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Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

KJV

καὶ ὁ Κορνήλιος ἔφη, ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας μέχρι ταύτης τῆς ὥρας ἤμην τὴν ἐνάτην προσευχόμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐνώπιόν μου ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ

Greek NT

Et Cornelius ait : A nudiusquarta die usque ad hanc horam, orans eram hora nona in domo mea, et ecce vir stetit ante me in veste candida, et ait :

Vulgate

And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

ASV

And Cornelius said: Four days ago, unto this hour, I was praying in my house, at the ninth hour and behold a man stood before me in white apparel and said:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Cornelius

In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Κορνήλιος
kornelios
noun · 8×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμπρός
lampros
adjective · 9×
μέχρι
mechri
adverb · 19×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
τέταρτος
tetartos
adjective · 10×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἐσθής
esthes
noun · 7×
ἔννατος
ennatos
adjective · 10×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: ἤμην | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤμην | RP: + νηστεύων καὶ
  • ἤμηνSBLGNT
  • ἤμηνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + νηστεύων καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἐνάτην | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐνάτην | RP: + ὥραν
  • ἐνάτηνSBLGNT
  • ἐνάτηνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὥρανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:10 — And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Acts 11:13 — And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
  • Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
  • Acts 13:2 — As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
  • Dan 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
  • Dan 9:20 — And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
  • Dan 10:12 — Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
  • Ezra 9:4 — Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
  • Gen 24:45 — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray th
  • Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Matt 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
  • Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  • Neh 9:1 — Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
  • Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.