Acts 10:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago at this very hour, I was fasting and praying in my house at three in the afternoon, and suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ Κορνήλιος ἔφη, Ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας μέχρι ταύτης τῆς ὥρας ἤμην νηστεύων· καὶ τὴν ἐνάτην ὥραν προσευχόμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου, καὶ, ἰδού, ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐνώπιόν μου ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ,

Transliteration

And the Kornēlios ephē, From tetartēs hēmeras until this hōras I ēmēn nēsteuōn; and the enatēn hōran proseuchomenos in the oikō of me, and, idou, anēr estē enōpion of me in esthēti lampra,

Grammar Details

• *Kornēlios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Cornelius (name)
• *ephē*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - he said/was saying
• *tetartēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - fourth
• *hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
• *hōras*: genitive, feminine, singular - hour/time
• *ēmēn*: imperfect active indicative, 1st singular - I was
• *nēsteuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - fasting
• *enatēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - ninth
• *hōran*: accusative, feminine, singular - hour
• *proseuchomenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - praying
• *oikō*: dative, masculine, singular - house/home
• *idou*: aorist middle imperative - behold/look/see
• *anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man
• *estē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - stood/appeared
• *enōpion*: preposition with genitive - before/in front of
• *esthēti*: dative, feminine, singular - clothing/garment
• *lampra*: dative, feminine, singular - bright/shining

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see (used as an interjection)
• *estē*: stood/appeared/presented himself
• *lampra*: bright/shining/splendid/brilliant

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Cornelius sayde: This daye now.iiii. dayes I fasted and at the nynthe houre I prayde in my housse: and beholde a man stode before me in bright clothynge

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Cornelius sayde: It is now foure dayes agoo, then fasted I, and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house, and beholde, there stode a ma before me in a bryghte clothinge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Cornelius sayd, Foure dayes agoe, about this houre, I fasted, & at the ninth houre I prayed in mine house, and beholde, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Cornelius sayde: This day nowe foure dayes, about this houre, I sate fasting, and at the ninth houre, I prayed in my house: And beholde, a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour,{3:00 P. M.} I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Cornelius said, `Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and `at' the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

• World English Bible (2000)

  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,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Cornelius replied,“Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:3 : 3 One afternoon, about three o’clock, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying, 'Cornelius.'
• Acts 1:10 : 10 As they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, suddenly two men in white robes stood beside them.
• Acts 10:23-24 : 23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. The next day he got up and went with them. Some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. 24 The following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
• Acts 3:1 : 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Acts 10:7-9 : 7 When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 After describing everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. 9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.
• Ezra 9:4-5 : 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice. 5 At the time of the evening sacrifice, I arose from my self-abasement, with my garment and robe torn, and I knelt with my hands spread out to the Lord my God.
• Neh 9:1-3 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, stood, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. 3 They stood in their places and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and for another quarter, they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.
• Dan 9:20-21 : 20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning the holy mountain of my God, 21 while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision earlier, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
• Matt 28:3 : 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.
• Mark 16:6 : 6 He said to them, 'Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.'
• Luke 24:4 : 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly, two men stood by them in dazzling garments.