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AndδὲPeterΠέτροςwent downκαταβὰςtoπρὸςthe menτοὺς ἄνδραςand said,εἶπεν“Look,ἸδοὺIἐγώamεἰμιthe one whomὃνyou are looking for.ζητεῖτεWhatτίςisthe reasonἡ αἰτίαforδι’whichἣνyou have come?”πάρεστε
Acts 10:21
Study it in the app“And 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?””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:21, word by word
- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears- went downκαταβὰςkatabas
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabas” appears- the menἄνδραςandras
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andras” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- amεἰμιeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- you are looking forζητεῖτεzēteite
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zēteite” appears- the reasonαἰτίαaitia
cause
What makes something happen or makes someone act a certain way.
Where else “aitia” appears- you have comeπάρεστεpareste
have come
To come to a place and be there now.
Where else “pareste” appears
The context
20But get up, go down, and go with them without hesitating at all, because I have sent them.”
21 · This verse (above)
22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear words from you.”
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?