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He sawεἶδενclearlyφανερῶςinἐνa vision,ὁράματιaboutὡσεὶ περὶthe ninthἐνάτηνhourὥρανof the day,τῆς ἡμέραςan angelἄγγελονof Godτοῦ θεοῦcoming inεἰσελθόνταtoπρὸςhimαὐτὸνandκαὶsayingεἰπόνταto him,αὐτῷ“Cornelius.”Κορνήλιε
Acts 10:3
Study it in the app“He saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:3, word by word
- He sawεἶδενeiden
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eiden” appears- clearlyφανερῶςphanerōs
clearly
So as to be seen distinctly.
Where else “phanerōs” appears- a visionὁράματιhoramati
vision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
Where else “horamati” appears- aboutὡσεὶhōsei
about
Roughly, with numbers.
Where else “hōsei” appears- the ninthἐνάτηνenatēn
ninth
Ninth. "The ninth hour" is three in the afternoon.
Where else “enatēn” appears- hourὥρανhōran
hour
One of the twelve parts of the day, counted from morning.
Where else “hōran” appears- of the dayἡμέραςhēmeras
daylight
Daytime, when it is light, not night.
Where else “hēmeras” appears- an angelἄγγελονangelon
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelon” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- coming inεἰσελθόνταeiselthonta
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthonta” appears- sayingεἰπόνταeiponta
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eiponta” appears- “CorneliusΚορνήλιεKornēlie
Cornelius
Cornelius, a Roman centurion in Caesarea, one of the first non-Jews to receive the message and be immersed.
Where else “Kornēlie” appears
The context
2devout and fearing God with all his household, giving many alms to the people and praying to God continually.
3 · This verse (above)
4And he, staring at him and becoming terrified, said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have gone up as a memorial before God.
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?