Acts 10:18
in Acts 10They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, were lodging there.
KJV
And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
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This verse in Acts 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd called, and asked,.... That is, they called to the people of the house, Simon's family; and in a civil and courteous manner asked them, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter; which they said to distinguish him from Simon the master of the house, and as Cornelius was directed, and they were instructed by him: concerning him they inquired, whether he were lodged there; the Ethiopic version adds, without any foundation for it, "and the place where they called at was Peter's lodging room".
This site's exposition
puzzling over the meaning
on Acts 10:17-20
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning, the men sent by Cornelius approached the gate, so the meaning arrives at the door first. The Spirit tells him to go without hesitation, because I have sent them, joining vision and visitors as the work of one sender.
This site's exposition
Simon called Peter
John Gill notes that the men asked for Simon called Peter to tell him apart from another Simon. That was Simon the tanner, the owner of the house.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
The men come at the right moment to solve his doubt: just as (the Lord) suffered Joseph first to be perturbed in mind, and then sends the Angel: for the soul with ease accepts the solution, when it has first been in perplexity. His perplexity neither lasts long (when it did occur), nor (did it occur) before this, but just at the moment when they "asked whether he were lodging there."
"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 …
Observe too how he did not at once receive them. For, it says, they "called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodging there." As it was a mean looking house, they asked below, they inquired of the neighbors.
The Medieval Church1 voice
And moreover, he did not have to remain in perplexity for long, nor did it arise beforehand, but at the very moment when they were asking whether he was staying there.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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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The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery 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.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| φωνήσαντες | phonesantes | having called out | G5455 → | 43 times |
| ἐπυνθάνοντο | epunthanonto | they were asking | G4441 → | 12 times |
| εἰ | ei | if | G1487 → | 508 times |
| Σίμων | simon | Simon | G4613 → | 75 times |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐπικαλούμενος | epikaloumenos | is being called | G1941 → | 30 times |
| Πέτρος | petros | Peter | G4074 → | 155 times |
| ἐνθάδε | enthade | here | G1759 → | 8 times |
| ξενίζεται.¶ | xenizetai | is lodged. | G3579 → | 10 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
φωνήσαντεςhaving called out
phonesantesG5455 →43 times
ἐπυνθάνοντοthey were asking
epunthanontoG4441 →12 times
εἰif
eiG1487 →508 times
ΣίμωνSimon
simonG4613 →75 times
ὁwho
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἐπικαλούμενοςis being called
epikaloumenosG1941 →30 times
ΠέτροςPeter
petrosG4074 →155 times
ἐνθάδεhere
enthadeG1759 →8 times
ξενίζεται.¶is lodged.
xenizetaiG3579 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach 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 11:11Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
it leads to
- Exodus 4:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to…
- Acts 10:17–18
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 9:10–12
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
- Exodus 4:27
Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
- Exodus 4:14
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About Acts
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 22; 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.