Acts · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Acts 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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1 Τον μεν πρώτον λόγον έκαμον, ω Θεόφιλε, περί πάντων όσα ήρχισεν ο Ιησούς να κάμνη και να διδάσκη,
1 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
1 Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν
2 μέχρι της ημέρας καθ' ην ανελήφθη, αφού διά Πνεύματος Αγίου έδωκεν εντολάς εις τους αποστόλους, τους οποίους εξέλεξεν·
2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
2 ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἀνελήφθη·
3 εις τους οποίους και εφανέρωσεν εαυτόν ζώντα μετά το πάθος αυτού διά πολλών τεκμηρίων, εμφανιζόμενος εις αυτούς τεσσαράκοντα ημέρας και λέγων τα περί της βασιλείας του Θεού.
3 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
3 οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, δι᾽ ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ.
4 Και συνερχόμενος μετ' αυτών, παρήγγειλε να μη απομακρυνθώσιν από Ιεροσολύμων, αλλά να περιμένωσι την επαγγελίαν του Πατρός, την οποίαν ηκούσατε, είπε, παρ' εμού.
4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
4 καὶ συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου·
5 Διότι ο μεν Ιωάννης εβάπτισεν εν ύδατι, σεις όμως θέλετε βαπτισθή εν Πνεύματι Αγίω ουχί μετά πολλάς ταύτας ημέρας.
5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
5 ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας.
6 Εκείνοι λοιπόν συνελθόντες ηρώτων αυτόν, λέγοντες· Κύριε, τάχα εν τω καιρώ τούτω αποκαθιστάνεις την βασιλείαν εις τον Ισραήλ;
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
6 οἱ μὲν οὖν συνελθόντες ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· Κύριε, εἰ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ ἀποκαθιστάνεις τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ;
7 Είπε δε προς αυτούς· Δεν ανήκει εις εσάς να γνωρίζητε τους χρόνους ή τους καιρούς, τους οποίους ο Πατήρ έθεσεν εν τη ιδία αυτού εξουσία,
7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
7 εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστι γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ,
8 αλλά θέλετε λάβει δύναμιν, όταν επέλθη το Άγιον Πνεύμα εφ' υμάς, και θέλετε είσθαι εις εμέ μάρτυρες και εν Ιερουσαλήμ και εν πάση τη Ιουδαία και Σαμαρεία και έως εσχάτου της γης.
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
8 ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε δύναμιν ἐπελθόντος τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες ἔν τε Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.
9 Και αφού είπε ταύτα, βλεπόντων αυτών ανελήφθη, και νεφέλη υπέλαβεν αυτόν από των οφθαλμών αυτών.
9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
9 καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν βλεπόντων αὐτῶν ἐπήρθη, καὶ νεφέλη ὑπέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
10 Και ενώ ήσαν ατενίζοντες εις τον ουρανόν ότε αυτός ανέβαινεν, ιδού, άνδρες δύο με ιμάτια λευκά εστάθησαν πλησίον αυτών,
10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
10 καὶ ὡς ἀτενίζοντες ἦσαν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν πορευομένου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο παρειστήκεισαν αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι λευκῇ,
11 οίτινες και είπον· Άνδρες Γαλιλαίοι, τι ίστασθε εμβλέποντες εις τον ουρανόν; ούτος ο Ιησούς, όστις ανελήφθη αφ' υμών εις τον ουρανόν, θέλει ελθεί ούτω καθ' ον τρόπον είδετε αυτόν πορευόμενον εις τον ουρανόν.
11 who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
11 οἳ καὶ εἶπον· ἄνδρες Γαλιλαῖοι, τί ἑστήκατε ἐμβλέποντες εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; οὗτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, οὕτως ἐλεύσεται, ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
12 Τότε υπέστρεψαν εις Ιερουσαλήμ από του όρους του καλουμένου Ελαιώνος, το οποίον είναι πλησίον της Ιερουσαλήμ, απέχον οδόν σαββάτου.
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
12 Τότε ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ ὄρους τοῦ καλουμένου ἐλαιῶνος, ὅ ἐστιν ἐγγὺς Ἱερουσαλήμ, σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν.
13 Και ότε εισήλθον, ανέβησαν εις το ανώγεον, όπου είχον το κατάλυμα, ο Πέτρος και Ιάκωβος και Ιωάννης και Ανδρέας, Φίλιππος και Θωμάς, Βαρθολομαίος και Ματθαίος, Ιάκωβος Αλφαίου και Σίμων ο Ζηλωτής και Ιούδας Ιακώβου.
13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
13 καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθον, ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον οὗ ἦσαν καταμένοντες, ὅ τε Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας, Φίλιππος καὶ Θωμᾶς, Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Ματθαῖος, Ἰάκωβος Ἀλφαίου καὶ Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτὴς καὶ Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου.
