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Cornelius of Caesarea — the angel at the ninth hour 10:1–8
vv. 1–2 — the centurion's dossier
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Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ἐν Καισαρείᾳ ὀνόματι Κορνήλιος, ἑκατοντάρχης ἐκ σπείρης τῆς καλουμένης Ἰταλικῆς,independent — the subject suspended — a formal Roman dossier: name, city, rank, unit; the finite verb waits until εἶδεν (v. 3)
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εὐσεβὴς καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεὸν σὺν παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ,participial — the God-fearer's profile — Gentile piety inside Judaism's orbit, household included
ποιῶν τε ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς τῷ λαῷparticipial — ἐλεημοσύναι — τῷ λαῷ, to Israel; the alms that will 'ascend' (v. 4)
καὶ δεόμενος τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ παντός,participial — the fourth participle — prayer διὰ παντός closes the portrait
vv. 3–6 — the ninth-hour vision
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εἶδεν ἐν ὁράματι φανερῶς, ὡσεὶ περὶ ὥραν ἐνάτην τῆς ἡμέρας,independent — the suspended subject finds its verb — φανερῶς, no dream-haze; the ninth hour is Israel's prayer hour (3:1)
ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθόντα πρὸς αὐτὸνparticipial — object + supplementary participle — the vision's content
καὶ εἰπόντα αὐτῷ·participial — the coordinate participle — the speech-frame
Κορνήλιε.content — the bare vocative — called by name, like Saul (9:4)
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ὁ δὲ ἀτενίσας αὐτῷ καὶ ἔμφοβος γενόμενοςparticipial — double preposed participle — leans on εἶπεν; ἀτενίσας, Luke's fixed-gaze verb
εἶπεν·independent — the frightened reply framed
Τί ἐστιν, κύριε;content — κύριε — 'sir' or 'Lord'; the fright leaves it open
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ·independent — the angel answers
Αἱ προσευχαί σου καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θεοῦ.content — μνημόσυνον — sacrificial language (Lev 2:2): the Gentile's piety accepted like an offering
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καὶ νῦν πέμψον εἰς Ἰόππην ἄνδραςcontent — καὶ νῦν — from acceptance to instruction; the embassy commissioned
καὶ μετάπεμψαι Σίμωνά τιναcontent — μεταπέμπομαι — the chapter's shuttle-verb (vv. 5, 22, 29, 32)
ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος·relative — the double name — the apostle identified for a stranger
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οὗτος ξενίζεται παρά τινι Σίμωνι βυρσεῖ,content — the tanner — an unclean trade; the boundary already blurring at Joppa
ᾧ ἐστιν οἰκία παρὰ θάλασσαν.relative — dative of possession — the address; D adds what Peter must say, a Western expansion from v. 32
vv. 7–8 — the dispatch to Joppa
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ὡς δὲ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν αὐτῷ,conditional — temporal ὡς (typed cnd; no temporal key) — the vision closes, obedience opens; leans on ἀπέστειλεν
φωνήσας δύο τῶν οἰκετῶν καὶ στρατιώτην εὐσεβῆ τῶν προσκαρτερούντων αὐτῷparticipial — preposed aorist participle — a delegation matching the master's piety (εὐσεβῆ echoes v. 2)
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καὶ ἐξηγησάμενος αὐτοῖς ἅπανταparticipial — second preposed participle — full disclosure to slaves and soldier alike
ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ἰόππην.independent — the obedience — some thirty miles down the coast, no questions asked
Peter on the housetop — the sheet from heaven 10:9–16
vv. 9–10 — the sixth hour: hunger and trance
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Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον ὁδοιπορούντων ἐκείνων καὶ τῇ πόλει ἐγγιζόντων,participial — double genitive absolute — Luke synchronizes the two storylines; leans on ἀνέβη
ἀνέβη Πέτρος ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμαindependent — the flat roof — the second scene keyed to the clock like the first (v. 3)
προσεύξασθαι περὶ ὥραν ἕκτην.purpose — purpose infinitive — noon, an off-schedule hour of private prayer
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ἐγένετο δὲ πρόσπεινοςindependent — πρόσπεινος — a rare word; hunger, the vision's raw material
καὶ ἤθελεν γεύσασθαι·independent — imperfect — the appetite the voice is about to address
παρασκευαζόντων δὲ αὐτῶνparticipial — genitive absolute — leans on ἐπέπεσεν; the kitchen below, the heavens above
ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἔκστασις,independent — ἔκστασις — ἐπιπίπτω, the verb that returns when the Spirit falls (v. 44)
vv. 11–13 — the sheet and the command
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καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγμένονindependent — historic present θεωρεῖ — the vision in real time; the opened heaven of 7:56
