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Andκαὶhe commandedπαρήγγειλενusἡμῖνto proclaimκηρύξαιto the peopleτῷ λαῷandκαὶto testify solemnlyδιαμαρτύρασθαιthatὅτιheοὗτόςisἐστινthe oneὁappointedὡρισμένοςbyὑπὸGodτοῦ θεοῦasjudgeκριτὴςof the livingζώντωνandκαὶthe dead.νεκρῶν
Acts 10:42
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:42, word by word
- he commandedπαρήγγειλενparēngeilen
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parēngeilen” appears- to proclaimκηρύξαιkēryxai
proclaim
Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.
Where else “kēryxai” appears- to the peopleλαῷlaōi
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laōi” appears- to testify solemnlyδιαμαρτύρασθαιdiamartyrasthai
testify
To declare something in all seriousness.
Where else “diamartyrasthai” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- appointedὡρισμένοςhōrismenos
determine, appoint
Determine, appoint, designate; also mark off a boundary.
Where else “hōrismenos” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- judgeκριτὴςkritēs
judge
Judge: one who decides a case; also one who rules.
Where else “kritēs” appears- of the livingζώντωνzōntōn
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntōn” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears
The context
41not 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.
42 · This verse (above)
43To him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
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?