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Soοὖνinviting them in,εἰσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺςhe gave them lodging.ἐξένισενAndδὲon the next dayΤῇ ἐπαύριονhe got upἀναστὰςand went outἐξῆλθενwithσὺνthem,αὐτοῖςandκαίsomeτινεςof the brothersτῶν ἀδελφῶνfromτῶν ἀπὸJoppaἸόππηςwent withσυνῆλθονhim.αὐτῷ
Acts 10:23
Study it in the app“So inviting them in, he gave them lodging. And on the next day he got up and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:23, word by word
- inviting them inεἰσκαλεσάμενοςeiskalesamenos
invite in
Invite someone in, bring them inside.
Where else “eiskalesamenos” appears- he gave them lodgingἐξένισενexenisen
host
To welcome someone into your home.
Where else “exenisen” appears- on the next dayἐπαύριονepaurion
the next day
The next day.
Where else “epaurion” appears- he got upἀναστὰςanastas
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appears- and went outἐξῆλθενexēlthen
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthen” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- of the brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōn
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōn” appears- JoppaἸόππηςIoppēs
Joppa
See it on the mapWhere else “Ioppēs” appears- went withσυνῆλθονsynēlthon
go with
To go with someone.
Where else “synēlthon” appears
Places in this verse
Joppa
Today: Jaffa (Yafo), part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
A port on the Mediterranean coast, about 35 miles (55 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Jonah went down to Joppa to flee by sea (Jonah 1:3). There Peter raised Tabitha and was told to go to Cornelius' house (Acts 9:36-40; 10:5).
The context
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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.
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?