [3%]

*28:4 κρεμαμενον rell ¦ κρεμμαμενον [15%]

†28:4 ελεγον προς αλληλους f35 [92%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 231 ℵA,B,C [8%] NU

‡28:5 αποτιναξαμενος f35 A [55%] ¦ αποτιναξας ℵB [45%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP,NU

§28:6 μεταβαλλομενοι f35 ℵ [87%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ μεταβαλομενοι A,B [13%] NU

*28:6 θεον αυτον ειναι f35 [96%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 213 [2%] ¦ ~ 231 ℵB [2%] NU ¦ ~ 321 A

†28:8 δυσεντερια f35 [50%] HF,RP,TR,CP ¦ δυσεντεριω ℵA,B [50%] OC,NU

‡28:8 προσευξαμενος rell ¦ 1 και [2%] OC

§28:9 ουν f35 [92%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ δε ℵA,B [8%] NU

*28:9 εχοντες ασθενειας εν τη νησω f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 34512 ℵA,B [5%] NU

†28:10 την χρειαν f35 [90%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ τας χρειας ℵA,B [10%] NU

‡28:11 ανηχθημεν f35 ℵA,B [70%] HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ηχθημεν [30%] RP,CP

§28:11 αλεξανδρινω rell ¦ αλεξανδρηνω [12%] CP

*28:13 περιελθοντες f35 A [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ περιελοντες ℵB [5%] NU

†28:14 επ f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ παρ ℵA,B [5%] NU

‡28:14 επιμειναι rell ¦ επιμειναντες [15%]

§28:14 ηλθομεν rell ¦ ηλθωμεν [9%] ¦ ηλθαμεν ℵ(A)B [1%] NU ¦ εισηλθομεν [3%]

*28:15 εξηλθον f35 [96%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ηλθαν ℵB,NU ¦ ηλθον A [3%]

†28:15 ημιν rell ¦ ημων [30%] ¦ υμιν ℵ

‡28:15 αχρις f35 [97%] HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αχρι ℵA,B [3%] RP,NU ¦ αχριμ ℵ

§28:16 ηλθομεν f35 [90%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ εισηλθομεν ℵ(A)B [5%] NU ¦ ηλθον [5%]

*28:16 ο εκατονταρχος (εκατονταρχης OC) παρεδωκεν τους δεσμιους f35 (95.3%) HF,RP(OC)TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B (4.7%) NU

†28:16 τω στρατοπεδαρχη f35 (72.2%) RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 στρατοπεδαρχω (22.9%) HF ¦ — ℵA,B (4.9%) NU

‡28:16 τω δε παυλω επετραπη f35 (95.3%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 413 ℵA,B (4.7%) NU

§28:16 αυτον rell ¦ αυτω [15%]

*28:17 τον παυλον f35 [93%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυτον ℵA,B [7%] NU

†28:17 ανδρες αδελφοι εγω f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 312 A,B [5%] NU ¦ λεγων 12 ℵ

‡28:18 εβουλοντο rell ¦ ηβουλοντο [15%]

§28:19 κατηγορησαι f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατηγορειν ℵA,B [5%] NU

*28:20 υμας ιδειν rell ¦ ~ 21 CP

†28:21 ειπον rell ¦ ειπαν ℵA,B [15%] NU

‡28:21 πονηρον περι σου f35 [20%] ¦ ~ 231 ℵA,B [80%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP,NU

§28:22 παρα σου ακουσαι rell ¦ ~ 312 ℵ [13%]

*28:22 εστιν ημιν f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 ℵA,B [5%] NU

†28:23 ηκον f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ηλθον ℵ(A)B [5%] NU

‡28:23 πειθων rell ¦ πειθον [15%] ¦ πιθων ℵ

§28:23 τα f35 [90%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [10%] NU

*28:23 μωυσεος f35 [25%] ¦ μωσεως A [35%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ μωυσεως ℵB [40%] NU

†28:25 ημων f35 [78%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμων ℵ(A)B [22%] NU

‡28:26 λεγον f35 A [55%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ λεγων ℵB [45%] NU

§28:26 ειπον rell ¦ ειπε [5%] TR

*28:26 ακουσετε rell ¦ ακουσητε A [20%] ¦ ακουσεται [6%]

†28:26 συνητε rell ¦ συνειτε [20%]

‡28:27 εκαμμυσαν rell ¦ εκαμυσαν [5%] CP

§28:27 ιασωμαι f35 [40%] TR,CP ¦ ιασομαι ℵA,B [60%] HF,RP,OC,NU

*28:28 απεσταλη f35 [95%] HF,RP,TR,CP ¦ 1 τουτο ℵA,B [5%] OC,NU (OC is in small print)

†28:29 whole verse f35 (95.3%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B (4.7%) NU

‡28:29 συζητησιν rell ¦ ζητησιν [1%] CP

§28:30 εμεινεν f35 A [96%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ενεμεινεν B [4%] NU ¦ ενεμειναν ℵ

*28:30 ο παυλος f35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [5%] NU

†28:31 χριστου rell ¦ — ℵ [12%]

‡28:31 The citation of f35 is based on thirty-five MSS—18, 35, 141, 201, 204, 386, 394, 444, 824, 928, 986, 1072, 1075, 1100, 1249, 1482, 1503, 1548, 1617, 1652, 1732, 1761, 1855, 1856, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1897, 2080, 2261, 2352, 2466, 2554, 2587 and 2723—all of which I collated myself. None of them is a ‘perfect’ representative of f35 in Acts, as it stands [an unreasonable expectation, presumably, for a book this size]. For all that, several come quite close! Of the MSS I have collated [there may be better ones yet to be done], 1864 deviates from the presumed family profile five times, 18 seven times and 2723 eight times. Turning to their exemplars, that of 35 was off by two, that of 18 and 1864 by three, that of 2723 by four, that of 1865 by five, and that of 824, 1503 and 1897 by six. The uniformity is impressive. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Constantinople, Bucharest, Aegean, Trikala, Meteora, Athens, Mt. Athos [seven different monasteries], Grottaferrata, Vatican, Kalavryta, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception. In the statements of evidence I have included the percentage of manuscript attestation for each variant within either ( ) or [ ]. I have used ( ) for the evidence taken from TuT, which I take to be reasonably precise. For the variant sets that are not covered there I used Reuben Swanson’s excellent collations (New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Acts [Ed. Reuben Swanson, Pasadena, CA: William Carey International University Press, 1998]). For Acts Swanson collated 60 MSS, thirteen being fragmentary (for any given variant set there will usually be at least 45 MSS listed), and I occasionally supplemented from Scrivener and von Soden—the percentages offered, I have used [ ] for these, are extrapolations based on a comparison of these sources. I venture to predict, if complete collations ever become available, that for any non-Byzantine variants listed with 5 to 1% support (in my apparatus) the margin of error should not exceed ±2%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with 10 to 6% support the margin of error should hardly exceed ±4%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the margin of error should rarely exceed ±15%—since Swanson collated considerably fewer MSS for Acts than he did for Paul’s epistles, and since I find TuT to be less trustworthy here than in other books, my guesses as to percentages are more tentative than usual, except that I guarantee the witness of f35. For further information please see the final footnote for Matthew.