καὶ καταβαῖνον σκεῦός τι ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάληνparticipial — ὀθόνη — linen sheet or sail-cloth; the vision's second object
τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιέμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,participial — the four corners — the whole world held in one cloth
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ἐν ᾧ ὑπῆρχεν πάντα τὰ τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.relative — Gen 1's taxonomy — the animal creation entire, clean and unclean undivided
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καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — the unidentified voice — Peter will answer it as κύριε
ἀναστάς, Πέτρε, θῦσον καὶ φάγε.content — θῦσον — slaughter, the sacrificial verb; hunger met with abolition
vv. 14–16 — the refusal, the correction, the three times
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ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπεν·independent — the objection framed
Μηδαμῶς, κύριε,content — μηδαμῶς κύριε — Ezekiel's protest (Ezek 4:14); a refusal spoken to the Lord himself; verbless
ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον.cause — the lifelong kashrut record — κοινός paired with ἀκάθαρτος, the chapter's key pair
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καὶ φωνὴ πάλιν ἐκ δευτέρου πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — the frame elliptical — ἐγένετο understood from v. 13
ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν σὺ μὴ κοίνου.content — the chapter's crux — foods, Gentiles, or both, left open here; aorist ἐκαθάρισεν: the cleansing already done
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τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τρίς,independent — the triple confirmation — a Petrine pattern (cf. John 21:15–17)
καὶ εὐθὺς ἀνελήμφθη τὸ σκεῦος εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.independent — ἀνελήμφθη — the vessel ascends with the verb of 1:2, 11; the vision ends uninterpreted
The Spirit and the messengers — from Joppa 10:17–23
vv. 17–18 — the men at the gate
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Ὡς δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ διηπόρει ὁ Πέτροςconditional — temporal ὡς (typed cnd; no temporal key) — leans on ἐπέστησαν; διηπόρει, the puzzlement imperfect
τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὅραμα ὃ εἶδεν,content — indirect question with optative + ἄν — Luke's literary register
ἰδοὺ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ Κορνηλίου διερωτήσαντες τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ Σίμωνος ἐπέστησαν ἐπὶ τὸν πυλῶνα,independent — ἰδού — the two storylines meet at the gate while the vision still hangs unresolved
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καὶ φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντοindependent — the inquiry from the threshold — Gentiles do not presume to enter a Jewish house
εἰ Σίμων ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος Πέτρος ἐνθάδε ξενίζεται.content — indirect question with εἰ — ξενίζεται, the lodging verb that threads the episode (vv. 6, 23, 32)
vv. 19–20 — the Spirit speaks
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τοῦ δὲ Πέτρου διενθυμουμένου περὶ τοῦ ὁράματοςparticipial — genitive absolute — leans on εἶπεν; the perplexity still working
εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ πνεῦμα·independent — the Spirit himself — the vision's interpreter arrives with the knock
ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες τρεῖς ζητοῦντές σε,content — verbless ἰδού-clause — τρεῖς; some witnesses read 'two' (rationalizing to v. 7?), the majority text stands
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ἀλλὰ ἀναστὰς κατάβηθιcontent — ἀναστάς again — the vision's verb (v. 13) redirected into obedience
καὶ πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος,content — διακρινόμενος — 'hesitate' or 'discriminate': the double sense 11:12 will exploit
ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀπέσταλκα αὐτούς.cause — emphatic ἐγώ — the Spirit owns Cornelius' embassy; perfect ἀπέσταλκα
vv. 21–23 — Peter receives the messengers
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καταβὰς δὲ Πέτρος πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδραςparticipial — preposed participle — the command of v. 20 enacted verbatim
εἶπεν·independent — the meeting at the gate
ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι ὃν ζητεῖτε·content — ζητεῖτε answers ζητοῦντες (v. 19) — the sought man presents himself
τίς ἡ αἰτία δι' ἣν πάρεστε;content — verbless question — τίς ἡ αἰτία; the relative clause holds the only finite verb
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οἱ δὲ εἶπαν·independent — the messengers' recital — the story's first retelling
