Passage

Acts 10.2

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,"

"2. a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always."

"3. He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius. 4. And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God." (Acts 10:1-4, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,"

"2. a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God."

"3. At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!” 4. He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God." (Acts 10:1-4, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,"

"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." (Acts 10:1-4, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,"

"2. pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,"

"3. he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, 'Cornelius;' 4. and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God," (Acts 10:1-4, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Seeking God

Notes

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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