1andres adelphoi kai pateres akousate mou tēs pros umas nun apologias

2akousantes de oti tē ebraidi dialektō prosephōnei autois mallon pareschon ēsuchian kai phēsin

3egō men eimi anēr ioudaios gegennēmenos en tarsō tēs kilikias anatethrammenos de en tē polei tautē para tous podas gamaliēl pepaideumenos kata akribeian tou patrōou nomou zēlōtēs uparchōn tou theou kathōs pantes umeis este sēmeron 4os tautēn tēn odon ediōxa achri thanatou desmeuōn kai paradidous eis phulakas andras te kai gunaikas 5ōs kai o archiereus marturei moi kai pan to presbuterion par ōn kai epistolas dexamenos pros tous adelphous eis damaskon eporeuomēn axōn kai tous ekeise ontas dedemenous eis ierousalēm ina timōrēthōsin

6egeneto de moi poreuomenō kai engizonti tē damaskō peri mesēmbrian exaiphnēs ek tou ouranou periastrapsai phōs ikanon peri eme 7epeson te eis to edaphos kai ēkousa phōnēs legousēs moi saoul saoul ti me diōkeis 8egō de apekrithēn tis ei kurie eipen te pros me egō eimi iēsous o nazōraios on su diōkeis 9oi de sun emoi ontes to men phōs etheasanto kai emphoboi egenonto tēn de phōnēn ouk ēkousan tou lalountos moi 10eipon de ti poiēsō kurie o de kurios eipen pros me anastas poreuou eis damaskon kakei soi lalēthēsetai peri pantōn ōn tetaktai soi poiēsai 11ōs de ouk eneblepon apo tēs doxēs tou phōtos ekeinou cheiragōgoumenos upo tōn sunontōn moi ēlthon eis damaskon

12ananias de tis anēr eusebēs kata ton nomon marturoumenos upo pantōn tōn katoikountōn ioudaiōn 13elthōn pros me kai epistas eipen moi saoul adelphe anablepson kagō autē tē ōra aneblepsa eis auton 14o de eipen o theos tōn paterōn ēmōn proecheirisato se gnōnai to thelēma autou kai idein ton dikaion kai akousai phōnēn ek tou stomatos autou 15oti esē martus autō pros pantas anthrōpous ōn eōrakas kai ēkousas 16kai nun ti melleis anastas baptisai kai apolousai tas amartias sou epikalesamenos to onoma tou kuriou

17egeneto de moi upostrepsanti eis ierousalēm kai proseuchomenou mou en tō ierō genesthai me en ekstasei 18kai idein auton legonta moi speuson kai exelthe en tachei ex ierousalēm dioti ou paradexontai sou tēn marturian peri emou 19kagō eipon kurie autoi epistantai oti egō ēmēn phulakizōn kai derōn kata tas sunagōgas tous pisteuontas epi se 20kai ote execheito to aima stephanou tou marturos sou kai autos ēmēn ephestōs kai suneudokōn tē anairesei autou kai phulassōn ta imatia tōn anairountōn auton 21kai eipen pros me poreuou oti egō eis ethnē makran exapostelō se

22ēkouon de autou achri toutou tou logou kai epēran tēn phōnēn autōn legontes aire apo tēs gēs ton toiouton ou gar kathēkon auton zēn 23kraugazontōn de autōn kai riptountōn ta imatia kai koniorton ballontōn eis ton aera 24ekeleusen auton o chiliarchos agesthai eis tēn parembolēn eipōn mastixin anetazesthai auton ina epignō di ēn aitian outōs epephōnoun autō 25ōs de proeteinan auton tois imasin eipen pros ton estōta ekatontarchon o paulos ei anthrōpon rōmaion kai akatakriton exestin umin mastizein 26akousas de o ekatontarchos proselthōn apēngeilen tō chiliarchō legōn ora ti melleis poiein o gar anthrōpos outos rōmaios estin 27proselthōn de o chiliarchos eipen autō lege moi ei su rōmaios ei o de ephē nai 28apekrithē te o chiliarchos egō pollou kephalaiou tēn politeian tautēn ektēsamēn o de paulos ephē egō de kai gegennēmai 29eutheōs oun apestēsan ap autou oi mellontes auton anetazein kai o chiliarchos de ephobēthē epignous oti rōmaios estin kai oti ēn auton dedekōs

30tē de epaurion boulomenos gnōnai to asphales to ti katēgoreitai para tōn ioudaiōn elusen auton apo tōn desmōn kai ekeleusen elthein tous archiereis kai olon to sunedrion autōn kai katagagōn ton paulon estēsen eis autous