Κορνήλιος ἑκατοντάρχης, ἀνὴρ δίκαιος καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεὸν μαρτυρούμενός τε ὑπὸ ὅλου τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν Ἰουδαίων,content — the dossier retold — suspended subject, now with a Jewish character reference attached
ἐχρηματίσθη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου ἁγίουcontent — χρηματίζω — the technical verb of oracular instruction (Luke 2:26)
μεταπέμψασθαί σε εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦpurpose — the angel's instruction as purpose infinitive
καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ῥήματα παρά σου.purpose — ῥήματα — the 'words' by which he and his house will be saved (11:14)
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εἰσκαλεσάμενος οὖν αὐτοὺςparticipial — preposed participle — the first crossing: Gentile guests under the tanner's roof
ἐξένισεν.independent — ξενίζω — Peter the guest becomes host; hospitality precedes theology
Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον ἀναστὰςparticipial — v. 23b — the journey begins; leans on ἐξῆλθεν
ἐξῆλθεν σὺν αὐτοῖς,independent — σὺν αὐτοῖς — exactly as the Spirit ordered (v. 20)
καί τινες τῶν ἀδελφῶν τῶν ἀπὸ Ἰόππης συνῆλθον αὐτῷ.independent — six of them (11:12) — witnesses collected for the controversy ahead
At Caesarea — the threshold crossed, the vision retold 10:24–33
vv. 24–26 — the meeting: worship refused
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τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν Καισάρειαν.independent — the fourth day (v. 30) — Luke's itinerary clock still running
ὁ δὲ Κορνήλιος ἦν προσδοκῶν αὐτούς,independent — periphrastic imperfect — expectancy stretched across the days
συγκαλεσάμενος τοὺς συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀναγκαίους φίλους.participial — the household widened — a congregation assembled before the preacher arrives
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Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν τὸν Πέτρον,conditional — temporal ὡς with articular infinitive (typed cnd) — a marked Lukan idiom; leans on προσεκύνησεν
συναντήσας αὐτῷ ὁ Κορνήλιοςparticipial — preposed participle — the host rushes to the door
πεσὼν ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδαςparticipial — second preposed participle — the posture of worship
προσεκύνησεν.independent — προσεκύνησεν — homage or worship; either way, more than Peter will accept
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ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἤγειρεν αὐτὸνindependent — ἤγειρεν — the apostle lifts what should not bow
λέγων·participial — the speech-participle
ἀνάστηθι·content — the command — creature to creature
καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ἄνθρωπός εἰμι.content — the refusal of cult (cf. 14:15) — ἄνθρωπος, against the Herod of 12:22–23
vv. 27–29 — the unlawful threshold crossed
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καὶ συνομιλῶν αὐτῷparticipial — present participle — talking his way across the threshold; leans on εἰσῆλθεν
εἰσῆλθεν,independent — εἰσῆλθεν — the step v. 28 will call ἀθέμιτον
καὶ εὑρίσκει συνεληλυθότας πολλούς,independent — historic present εὑρίσκει — the audience discovered already assembled
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ἔφη τε πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — the explanation before the sermon
ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθεcontent — emphatic ὑμεῖς — Gentiles who know Jewish boundary-rules from the outside
ὡς ἀθέμιτόν ἐστιν ἀνδρὶ Ἰουδαίῳ κολλᾶσθαι ἢ προσέρχεσθαι ἀλλοφύλῳ·content — ἀθέμιτον — taboo rather than Torah-text; ἀλλόφυλος, the LXX's word for Philistines
κἀμοί ὁ θεὸς ἔδειξενcontent — κἀμοί fronted — the divine counter-showing set against the taboo
μηδένα κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον λέγειν ἄνθρωπον.content — the vision decoded — the sheet's neuter ἃ becomes ἄνθρωπον: it was about people
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διὸ καὶ ἀναντιρρήτως ἦλθονcontent — ἀναντιρρήτως — the μηδαμῶς of v. 14 has learned not to object
μεταπεμφθείς.participial — the passive — summoned, and no longer hesitating (v. 20)
πυνθάνομαι οὖνcontent — the floor handed over — the preacher first listens
τίνι λόγῳ μετεπέμψασθέ με.content — indirect question — τίνι λόγῳ, dative of cause
vv. 30–33 — Cornelius recounts his vision
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καὶ ὁ Κορνήλιος ἔφη·independent — the second recital — Luke lets the story certify itself by repetition
ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας μέχρι ταύτης τῆς ὥρας ἤμην τὴν ἐνάτην προσευχόμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου,content — the counting crux — 'four days' reckoned inclusively; periphrastic ἤμην προσευχόμενος
καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐνώπιόν μου ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷcontent — the angel now 'a man in bright clothing' — the retelling's shimmer (cf. 1:10)
