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Thisτοῦτοhappenedἐγένετοthree times,ἐπὶ τρίςandκαὶat onceεὐθὺςthe objectτὸ σκεῦοςwas taken upἀνελήμφθηintoεἰςheaven.τὸν οὐρανόν
Acts 10:16
Study it in the app“This happened three times, and at once the object was taken up into heaven.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:16, word by word
- happenedἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- three timesτρίςtris
three times
Three times.
Where else “tris” appears- at onceεὐθὺςeuthys
immediately
Without any time passing: what follows happens right after.
Where else “euthys” appears- the objectσκεῦοςskeuos
vessel
A container or a tool.
Where else “skeuos” appears- was taken upἀνελήμφθηanelēmphthē
be taken up
To be lifted into heaven.
Where else “anelēmphthē” appears- heavenοὐρανόνouranon
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranon” appears
The context
15And a voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.”
16 · This verse (above)
17Now while Peter was greatly perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, look, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked for Simon’s house, stood at the gate.
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?