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AndκαὶnowνῦνsendπέμψονmenἄνδραςtoεἰςJoppaἸόππηνandκαὶsummonμετάπεμψαιa certainτιναSimon,Σίμωνάwhoὃςis calledἐπικαλεῖταιPeter.Πέτρος
Acts 10:5
Study it in the app“And now send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is called Peter.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:5, word by word
- sendπέμψονpempson
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempson” appears- menἄνδραςandras
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andras” appears- JoppaἸόππηνIoppēn
Joppa
See it on the mapWhere else “Ioppēn” appears- summonμετάπεμψαιmetapempsai
send for, summon
Send for someone, have them brought; summon.
Where else “metapempsai” appears- SimonΣίμωνάSimōna
Simon
Simon: the name of several men in the New Testament. The most often named is Simon Peter; also Simon the Zealot, one of the Twelve; Simon, a brother of Jesus; Simon of Cyrene; Simon the leper; a Pharisee; the magician of Samaria; the tanner of Joppa; and the father of Judas Iscariot.
Where else “Simōna” appears- is calledἐπικαλεῖταιepikaleitai
be called
To give someone an added name: "also known as Peter".
Where else “epikaleitai” appears- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears
Places in this verse
Joppa
Today: Jaffa (Yafo), part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
A port on the Mediterranean coast, about 35 miles (55 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Jonah went down to Joppa to flee by sea (Jonah 1:3). There Peter raised Tabitha and was told to go to Cornelius' house (Acts 9:36-40; 10:5).
The context
4And he, staring at him and becoming terrified, said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have gone up as a memorial before God.
5 · This verse (above)
6He is staying as a guest with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is 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?