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καί φησιν·content — historic present φησιν inside the recital — the moment relived; speech within speech
Κορνήλιε, εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχήcontent — divine passive — heard; God the unnamed actor
καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.content — the memorial of v. 4 restated — μνημόσυνον become ἐμνήσθησαν
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πέμψον οὖν εἰς Ἰόππηνcontent — the instruction repeated from v. 5
καὶ μετακάλεσαι Σίμωναcontent — μετακάλεσαι — the retelling's variant for μετάπεμψαι
ὃς ἐπικαλεῖται Πέτρος·relative — the double name again — word for word with v. 5
οὗτος ξενίζεται ἐν οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνος βυρσέως παρὰ θάλασσαν.content — the address a third time — the two Simons and the sea, certified
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ἐξαυτῆς οὖν ἔπεμψα πρός σε,content — back in Cornelius' own voice — the angel's word obeyed ἐξαυτῆς
σύ τε καλῶς ἐποίησας παραγενόμενος.content — the courteous idiom — καλῶς ποιεῖν with participle
νῦν οὖν πάντες ἡμεῖς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ πάρεσμενcontent — ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ — the living room become sanctuary
ἀκοῦσαι πάντα τὰ προστεταγμένα σοι ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου.purpose — purpose infinitive — the perfect congregation: assembled, expectant, commanded-for
Peter's sermon — God shows no partiality 10:34–43
vv. 34–35 — the opening: no partiality
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Ἀνοίξας δὲ Πέτρος τὸ στόμαparticipial — the solemn speech-opener (8:35) — leans on εἶπεν; a set speech follows
εἶπεν·independent — the frame — the whole kerygma (vv. 34–43) hangs beneath this one verb
ἐπ' ἀληθείας καταλαμβάνομαιcontent — καταλαμβάνομαι — present tense: the comprehension happening as he speaks
ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν προσωπολήμπτης ὁ θεός,content — προσωπολήμπτης — the LXX 'lifting the face' idiom coined into one word (Deut 10:17)
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ἀλλ' ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει ὁ φοβούμενος αὐτὸν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην δεκτὸς αὐτῷ ἐστιν.content — δεκτός — acceptable, not yet saved (11:14); the door open, the gospel still to be spoken
vv. 36–38 — the word you know: peace preached, Jesus anointed
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τὸν λόγον ὃν ἀπέστειλεν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλcontent — accusative suspended — anacoluthon, resumed by τὸ ῥῆμα of v. 37
εὐαγγελιζόμενος εἰρήνην διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·participial — Isa 52:7 — the herald of peace; the sermon is itself an εὐαγγελίζεσθαι
οὗτός ἐστιν πάντων κύριος·content — the parenthetical apex — πάντων κύριος: the sentence breaks to say the biggest thing
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ὑμεῖς οἴδατε τὸ γενόμενον ῥῆμα καθ' ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμαcontent — οἴδατε — Caesarea has heard the story; the anacoluthon resumed with ῥῆμα, word-become-event
ὃ ἐκήρυξεν Ἰωάννης·relative — the Baptist as the kerygma's fixed starting-point (1:22)
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Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέθ,content — the name in loose apposition — the ῥῆμα is a person
ὡς ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ δυνάμει,content — ἔχρισεν — the Christ-verb; Isa 61:1 and Luke 4:18 behind it
ὃς διῆλθεν εὐεργετῶν καὶ ἰώμενος πάντας τοὺς καταδυναστευομένους ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου,relative — the ministry in one line — benefaction and exorcism as a single work
ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἦν μετ' αὐτοῦ.cause — the Emmanuel-ground — Joseph's formula (Gen 39:2) for the anointed one
vv. 39–41 — witnesses: killed, raised, seen
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καὶ ἡμεῖς μάρτυρες πάντωνcontent — verbless — μάρτυρες, the apostolic office (1:8)
ὧν ἐποίησεν ἔν τε τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ·relative — attracted relative (ὧν for ἅ) — the whole public record claimed
ὃν καὶ ἀνεῖλαν κρεμάσαντες ἐπὶ ξύλου.relative — connecting relative — its antecedent the unexpressed subject of ἐποίησεν; ξύλον, Deut 21:23's tree
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τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἤγειρεν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳcontent — the reversal — fronted τοῦτον: the hanged one, God raised
καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ἐμφανῆ γενέσθαι,content — ἔδωκεν ἐμφανῆ — the appearances as divine gift, not human sighting
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οὐ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ἀλλὰ μάρτυσιν τοῖς προκεχειροτονημένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἡμῖν,phrase modifier — προκεχειροτονημένοις — the witness-list fixed in advance; ἡμῖν lands it on the speaker
