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Acts 10:22

in Acts 10

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

KJV

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

This verse in Acts 10

Commentary

11 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Peter repeats this, he tells us more fully, they are words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved, ch. xi. "Come to him, for an angel bade him send for thee: come to him, for he is ready to hear and receive the saving words thou hast to bring to him." 2.

This site's exposition

what is the cause wherefore ye are come

on Acts 10:21-23

Peter goes down and asks plainly, what is the cause wherefore ye are come, obedient to the Spirit's instruction before he yet understands the reason behind it. The men answer with Cornelius's own reputation, a just man, one that feareth God, of good report among all the nation of the Jews, testimony from Gentile soldiers about a Roman officer's standing among the Jewish community he lived beside. Peter lodges them, a small act that already crosses the boundary the vision addressed, since a strict reading of custom discouraged even hosting Gentiles under one's own roof, and in the morning he goes with them accompanied by certain Jewish brethren from Joppa who will later serve as witnesses to everything that happens.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers4 voices

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

"And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee." They speak his praises, so as to persuade him that an Angel has in fact appeared unto him.

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

"And they said, etc. into his house." This he had ordered them. Do not think he has done this out of contempt: not as of contempt has he sent, but so he was ordered.

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

But observe what is said of him by the soldier whom Cornelius sent: "A just man, and one that feareth God": and then - for fearing lest Peter should refuse to come to him, as being a Gentile, he adds this - "and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews." Why then, there is nothing like alms; or rather great is the virtue of this thing.

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

"And having called out they inquired." Since they inquired into a humble house from below, and they asked not the neighbors. Great is the power of the Spirit in what was said, that "for I have sent them." When Peter went down he inquired into …

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

proposed

And the messengers spoke praises of Cornelius in order to convince Peter that an Angel had appeared to him. Authority over the people is in the hands of a pious man who by his own merits has proven worthy of it. True, it does happen …
4 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they said, Cornelius, the centurion,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

while Peter doubted . . . what this should mean, behold, the three men . . . stood before the gate . . . and asked--"were inquiring," that is, in the act of doing so. The preparations here made--of Peter for his Gentile visitors, as of Cornelius for him--are devoutly to be noted.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Cornelius the centurion, etc. - They gave him the simple relation which they had received from their master. For the character of Cornelius, see the comment on Act 10:2 (note). To hear words of thee - But of what kind they could not as yet tell.
To hear words of thee - To be instructed by thee.

The words behind it

34 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 10:2

    He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 7:7–8

      Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

    • Acts 10:4

      Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

  • Through

    3 John 1:12

    Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 3:7

      Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

    • John 21:24

      This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

    • Acts 22:12

      There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

    • John 19:35

      The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

  • Through

    Acts 11:14

    He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

    it leads to

    • Acts 10:2

      He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Luke 23:50

    Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

    it leads to

    • John 19:38–42

      Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came…

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 22; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.