Acts 16:26

26Suddenlyἄφνωthenδὲearthquakeσεισμὸςthere wasἐγένετοa greatμέγαςso thatὥστεwere shakenσαλευθῆναιtheτὰfoundationsθεμέλιαof theτοῦprison houseδεσμωτηρίου,were openedἠνεῴχθησανthenδὲimmediatelyπαραχρῆμαtheαἱdoorsθύραιallπᾶσαι,andκαὶof allπάντωνtheτὰchainsδεσμὰwere loosedἀνέθη.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were loosed.

Vocab difficulty

89.8

Rare words

  • ἄφνω

    ἄφνω

    suddenly.

  • θεμέλια

    θεμέλιον

  • δεσμωτηρίου

    δεσμωτήριον

    a prison.

  • δεσμὰ

    δεσμόν

  • ἀνέθη

    ἀνίημι

    I send up, produce, send back; I let go; I relax, loosen, hence met: I give up, desist from.