Acts 18:14

14Being aboutμέλλοντοςnowδὲτοῦPaulΠαύλουto openἀνοίγεινtheτὸmouthστόμαsaidεἶπενὁGallioΓαλλίωνtoπρὸςtheτοὺςJewsἸουδαίους·IfΕἰindeedμὲνit wasἦνunrighteousnessἀδίκημάsomeτιorἢcrimeῥᾳδιούργημαwickedπονηρόν,OὦJewsἸουδαῖοι,according toκατὰreasonλόγονἂνI would have endured withἀνεσχόμηνyouὑμῶν·

And Paul being about to open the mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it was some unrighteousness or wicked crime, O Jews, according to reason I would have endured with you⁺.

Vocab difficulty

77.9

Rare words

  • Γαλλίων

    Γαλλίων

    Gallio, Lucius Iunius Gallio, who received this name by adoption into another family, but was born brother of the philosopher Seneca and originally named L. Annaeus Nouatus; proconsul of the Roman province Achaia from spring A.D. 52 to spring 53.

  • ἀδίκημά

    ἀδίκημα

    a legal wrong, crime (with which one is charged), misdeed, crime against God, a sin.

  • ῥᾳδιούργημα

    ῥᾳδιούργημα

    a careless action, an act of villainy.