Acts 10:21

Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”

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WEBBE

Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”

BSB

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

KJV

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

ASV

And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

BBE

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

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καταβὰς katabas Having gone down G2597 δὲ de then G1161 Πέτρος Petros Peter G4074 πρὸς pros to G4314 τοὺς tous the G3588 ἄνδρας andras men G435 τοὺς tous who G3588 ἀπεσταλμενοῦς apestalmenous sent G649 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 Κορνηλίου Kornēliou Cornelius G2883 πρὸς pros to G4314 αὑτὸν hauton him G846 εἶπεν eipen he said G2036 ἰδοὺ idou Behold G2400 ἐγώ egō I myself G1473 εἰμι eimi am G1510 ὃν hon whom G3739 ζητεῖτε zēteite you seek G2212 τίς tis what [is] G5101 ἡ hē the G3588 αἰτία aitia cause G156 δι di᾽ for G1223 ἣν hēn which G3739 πάρεστε; pareste you are here G3918

The early church

"Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?" He saw a soldier, saw a man: it was not that he was afraid, on the contrary, having first confessed that he was the person whom they sought, then he asks for the cause of their coming; that it may not be supposed that the reason of his asking the cause, was, that he wished to hide himself: he asks it in order that if it be immediately urgent, he may also go forth with them, but if not, may receive them as guests.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 19–33

When we see our call clear to any service, we should not be perplexed with doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from Peter. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. It ought to be both given and taken as kindness and respect to our kindred and friends, to invite them to join us in religious exercises. Cornelius declared the direction God gave him to send for Peter. We are right in our aims in attending a gospel ministry, when we do it with regard to the Divine appointment requiring us to make use of that ordinance. How seldom ministers are called to speak to such companies, however small, in which it may be said that they are all present in the sight of God, to hear all things that are commanded of God! But these were ready to hear what Peter was commanded of God to say.

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