οἵτινες συνεφάγομεν καὶ συνεπίομεν αὐτῷ μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.relative — the table-proof — συν-compounds: risen, yet a companion at meals (Luke 24:41–43)
vv. 42–43 — the commission and the prophets
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καὶ παρήγγειλεν ἡμῖν κηρύξαι τῷ λαῷ καὶ διαμαρτύρασθαιcontent — the risen one's orders — κηρύξαι and διαμαρτύρασθαι, the twin verbs of Acts
ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ ὡρισμένος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν.content — ὁ ὡρισμένος — the fixed decree (17:31); the kerygma's judicial edge
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τούτῳ πάντες οἱ προφῆται μαρτυροῦσινcontent — the prophetic chorus — Scripture entire subpoenaed as witness
ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν λαβεῖν διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ πάντα τὸν πιστεύοντα εἰς αὐτόν.content — πάντα τὸν πιστεύοντα — the sermon's last word is 'everyone'; the Spirit interrupts on it
The Gentile Pentecost — the Spirit falls, the water follows 10:44–48
vv. 44–46 — the interruption: the Spirit falls
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Ἔτι λαλοῦντος τοῦ Πέτρου τὰ ῥήματα ταῦταparticipial — genitive absolute — the sermon interrupted mid-word; leans on ἐπέπεσεν
ἐπέπεσεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸν λόγον.independent — ἐπέπεσεν — the trance's verb (v. 10) now the Spirit's; a Pentecost unasked and unmediated
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καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοὶindependent — οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς — the insiders' amazement at the outsiders' gift
ὅσοι συνῆλθαν τῷ Πέτρῳ,relative — the Joppa six again — Luke keeps the witnesses in view for 11:12
ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐκκέχυται·cause — ἐκκέχυται — Joel's verb (2:17, 33) in the perfect: poured out, and it stands
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ἤκουον γὰρ αὐτῶν λαλούντων γλώσσαις καὶ μεγαλυνόντων τὸν θεόν.cause — the audible evidence — the same signs as Pentecost (2:4, 11), the point 11:15 presses
vv. 46b–48 — the water not withheld
τότε ἀπεκρίθη Πέτρος·independent — ἀπεκρίθη — he 'answers' the event itself
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Μήτι τὸ ὕδωρ δύναται κωλῦσαί τις τοῦ μὴ βαπτισθῆναι τούτους,content — μήτι expects 'no' — τὸ ὕδωρ fronted: the water is fetched for people, not people for the water
οἵτινες τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἔλαβον ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς;relative — ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς — the Gentile experience measured against Pentecost and found identical
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προσέταξεν δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ βαπτισθῆναι.independent — προσέταξεν — the question becomes an order; baptism follows the Spirit, not the reverse
τότε ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν ἐπιμεῖναι ἡμέρας τινάς.independent — the lodging motif's last turn — the tanner's guest now the Gentiles' guest; the offense 11:3 will name
Analysis. Acts 10 is Luke's hinge, and the layout shows a chapter built of speech: five narrative chains, each promptly opening a blue cnt ladder under a verb of saying — the angel under εἶπεν, the heavenly voice under φωνή, the Spirit under εἶπεν, Cornelius' recital under ἔφη (with the angel quoted inside it under a historic-present φησιν, speech within speech), and Peter's Caesarea kerygma, a long catena hanging under the single εἶπεν of the ἀνοίξας-τὸ-στόμα frame (vv. 34–43), so that the sermon reads as one indented column until the Spirit interrupts it mid-word at v. 44. Narrative movement rides on Luke's preposed hinges — genitive absolutes and temporal ὡς-clauses that lean forward, anchorless, on the verb below (ὁδοιπορούντων ἐκείνων, παρασκευαζόντων αὐτῶν, Ἔτι λαλοῦντος τοῦ Πέτρου) — and the layout lets the dossier-style suspensions stand: Ἀνὴρ δέ τις (vv. 1–2) waits two verses for its verb εἶδεν, and the sermon's τὸν λόγον (v. 36) hangs as a marked anacoluthon resumed by τὸ ῥῆμα of v. 37, with οὗτός ἐστιν πάντων κύριος breaking in as the parenthetical christological apex. Cruxes taken or flagged: the vision's referent — the tag at v. 15 (ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν σὺ μὴ κοίνου) leaves foods/Gentiles open, but v. 28's μηδένα … ἄνθρωπον is laid out as Peter's own decoding; τρεῖς in v. 19 against the Western 'two'; ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας (v. 30) read inclusively; διακρινόμενος (v. 20) glossed 'hesitate' with the 11:12 double sense noted; and προσεκύνησεν (v. 25) rendered as reverence Peter must nonetheless refuse.