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**And** = Now.
**apostles** . App-189 .
**in** = throughout. Greek. *kata.* App-104 .
**Gentiles** . Greek. *ethnos,* as in [Acts 10:45](../../../kjv/acts/10/45) .
**had** . Omit.
**word** . Greek. *logos.* App-121 .

**they, &c** . See note on [Acts 10:45](../../../kjv/acts/10/45) .
**contended** = were contending. Greek. *diakrino.* App-122 .
**with** = against. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .

**eat with** . Greek. *sunesthio,* as in [Acts 10:41](../../../kjv/acts/10/41) .

**rehearsed . . . from the beginning, and** = having begun.
**expounded** = set forth. Greek. *ektithemi.* See note on [Acts 7:21](../../../kjv/acts/7/21) .
**by order** = in order. Greek. *kathexes.* See note on [Acts 3:24](../../../kjv/acts/3/24) .
**unto** = to.

**praying** . Greek. *proseuchomai.* App-134 .
**trance** . Greek. *ekstasis.* See [Acts 10:10](../../../kjv/acts/10/10) .
**saw** . Greek. *eidon.* App-133 .
**vision** = sight. Greek. *horama.* See note on [Acts 7:31](../../../kjv/acts/7/31) .
**certain** . Greek. *tis.* App-123 .
**sheet** . Greek. *othone,* as in [Acts 10:11](../../../kjv/acts/10/11) .
**let down** = sent down, as in [Acts 10:11](../../../kjv/acts/10/11) .
**from** = out of. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**heaven** = the heaven. See [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**even to** = as far as to. Greek. *achris.*

**Upon** = Unto. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**when I had . . . eyes** = having gazed. Greek. *atenizo.* App-133 . See note on [Acts 1:10](../../../kjv/acts/1/10) .
**considered** . Greek. *katanoeo.* App-133 .
**fourfooted beasts** . Greek. *tetrapous,* as in [Acts 10:12](../../../kjv/acts/10/12) .
**earth** . Greek. *ge.* App-129 .
**wild beasts** . Greek. *therion.* Omitted in [Acts 10:12](../../../kjv/acts/10/12) .
**creeping things** . Greek. *herpeton.* See [Acts 10:12](../../../kjv/acts/10/12) .
**air** = heaven.

**arise** . Greek. *anistemi.* App-178 .
**slay** . Greek. *thuo,* as in [Acts 10:13](../../../kjv/acts/10/13) .

**Not so** = By no means. Greek. *medamos.*
**nothing, &c** , never at any time (Greek. *oudepote)* came anything common, &c.

**the** = a.
**answered** . Greek. *apokrinomai.* App-122 .
**me** . Omit.
**again** . Literally from (Greek. *ek.* App-104 .) a second (time).
**call** = make.

**was done** = came to pass.
**three times** . Literally upon (Greek. *epi.* App-104 . ix) thrice.
**drawn up** . Greek. *anaspao.* Only here and [Luke 14:5](../../../kjv/luke/14/5) . Compare [Acts 20:30](../../../kjv/acts/20/30) .

**immediately** . Greek. *exautes,* as in [Acts 10:33](../../../kjv/acts/10/33) .
**were . . . come** = stood before.
**already** . Omit.
**unto** = at. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**where** = in which.
**sent** . Greek. *apostello.* App-174 .
**Caesarea** . See note on [Acts 8:40](../../../kjv/acts/8/40) .

**the spirit** . The angel of [Acts 10:3](../../../kjv/acts/10/3) .
**nothing** . Greek. *mideis.*
**doubting** . Greek. *diakrino.* App-122 .
**accompanied** = came with (Greek. *sun.* App-104 . xvi).

**shewed** = announced. Greek. *apangello.* Same as "report", [Acts 4:23](../../../kjv/acts/4/23) , and "tell", [Acts 5:22](../../../kjv/acts/5/22) , [Acts 5:25](../../../kjv/acts/5/25) .
**an** = the.
**which stood and said** = standing and saying.
**unto him** . Omit.
**men** . All the texts omit.
**call for** = send for. Greek. *metapempo.* App-174 .
**whose surname is** = who is surnamed.

**tell thee** = speak (Greek. *laleo.* App-121 .) to (Greek. *pros.)* thee.
**words** . Greek. *rhema.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**whereby** = by (Greek. *en.)* which.

**as I began** . Literally in (Greek. *en)* my beginning.
**speak** . Greek. *laleo,* as in [Acts 11:14](../../../kjv/acts/11/14) (tell).
**the Holy Ghost** . App-101 .
**on** = upon. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**as, &c** . = even as on us also.
**at the beginning** = in (Greek. *en)* the beginning. Compare [Acts 2:4](../../../kjv/acts/2/4) and [John 1:1](../../../kjv/john/1/1) .

**baptized** . App-115 .
**baptized** . App-115 .
**the Holy Ghost** . No art. App-101 .

**Forasmuch then** = If ( App-118 ) therefore.
**gift** . Greek. *dorea.* Compare [Acts 2:38](../../../kjv/acts/2/38) and [John 4:10](../../../kjv/john/4/10) .
**us** = us also.
**who** = when we.
**believed** . App-150 .
**Jesus Christ** . App-98 .
**could** = was able to.
**withstand** = hinder.

**When they heard** = Now, having heard.
**held their peace** = ceased, as in [Acts 21:14](../../../kjv/acts/21/14) . See [Luke 14:4](../../../kjv/luke/14/4) ; [Luke 23:56](../../../kjv/luke/23/56) . [1 Thessalonians 4:11](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/11) .
**also to the Gentiles** = to the Gentiles also. This and [Acts 11:3](../../../kjv/acts/11/3) shows that Cornelius was not a proselyte.
**granted** = given.
**repentance** . Greek. *metanoia.* App-111 .
**unto** . Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**life** . Greek. *zoe.* App-170 .

