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Andκαὶa voiceφωνὴcametoπρὸςhimαὐτόνagainπάλινa second time:ἐκ δευτέρου“WhatἋGodὁ θεὸςhas cleansed,ἐκαθάρισενyouσὺmust notμὴcall profane.”κοίνου
Acts 10:15
Study it in the app“And a voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:15, word by word
- a voiceφωνὴphōnē
voice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnē” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- a second timeδευτέρουdeuterou
second
Second.
Where else “deuterou” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- has cleansedἐκαθάρισενekatharisen
cleanse
To make something spotless, or pronounce it fit.
Where else “ekatharisen” appears- call profaneκοίνουkoinou
call profane
To call unclean what God has made clean.
Where else “koinou” appears
The context
14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything profane or unclean.”
15 · This verse (above)
16This happened three times, and at once the object was taken up into heaven.
To study Acts 10 in a group
1. What it says
What vision does Cornelius have, and what vision does Peter have? What are they each asked to do? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Peter says God shows no partiality (vv. 34-35). How did what Peter experienced change what he understood?
3. How I live it
Are there people you tend to keep at a distance? What small step could you take toward one of them?