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Butἀλλὰget up,ἀναστὰςgo down,κατάβηθιandκαὶgoπορεύουwithσὺνthemαὐτοῖςwithout hesitating at all,μηδὲν διακρινόμενοςbecauseὅτιIἐγὼhave sentἀπέσταλκαthem.”αὐτούς
Acts 10:20
Study it in the app“But get up, go down, and go with them without hesitating at all, because I have sent them.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:20, word by word
- get upἀναστὰςanastas
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appears- go downκατάβηθιkatabēthi
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabēthi” appears- goπορεύουporeuou
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuou” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- without hesitating at allμηδὲνmēden
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appears- without hesitating at allδιακρινόμενοςdiakrinomenos
doubt
To waver, be unsure in faith.
Where else “diakrinomenos” appears- have sentἀπέσταλκαapestalka
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apestalka” appears
The context
19And while Peter was pondering about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, men are looking for you.
20 · This verse (above)
21And Peter went down to the men and said, “Look, I am the one whom you are looking for. What is the reason for which you have come?”
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?