**Wow they** = They in deed therefore.
**scattered abroad** . Greek. *diaspeiro.* See note on [Acts 8:1](../../../kjv/acts/8/1) .
**upon** = from. Greek. *apo.*
**persecution** . Greek. *thlipsis.* See note on [Acts 7:10](../../../kjv/acts/7/10) .
**arose** = came to pass.
**about** = over, or upon. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**Antioch** . The capital of Syria, about sixteen miles from the sea. Seleucia was its port.
**preaching** = speaking. Greek. *laleo,* as in verses: [Acts 11:14](../../../kjv/acts/11/14) , [Acts 11:15](../../../kjv/acts/11/15) .
**none** = no one. Greek. *medeis.*
**but** = except. Greek. *ei me* .
**Jews** = Seed of Abraham.

**some** . Greek. *tis.* App-123 .
**of Cyprus, &c.** Cypriotes and Cyrenians.
**Grecians** . See note on [Acts 6:1](../../../kjv/acts/6/1) . Most texts read *Hellenes,* Greeks. There was nothing strange in speaking to the Greek-speaking Jews.
**preaching** . Greek. *euangelizo.* App-121 .

**believed, and** = having believed. App-150 .

**tidings** = the report, or word. Greek. *logos.* App-121 .
**of** = concerning. Greek. *peri*
**came** = was heard.
**church** . App-186 .
**sent forth** . Greek. *exapostello.* App-171 .
**Barnabas** . He was himself of Cyprus. Compare [Acts 4:36](../../../kjv/acts/4/36) , and see [Acts 11:20](../../../kjv/acts/11/20) .
**that he should go** . The texts omit.
**as far as** . Greek. *heos.*

**when he came and had** = having come, and.
**grace** . App-184 .
**exhorted** = was exhorting. Greek. *parakaleo.* App-134 .:6. Compare [Acts 4:36](../../../kjv/acts/4/36) .
**purpose** . Greek. *prothesis,* that which is put before one. The Eng. word is from the Latin *propositum,* which exactly corresponds to the Greek. The word is used of the shewbread, i.e. the bread of presentation, in [Matthew 12:4](../../../kjv/matthew/12/4) .[Mark 2:26](../../../kjv/mark/2/26) . [Luke 6:4](../../../kjv/luke/6/4) .[Hebrews 9:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/2) . In its seven other occurances it is rendered as here.
**cleave unto** = abide with, Greek. *prosmeno.* Here, [Acts 18:18](../../../kjv/acts/18/18) . [Matthew 15:32](../../../kjv/matthew/15/32) . Mar 8:2 . [1 Timothy 1:3](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/3) ; [1 Timothy 5:5](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/5) .

**faith** . App-150 .
**people** . Greek. *ochlos.* Literally crowd.

**for to seek** . Literally to seek up and down. Greek. *anazeteo.* Here, [Luke 2:44](../../../kjv/luke/2/44) .

**when he had** = having.
**it came to pass** . The three clauses which follow are all dependent on "it came to pass".
**And** = And that.
**called** . Greek. *chrematizo.* This word occurs nine times. See note on [Luke 2:26](../../../kjv/luke/2/26) . Generally of a Divine communication. The noun *chrematismos* Occurs only in [Romans 11:4](../../../kjv/romans/11/4) . Though the name may have been given at first by Gentiles in mockery, the usage of the word by the Holy Spirit indicates that its real origin was Divine.
**Christians** . Here, Act 26:28 . [1 Peter 4:16](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/16) . Compare [Acts 15:17](../../../kjv/acts/15/17) . Jews could not have given the name, as *Christos* was a sacred word.

**came** = came down.
**prophets** . App-189 .

**stood up** . Greek. *anistemi.* App-178 .
**named** = by name.
**Agabus** . Compare [Acts 21:10](../../../kjv/acts/21/10) .
**by** = through. Greek. *dia.* App-104 .[Acts 11:1](../../../kjv/acts/11/1) .
**the Spirit** . The article shows that this was the Holy Spirit ( App-101 .), speaking through Agabus. Compare [Acts 21:11](../../../kjv/acts/21/11) .
**should be** = was about to be.
**dearth** . Greek. *limos.* Occurs twelve times. Compare [Acts 7:11](../../../kjv/acts/7/11) . Elsewhere translated "hunger" or "famine".
**throughout** = over. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**world** . Greek. *oikoumene.* App-129 .
**in the days of** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 . A Greek. idiom.
**Claudius Caesar** . The fourth Roman Emperor (A D. 41-54). Roman historians mention several famines during his reign. See also Josephus, *Antiquities* XX. iii. 6.

**Then, &c** . Literally But as any one (Greek. *tis)* of the disciples prospered (Greek. *euporeomai.* Only here), they determined, each one of them.
**determined** . Greek *horizo.* See note on [Acts 2:23](../../../kjv/acts/2/23) .
**send** . Greek. *pempo.* App-174 .
**relief** = for (Greek. *eis.* App-104 .) ministration. Greek. *diakonia.* App-190 .
**dwelt** . See note on [Acts 2:5](../../../kjv/acts/2/5) .

**also they did** = they did also.
**and sent** = sending.
**elders** . Greek. *presbuteros.* This is the first time we meet with elders in the Christian churches. App-189 . Here elders included the Apostles. Compare Act 8:1 . [1 Peter 5:1](../../../kjv/1-peter/5/1) .

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