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Andδὲwhile Peterτοῦ Πέτρουwas ponderingδιενθυμουμένουaboutπερὶthe vision,τοῦ ὁράματοςthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“Look,Ἰδοὺmenἄνδρεςare looking forζητοῦντέςyou.σε
Acts 10:19
Study it in the app“And while Peter was pondering about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, men are looking for you.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:19, word by word
- while PeterΠέτρουPetrou
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petrou” appears- was ponderingδιενθυμουμένουdienthymoumenou
ponder
To turn something over in one's mind.
Where else “dienthymoumenou” appears- the visionὁράματοςhoramatos
vision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
Where else “horamatos” appears- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- menἄνδρεςandres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appears- are looking forζητοῦντέςzētountes
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētountes” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “three men”; others, “two.”
The context
18And calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who is called Peter, was staying as a guest there.
19 · This verse (above)
20But get up, go down, and go with them without hesitating at all, because I have sent them.”
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?