Acts 10:22

20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

“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.”

23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“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.”
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.
WEB
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”
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.
DARBY
And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.
BLB
And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God—and being well testified to by all the nation of the Jews—was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to hear a message from you.”
ÅB
De sa: Kornelius, en høvedsmann, en rettferdig og gudfryktig mann, som har godt vitnesbyrd av hele jødenes folk, fikk det bud av en hellig engel at han skulle hente deg til sitt hus og høre hva du har å si.
OTB
De svarte: "Kornelius, en offiser, en rettferdig og gudfryktig mann, godt omtalt av hele det jødiske folket, ble instruert av en hellig engel om å tilkalle deg til sitt hus for å høre hva du har å si."
B1930
De sa: Kornelius, en høvedsmann, en rettferdig og gudfryktig mann, som har godt vidnesbyrd av hele jødenes folk, fikk det bud av en hellig engel at han skulde hente dig til sitt hus og høre hvad du har å si.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 11:14

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

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  • Acts 22:12

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

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  • Acts 10:2

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

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 24:15

    and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

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  • Mark 8:38

    If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

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  • Luke 23:50

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

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  • Luke 7:4–5

    They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

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