Study it in the app“Now 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.”
NowδὲwhileὩςPeterὁ Πέτροςwas greatly perplexedδιηπόρειwithinἐνhimselfἑαυτῷas to whatτίthe visionτὸ ὅραμαthatὃhe had seenεἶδενmightἂνmean,εἴηlook,ἰδοὺthe menοἱ ἄνδρεςwho had been sentοἱ ἀπεσταλμένοιbyὑπὸCornelius,τοῦ Κορνηλίουhaving asked forδιερωτήσαντεςSimon’sτοῦ Σίμωνοςhouse,τὴν οἰκίανstoodἐπέστησανatἐπὶthe gate.τὸν πυλῶνα
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appearsbe perplexed
Be perplexed, be at a loss.
Where else “diēporei” appearsvision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
Where else “horama” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eiden” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eiē” appearsman
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appearssend
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apestalmenoi” appearsCornelius
Cornelius, a Roman centurion in Caesarea, one of the first non-Jews to receive the message and be immersed.
Where else “Kornēliou” appearsfind by asking
Find out by asking around.
Where else “dierōtēsantes” appearsSimon
Simon: the name of several men in the New Testament. The most often named is Simon Peter; also Simon the Zealot, one of the Twelve; Simon, a brother of Jesus; Simon of Cyrene; Simon the leper; a Pharisee; the magician of Samaria; the tanner of Joppa; and the father of Judas Iscariot.
Where else “Simōnos” appearshouse
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikian” appearsstand by
To suddenly appear beside someone.
Where else “epestēsan” appearsgateway
The gateway that leads from the street into the courtyard of a large house.
Where else “pylōna” appears16This happened three times, and at once the object was taken up into heaven.
17 · This verse (above)
18And calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who is called Peter, was staying as a guest there.
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?
