it seemed good to me also, having carefully (akribōs | ἀκριβῶς | adverb) investigated everything for a long time, to write down the events in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently (akribōs | ἀκριβῶς | adverb) for the child; and when you have found him, report back to me, so that I also may go and worship him.”
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious; and he sent and killed all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had determined (ēkribōsen | ἠκρίβωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) from the wise men.
Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found (ēkribōsen | ἠκρίβωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) out from them exactly (ēkribōsen | ἠκρίβωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) what time the star had appeared.
for they have known from the first, if they are willing to go on record, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest (akribestatēn | ἀκριβεστάτην | acc sg fem superlative) party of our religious system.
“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness (akribeian | ἀκρίβειαν | acc sg fem) of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
he also will drink of the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength (akratou | ἀκράτου | gen sg masc) into the cup of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control (akrasian | ἀκρασίαν | acc sg fem).
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you clean off the outside of the cup and the plate while inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence (akrasias | ἀκρασίας | gen sg fem).
