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Acts 10:5

And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

KJV

καὶ νῦν πέμψον ἄνδρας εἰς Ἰόππην καὶ μετάπεμψαι Σίμωνά τινα ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος·

Greek NT

Et nunc mitte viros in Joppen, et accersi Simonem quemdam, qui cognominatur Petrus :

Vulgate

And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:

ASV

And now send men to Joppe: and call hither one Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PeterSimonSimonSimonSimon
Places Joppa

In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μεταπέμπω
metapempo
verb · 9×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
Ἰόππη
ioppe
noun · 10×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἄνδρας εἰς Ἰόππην | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄνδρας εἰς Ἰόππην | RP: εἰς Ἰόππην ἄνδρας
  • ἄνδρας εἰς Ἰόππην — SBLGNT
  • ἄνδρας εἰς Ἰόππην — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰς Ἰόππην ἄνδρας — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τινα ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος | WH/Treg/NIV: τινα ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος | RP: τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Πέτρον
  • τινα ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος — SBLGNT
  • τινα ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Πέτρον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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Historic Christian voices

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

§334In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.201