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Acts 10:1–8
10 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea ⌊named⌋a Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort, 2 devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God ⌊continually⌋.b 3 About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.” 4 And he stared at him and became terrified and* said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God. 5 And now, send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is also called Peter. 6 This man is staying as a guest with a certain Simon, a tanner,c whose house is by the sea.” 7 And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him, 8 and after he* had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
| a | Literally “by name” |
| b | Literally “through everything” |
| * | Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“became”) has been translated as a finite verb |
| c | Or “with a certain Simon Berseus”; most modern English versions treat the word as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), but the word may actually be a surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”) |
| * | Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had explained”) which is understood as temporal |
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