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Acts 10:3 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 3
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.Acts 10:3 · King James Version
Acts 10:3 in context
1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
3He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
5And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
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Key words (Strong's)
- evidentlyphanerōsmanifestly, plainly, clearly, openlyG5320 →
- visionhoramathat which is seen, spectacle, a sight divinely granted in an ecstasy or in a sleep, a…G3705 →
- sayingeiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- abouthōseias it were, , as though, as, like as, like, about, nearly, before numerals, before a…G5616 →
- ninthenatosninth, the ninth hour corresponds to our 3 o clock in the afternoon for the sixth hour of…G1766 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
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The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise (Eph 3:3, Eph 3:6), that it concerns us carefully to observe all the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8