Acts 26:25
25ὁButδὲPaulΠαῦλος·NotΟὐI am insaneμαίνομαι,saysφησίν,most excellentκράτιστεFestusΦῆστε,butἀλλὰof truthἀληθείαςandκαὶsobrietyσωφροσύνηςwordsῥήματαI utterἀποφθέγγομαι.
But Paul says, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I declare forth words of truth and sobriety.
Vocab difficulty
91.8
Rare words
κράτιστε
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.
σωφροσύνης
σωφροσύνη
soundness of mind, sanity; self-control, sobriety.
ἀποφθέγγομαι
ἀποφθέγγομαι
I speak out, declare.