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.