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Acts 10:21

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

KJV

καταβὰς δὲ Πέτρος πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι ὃν ζητεῖτε· τίς ἡ αἰτία δι’ ἣν πάρεστε;

Greek NT

Descendens autem Petrus ad viros, dixit : Ecce ego sum, quem quæritis : quæ causa est, propter quam venistis ?

Vulgate

And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

ASV

Then Peter, going down to the men, said: Behold, I am he whom you seek. What is the cause for which you are come?

Douay-Rheims

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People PeterCornelius

In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
αἰτία
aitia
noun · 20×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πάρειμι
pareimi
verb · 24×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

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