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ThenδὲPeterΠέτροςopenedἈνοίξαςhis mouthτὸ στόμαand said,εἶπεν“InἘπ’truthἀληθείαςI understandκαταλαμβάνομαιthatὅτιGodὁ θεόςisἔστινnotοὐκone who shows partiality,προσωπολήμπτης
Acts 10:34
Study it in the app“Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:34, word by word
- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears- openedἈνοίξαςAnoixas
open
Open.
Where else “Anoixas” appears- his mouthστόμαstoma
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stoma” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- truthἀληθείαςalētheias
truly
What is real, not a lie.
Where else “alētheias” appears- I understandκαταλαμβάνομαιkatalambanomai
grasp
To grasp something with the mind, come to see it clearly.
Where else “katalambanomai” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- one who shows partialityπροσωπολήμπτηςprosōpolēmptēs
one who shows favoritism
One who shows favoritism, who favors some people over others.
Where else “prosōpolēmptēs” appears
The context
33So at once I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now then, we all are present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”
34 · This verse (above)
35but in every nation the one who fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him.
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?