14 Ούτοι πάντες ενέμενον ομοθυμαδόν εις την προσευχήν και την δέησιν μετά των γυναικών και Μαρίας της μητρός του Ιησού και μετά των αδελφών αυτού.
14 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
14 οὗτοι πάντες ἦσαν προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ Μαρίᾳ τῇ μητρὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
15 Και εν ταις ημέραις ταύταις σηκωθείς ο Πέτρος εις το μέσον των μαθητών, είπεν· ήτο δε ο αριθμός των εκεί παρόντων ως εκατόν είκοσιν·
15 In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
15 Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις ἀναστὰς Πέτρος ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπεν· ἦν τε ὄχλος ὀνομάτων ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ὡς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν·
16 Άνδρες αδελφοί, έπρεπε να πληρωθή η γραφή αύτη, την οποίαν προείπε το Πνεύμα το Άγιον διά στόματος του Δαβίδ περί του Ιούδα, όστις έγεινεν οδηγός εις τους συλλαβόντας τον Ιησούν,
16 “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
16 ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἣν προεῖπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυῒδ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσι τὸν Ἰησοῦν,
17 διότι ήτο συνηριθμημένος με ημάς και έλαβε την μερίδα της διακονίας ταύτης.
17 For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
17 ὅτι κατηριθμημένος ἦν σὺν ἡμῖν καὶ ἔλαχε τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης.
18 Ούτος λοιπόν απέκτησεν αγρόν εκ του μισθού της αδικίας, και πεσών πρόμυττα εσχίσθη εις το μέσον, και εξεχύθησαν όλα τα εντόσθια αυτού·
18 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
18 οὗτος μὲν οὖν ἐκτήσατο χωρίον ἐκ μισθοῦ τῆς ἀδικίας, καὶ πρηνὴς γενόμενος ἐλάκησε μέσος, καὶ ἐξεχύθη πάντα τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ·
19 και έγεινε γνωστόν εις πάντας τους κατοικούντας την Ιερουσαλήμ, ώστε ο αγρός εκείνος ωνομάσθη εν τη ιδία αυτών διαλέκτω Ακελδαμά, τουτέστιν, αγρός αίματος.
19 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
19 καὶ γνωστὸν ἐγένετο πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὥστε κληθῆναι τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν Ἀκελδαμᾶ, τουτέστι χωρίον αἵματος.
20 Διότι είναι γεγραμμένον εν τω βιβλίω των Ψαλμών· Ας γείνη η κατοικία αυτού έρημος και ας μη ήναι ο κατοικών εν αυτή· και, Άλλος ας λάβη την επισκοπήν αυτού.
20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
20 γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν· γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος καὶ μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν αὐτῇ· καί· τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος.
21 Πρέπει λοιπόν εκ των ανδρών, οίτινες συνήλθον μεθ' ημών καθ' όλον τον καιρόν, καθ' ον εισήλθε και εξήλθε προς ημάς ο Κύριος Ιησούς,
21 “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
21 δεῖ οὖν τῶν συνελθόντων ἡμῖν ἀνδρῶν ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ ἐν ᾧ εἰσῆλθε καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς,
22 αρχίσας από του βαπτίσματος του Ιωάννου έως της ημέρας καθ' ην ανελήφθη αφ' ημών, εις εκ τούτων να γείνη μεθ' ημών μάρτυς της αναστάσεως αυτού.
22 beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
22 ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήφθη ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι σὺν ἡμῖν ἕνα τούτων.
23 Και έστησαν δύο, Ιωσήφ τον καλούμενον Βαρσαβάν, όστις επωνομάσθη Ιούστος, και Ματθίαν.
23 They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
23 Καὶ ἔστησαν δύο, Ἰωσὴφ τὸν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν, ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος, καὶ Ματθίαν,
24 Και προσευχηθέντες είπον· Συ, Κύριε, καρδιογνώστα πάντων, ανάδειξον εκ των δύο τούτων ένα, όντινα εξέλεξας,
24 They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
24 καὶ προσευξάμενοι εἶπον· σὺ Κύριε, καρδιογνῶστα πάντων, ἀνάδειξον ὃν ἐξελέξω ἐκ τούτων τῶν δύο ἕνα,
25 διά να λάβη την μερίδα της διακονίας ταύτης και αποστολής, εκ της οποίας εξέπεσεν ο Ιούδας διά να απέλθη εις τον τόπον αυτού.
25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
25 λαβεῖν τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καὶ ἀποστολῆς, ἐξ ἧς παρέβη Ἰούδας πορευθῆναι εἰς τὸν τόπον τὸν ἴδιον.
