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andκαὶhe says,φησί‘Cornelius,Κορνήλιεyour prayerσου ἡ προσευχὴhas been heard,εἰσηκούσθηandκαὶyour almsαἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σουhave been rememberedἐμνήσθησανbeforeἐνώπιονGod.τοῦ θεοῦ
Acts 10:31
Study it in the app“and he says, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:31, word by word
- he saysφησίphēsi
say
Say.
Where else “phēsi” 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- your prayerπροσευχὴproseuchē
prayer
Talking with God, asking him.
Where else “proseuchē” appears- has been heardεἰσηκούσθηeisēkousthē
be heard
Be answered: God attends to the prayer.
Where else “eisēkousthē” appears- your almsἐλεημοσύναιeleēmosynai
alms, charity
Alms: what is given to the poor out of mercy; also acts of mercy.
Where else “eleēmosynai” appears- have been rememberedἐμνήσθησανemnēsthēsan
remember to help
To remember someone in order to help them.
Where else “emnēsthēsan” appears- beforeἐνώπιονenōpion
before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
30And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, up to this hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and look, a man stood before me in shining clothing,
31 · This verse (above)
32So send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter; he is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’
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?