BIB(i)
2 “Περὶ (Concerning) πάντων (all) ὧν (of which) ἐγκαλοῦμαι (I am accused) ὑπὸ (by) Ἰουδαίων (the Jews), βασιλεῦ (King) Ἀγρίππα (Agrippa), ἥγημαι (I esteem) ἐμαυτὸν (myself) μακάριον (fortunate) ἐπὶ (before) σοῦ (you), μέλλων (being about) σήμερον (today) ἀπολογεῖσθαι (to defend myself).
3 μάλιστα (Especially) γνώστην (acquainted) ὄντα (being) σε (you) πάντων (with all) τῶν (the) κατὰ (of) Ἰουδαίους (the Jews) ἐθῶν (customs), τε (and) καὶ (also) ζητημάτων (controversies); διὸ (therefore) δέομαι (I implore you) μακροθύμως (patiently) ἀκοῦσαί (to hear) μου (me).
4 Τὴν (The) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (then) βίωσίν (manner of life) μου (of me), ‹τὴν› (which is) ἐκ (from) νεότητος (youth), τὴν (-) ἀπ’ (from its) ἀρχῆς (beginning) γενομένην (having been) ἐν (among) τῷ (the) ἔθνει (nation) μου (of me), ἔν (in) τε (also) Ἱεροσολύμοις (Jerusalem), ἴσασι (know) πάντες (all) [οἱ] (the) Ἰουδαῖοι (Jews),
5 προγινώσκοντές (knowing) με (me) ἄνωθεν (from the first), ἐὰν (if) θέλωσι (they would be willing) μαρτυρεῖν (to testify), ὅτι (that) κατὰ (according to) τὴν (the) ἀκριβεστάτην (strictest) αἵρεσιν (sect) τῆς (-) ἡμετέρας (of our) θρησκείας (religion) ἔζησα (I lived as) Φαρισαῖος (a Pharisee).
6 Καὶ (And) νῦν (now) ἐπ’ (for the) ἐλπίδι (hope) τῆς (of the) εἰς (to) τοὺς (the) πατέρας (fathers) ἡμῶν (of us) ἐπαγγελίας (promise) γενομένης (having been made) ὑπὸ (by) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (God), ἕστηκα (I stand) κρινόμενος (being judged),
7 εἰς (to) ἣν (which) τὸ (the) δωδεκάφυλον (twelve tribes) ἡμῶν (of us) ἐν (in) ἐκτενείᾳ (earnestness), νύκτα (night) καὶ (and) ἡμέραν (day), λατρεῦον (serving), ἐλπίζει (hope) καταντῆσαι (to attain); περὶ (concerning) ἧς (which) ἐλπίδος (hope) ἐγκαλοῦμαι (I am accused) ὑπὸ (by) Ἰουδαίων (the Jews), βασιλεῦ (O king).
8 τί (Why) ἄπιστον (incredible) κρίνεται (is it judged) παρ’ (by) ὑμῖν (you) εἰ (if) ὁ (-) Θεὸς (God) νεκροὺς (the dead) ἐγείρει (raises)?
9 Ἐγὼ (I) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (therefore) ἔδοξα (thought) ἐμαυτῷ (in myself) πρὸς (to) τὸ (the) ὄνομα (name) Ἰησοῦ (of Jesus) τοῦ (-) Ναζωραίου (of Nazareth), δεῖν (I ought) πολλὰ (many things) ἐναντία (contrary) πρᾶξαι (to do),
10 ὃ (which) καὶ (also) ἐποίησα (I did) ἐν (in) Ἱεροσολύμοις (Jerusalem); καὶ (and) πολλούς (many) τε (also) τῶν (of the) ἁγίων (saints) ἐγὼ (I) ἐν (in) φυλακαῖς (prisons) κατέκλεισα (locked up), τὴν (the) παρὰ (from) τῶν (the) ἀρχιερέων (chief priests) ἐξουσίαν (authority) λαβών (having received); ἀναιρουμένων (being put to death) τε (then) αὐτῶν (they), κατήνεγκα (I cast against them) ψῆφον (a vote).
11 καὶ (And) κατὰ (in) πάσας (all) τὰς (the) συναγωγὰς (synagogues), πολλάκις (often) τιμωρῶν (punishing) αὐτοὺς (them), ἠνάγκαζον (I was compelling them) βλασφημεῖν (to blaspheme). περισσῶς (Exceedingly) τε (then) ἐμμαινόμενος (being furious) αὐτοῖς (against them), ἐδίωκον (I kept persecuting them) ἕως (as far as) καὶ (even) εἰς (to) τὰς (-) ἔξω (foreign) πόλεις (cities),