Acts 27:1

1WhenὩςnowδὲwas determinedἐκρίθητοῦsailingἀποπλεῖνourἡμᾶςtoεἰςτὴνItalyἸταλίαν,they deliveredπαρεδίδουντόνbothτεPaulΠαῦλονandκαίcertainτιναςotherἑτέρουςprisonersδεσμώταςto a centurionἑκατοντάρχῃnamedὀνόματιJuliusἸουλίῳof the cohortσπείρηςof AugustusΣεβαστῆς.

Now when our sailing to Italy was determined, they delivered up both Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augustus.

Vocab difficulty

91.4

Rare words

  • ἀποπλεῖν

    ἀποπλέω

    I sail away.

  • Ἰταλίαν

    Ἰταλία

    Italy.

  • δεσμώτας

    δεσμώτης

    a prisoner, captive.

  • Ἰουλίῳ

    Ἰούλιος

    Julius, a Roman centurion on special service.

  • Σεβαστῆς

    Σεβαστός

    (official Greek equivalent of Augustus), venerated, august, a title of the Roman emperors; hence secondarily: Augustan, imperial.