Acts 23:26
26ClaudiusΚλαύδιοςLysiasΛυσίαςTo theτῷmost excellentκρατίστῳgovernorἡγεμόνιFelixΦήλικιGreetingsχαίρειν.
Claudius Lysias, To the most excellent Governor Felix: Greetings.
Vocab difficulty
99.8
Rare words
Κλαύδιος
Κλαύδιος
(a) Claudius, the fourth of the Roman Emperors, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who ruled A.D. 41-54, (b) Claudius Lysias, a tribune at Jerusalem.
Λυσίας
Λυσίας
Claudius Lysias, a Roman tribune of the soldiers in Jerusalem.
κρατίστῳ
κράτιστος
most excellent, an official epithet, used in addressing a Roman of high rank, and in the second century one of equestrian (as distinguished from senatorial) rank.