26 Και έδωκαν τους κλήρους αυτών, και έπεσεν ο κλήρος εις τον Ματθίαν, και συγκατεψηφίσθη μετά των ένδεκα αποστόλων.
26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
26 καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπὶ Ματθίαν, καὶ συγκατεψηφίσθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων.
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People
Joseph Barsabbas
One of the two men proposed to replace Judas; he was also called Justus.
Cited in the guide: Acts 1:23
Matthias
Chosen by lot to take the place of Judas among the twelve apostles.
Cited in the guide: Acts 1:23; Acts 1:26
Theophilus
The person to whom Luke wrote his orderly account so that he would know the certainty of what he had been taught.
Cited in the guide: Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1
Places
Jerusalem
Set high in the Judean hills (~2,500 ft), Jerusalem was David's royal city, the site of the First and Second Temples, and the stage for Jesus' passion and the church's birth at Pentecost.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 5:6-9; Luke 19:41; Acts 1:8
Mount of Olives
Rising ~2,700 ft just east of the Old City, the Mount of Olives is where Jesus gave the Olivet Discourse, prayed in Gethsemane on its slope, and ascended near Bethany.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 14:4; Luke 22:39; Acts 1:12
Cross references (26)
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- 1 Luke 1:3; Luke 24:19; Matthew 4:23–24; Luke 3:23; Matthew 11:5
- 2 Acts 1:9; Acts 10:38; John 20:21; Hebrews 9:24; Isaiah 59:20–21
- 3 1 Corinthians 15:5–7; Acts 13:31; John 20:26; 1 John 1:1; John 21:14
- 4 Luke 24:49; John 14:16; John 15:26; John 14:26–28; John 7:39
- 5 Matthew 3:11; Acts 11:15–16; Luke 3:16; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:5
- 6 Luke 19:11; Daniel 7:27; Luke 17:20; Matthew 24:3; Ezekiel 37:24–27
- 7 Matthew 24:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2; Mark 13:32; Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 10:40
- 8 Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Romans 15:19; Acts 4:33; Acts 5:32
- 9 Daniel 7:13; Luke 24:50–51; Mark 16:19; Ephesians 4:8–12; John 6:62
- 10 Luke 24:4; John 20:12; Mark 16:5; Revelation 7:14; Daniel 7:9
- 11 Revelation 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Mark 13:26; John 14:3; Matthew 24:30
- 12 Luke 24:52; Matthew 21:1; Luke 24:50; Luke 21:37; Zechariah 14:4
- 13 Acts 20:8; Luke 22:12; Mark 14:15; Matthew 10:2–4; Mark 2:14
- 14 Acts 6:4; Ephesians 6:18; Acts 2:42; Colossians 4:2; Romans 12:12
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:6; Acts 21:20; Revelation 3:4; Psalm 32:5–6; Revelation 11:13
- 16 Psalm 41:9; John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–15; Acts 1:20; John 12:38–40
- 17 Acts 1:25; Acts 20:24; John 6:70–71; John 17:12; Mark 3:19
- 18 Matthew 27:3–10; Psalm 55:23; Matthew 26:14–15; Psalm 55:15; Joshua 7:21–26
- 19 Matthew 28:15; Acts 2:22; 2 Samuel 2:16; Acts 21:40
- 20 Psalm 69:25; Psalm 109:8–15; Acts 1:25; Luke 24:44
- 21 John 15:27; Luke 10:1–2; Numbers 27:17; Deuteronomy 31:2; 2 Samuel 5:2
- 22 Acts 1:2; Acts 4:33; Acts 1:8–9; Mark 1:1–8; John 15:27
- 23 Acts 15:22; Acts 1:26
- 24 1 Samuel 16:7; Acts 15:8; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23
- 25 1 Corinthians 9:2; Romans 1:5; John 17:12; John 6:70–71; Acts 1:16–21
- 26 Leviticus 16:8; Joshua 18:10; Jonah 1:7; 1 Samuel 14:41–42; 1 Chronicles 24:5
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… Judas to be, after being separated from her Enthymesis, was restored or recalled [to her former position]; but Judas was deprived [of his office], and cast out, while Matthias was ordained in his place, according to what is written, "And his bishopric let another take." They ought therefore to maintain that the twelfth Æon was cast out of the Pleroma, …
… the Father hath put in His own power; but ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even unto the ends of the earth." First of all, the Church spread herself abroad from Jerusalem; and when very many in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;" and, "He sitteth on a light cloud;" and again, "Who maketh clouds His chariot;" and, "A cloud received Him out of their sight;" and, "As the Son of Man coming in the clouds." In order then that they might believe that the voice proceeds from God, it comes from thence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For it is not for you, He says, to know times or seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)