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Andδὲhe commandedπροσέταξενthemαὐτοὺςto be immersedβαπτισθῆναιinἐνthe nameτῷ ὀνόματιof JesusἸησοῦthe Messiah.ΧριστοῦThenτότεthey askedἠρώτησανhimαὐτὸνto stay onἐπιμεῖναιforsomeτινάςdays.ἡμέρας
Acts 10:48
Study it in the app“And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of Jesus the Messiah. Then they asked him to stay on for some days.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:48, word by word
- he commandedπροσέταξενprosetaxen
command
Order, command.
Where else “prosetaxen” appears- to be immersedβαπτισθῆναιbaptisthēnai
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “baptisthēnai” appears- the nameὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- of JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- they askedἠρώτησανērōtēsan
request
To ask someone to do something.
Where else “ērōtēsan” appears- to stay onἐπιμεῖναιepimeinai
stay
To remain longer in a place.
Where else “epimeinai” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears
The context
47“Can anyone really withhold the water so that these are not immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we also did?”
48 · This verse (above)
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?