Acts 16:37
37ὁButδὲPaulΠαῦλοςwas sayingἔφηtoπρὸςthemαὐτούς·Having beatenΔείραντεςusἡμᾶςpubliclyδημοσίᾳuncondemnedἀκατακρίτους,menἀνθρώπουςRomansῬωμαίουςbeingὑπάρχοντας,they cast [us]ἔβαλανintoεἰςprisonφυλακήν·andκαὶnowνῦνsecretlyλάθρᾳusἡμᾶςdo they throw outἐκβάλλουσιν;Noοὐindeedγάρ,Insteadἀλλὰhaving comeἐλθόντεςthemselvesαὐτοὶusἡμᾶςlet them bring outἐξαγαγέτωσαν.
But Paul was saying to them, “Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men being Romans, they cast [us] into prison, and now do they throw us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, having come themselves, let them bring us out.”
Vocab difficulty
81.9
Rare words
δημοσίᾳ
δημόσιος
public, publicly.
ἀκατακρίτους
ἀκατάκριτος
uncondemned, not yet tried.
λάθρᾳ
λάθρᾳ
secretly, privately.