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Andδὲwhenὡςit happened thatἐγένετοPeterτὸν Πέτρονentered,τοῦ εἰσελθεῖνCorneliusὁ Κορνήλιοςmetσυναντήσαςhim,αὐτῷfellπεσὼνatἐπὶhis feet,τοὺς πόδαςand bowed down before him.προσεκύνησεν
Acts 10:25
Study it in the app“And when it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and bowed down before him.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:25, word by word
- it happened thatἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- PeterΠέτρονPetron
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petron” appears- enteredεἰσελθεῖνeiselthein
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthein” appears- CorneliusΚορνήλιοςKornēlios
Cornelius
Cornelius, a Roman centurion in Caesarea, one of the first non-Jews to receive the message and be immersed.
Where else “Kornēlios” appears- metσυναντήσαςsynantēsas
meet
Go toward someone coming; come across them.
Where else “synantēsas” appears- fellπεσὼνpesōn
fall down
To fall down before someone to plead or worship.
Where else “pesōn” appears- his feetπόδαςpodas
foot
Foot.
Where else “podas” appears- and bowed down before himπροσεκύνησενprosekynēsen
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone.
Where else “prosekynēsen” appears
The context
24And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.
25 · This verse (above)
26But Peter raised him up, saying, “Get up; I myself also am a man.”
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?