Study it in the app“not to all the people but to witnesses who had been chosen beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”
notοὐto allπαντὶthe peopleτῷ λαῷbutἀλλὰto witnessesμάρτυσιwho had been chosen beforehandτοῖς προκεχειροτονημένοιςbyὑπὸGod,τοῦ θεοῦto us,ἡμῖνwhoοἵτινεςateσυνεφάγομενandκαὶdrankσυνεπίομενwith himαὐτῷafterμετὰheαὐτὸνroseτὸ ἀναστῆναιfromἐκthe dead.νεκρῶν
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laōi” appearswitness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martysi” appearschoose beforehand
Choose, appoint beforehand.
Where else “prokecheirotonēmenois” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearseat with
Eat with someone, share a meal.
Where else “synephagomen” appearsrise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēnai” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears40This man God raised on the third day and granted him to become visible,
41 · This verse (above)
42And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify solemnly that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
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?
