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Acts 10:17

Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

KJV

ὡς δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ διηπόρει ὁ Πέτρος τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὅραμα ὃ εἶδεν, ἰδοὺ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ Κορνηλίου διερωτήσαντες τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ Σίμωνος ἐπέστησαν ἐπὶ τὸν πυλῶνα,

Greek NT

Et dum intra se hæsitaret Petrus quidnam esset visio quam vidisset, ecce viri qui missi erant a Cornelio, inquirentes domum Simonis astiterunt ad januam.

Vulgate

Now while Peter was much perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,

ASV

Now, whilst Peter was doubting within himself what the vision that he had seen should mean, behold the men who were sent from Cornelius, inquiring for Simon's house, stood at the gate.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PeterSimonCorneliusSimonSimonSimon

In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Κορνήλιος
kornelios
noun · 8×
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαπορέω
diaporeo
verb · 4×
διερωτάω
dierotao
verb · 1×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
οἰκία
oikia
noun · 94×
πυλών
pulon
noun · 18×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐφίστημι
ephistemi
verb · 20×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅραμα
orama
noun · 11×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἰδοὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἰδοὺ | RP: καὶ ἰδού
  • ἰδοὺSBLGNT
  • ἰδοὺWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ἰδούRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὑπὸ | WH/NIV: ὑπὸ | Treg/RP: ἀπὸ
  • ὑπὸSBLGNT
  • ὑπὸWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπὸTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῦ
  • τοῦSBLGNT
  • τοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:10 — And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
  • Acts 10:3 — 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.
  • Luke 1:29 — And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
  • Num 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.