KJV King James Version
And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:
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Acts 10:5
And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
WEB World English Bible
Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
ASV American Standard Version
And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
Surrounding context — Acts 10
2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
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.
4 And 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.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
8 And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandνῦνG3568 · nunnowπέμψονG3992 · pempōto sendἄνδραςG435 · anērmanεἰςG1519 · eistowardἸόππηνG2445 · IoppēJoppaκαὶG2532 · kaiandμετάπεμψαιG3343 · metapempōto summonΣίμωνάG4613 · SimōnSimonτιναG5100 · tisoneὃςG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐπικαλεῖταιG1941 · epikaleōto call (on)/nameΠέτρος·G4074 · PetrosPeter
Cross-references
Acts 10:32Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of [one] Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.John 1:42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.Mark 3:16And Simon he surnamed Peter;Acts 15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.Acts 9:38And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring [him] that he would not delay to come to them.Acts 16:9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.Acts 9:36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
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