Acts 21:39
39SaidεἶπενhoweverδὲὁPaulΠαῦλος·IἘγὼa manἄνθρωποςindeedμένamεἰμιa JewἸουδαῖος,of TarsusΤαρσεὺςτῆςof CiliciaΚιλικίας,not [of an]οὐκinsignificantἀσήμουcityπόλεωςa citizenπολίτης·I imploreδέομαιnowδέyouσου,allowἐπίτρεψόνmeμοιto speakλαλῆσαιtoπρὸςtheτὸνpeopleλαόν.
But Paul said, “I am indeed a Jew, a man of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen [of] no insignificant city. Now I implore you, allow me to speak to the people.”
Vocab difficulty
66.0
Rare words
Ταρσεὺς
Ταρσεύς
belonging to Tarsus, a Tarsian.
ἀσήμου
ἄσημος
(lit: unmarked, unstamped), undistinguished, obscure, unknown.
πολίτης
πολίτης
a citizen, fellow-citizen.