Acts 11:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send men to Joppa and bring back Simon, who is called Peter.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπήγγειλέν τε ἡμῖν πῶς εἶδεν τὸν ἄγγελον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ σταθέντα, καὶ εἰπόντα αὐτῷ, Ἀπόστειλον εἰς Ἰόππην ἄνδρας, καὶ μετάπεμψαι Σίμωνα, τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Πέτρον·

Transliteration

Apēngeilen te hēmin pōs eiden ton angelon in the oikō autou stathenta, and eiponta autō, Aposteilon to Ioppēn andras, and metapempsai Simōna, the one epikaloumenon Petron;

Grammar Details

• *Apēngeilen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - he reported/declared
• *te*: conjunction (enclitic) - and/both
• *hēmin*: dative 1st person plural pronoun - to us
• *pōs*: interrogative adverb - how
• *eiden*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - he saw
• *ton angelon*: accusative masculine singular with article - the angel/messenger
• *oikō*: dative masculine singular - house
• *autou*: genitive 3rd person singular pronoun - his
• *stathenta*: aorist passive participle, accusative masculine singular - having stood/appeared
• *eiponta*: aorist active participle, accusative masculine singular - having said
• *autō*: dative 3rd person singular pronoun - to him
• *Aposteilon*: aorist active imperative 2nd person singular - send
• *Ioppēn*: accusative feminine singular - Joppa
• *andras*: accusative masculine plural - men
• *metapempsai*: aorist middle imperative 2nd person singular - summon/send for
• *Simōna*: accusative masculine singular - Simon
• *ton epikaloumenon*: accusative masculine singular with article and present middle participle - the one being called/surnamed
• *Petron*: accusative masculine singular - Peter

Word Meanings

• *Apēngeilen*: reported/declared/told
• *pōs*: how/in what way
• *angelon*: angel/messenger
• *stathenta*: having stood/having appeared
• *Aposteilon*: send/dispatch
• *metapempsai*: summon/send for
• *epikaloumenon*: being called/surnamed/also known as

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, {G846} Send {G435} to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell in his housse which stod and sayde to him: Send men to Ioppa and call for Symon named also Peter:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he shewed vs, how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house, which sayde vnto him: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon (whose syrname is Peter)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and said to him, Send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

• World English Bible (2000)

  He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:30-32 : 30 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. 31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God. 32 Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'
• Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
• Acts 9:43 : 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for many days with a tanner named Simon.
• Acts 10:3-6 : 3 One afternoon, about three o’clock, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying, 'Cornelius.' 4 Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.' 5 Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter. 6 He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.
• Acts 10:22 : 22 They replied, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.'
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?