ACTS 10:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.”
They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.—the messengers' inquiry uses both Simon's and Peter's names, suggesting cultural code-switching. Their public inquiry at the gate may have announced the arrival to those within; the formality suggests official business.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:18
called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodging there. Acts 10:18 As it was a mean looking house, they asked below, they inquired of the neighbors. And while Peter thought, the Spirit said to him, Arise, get you down, and go, nothing doubting, for I have sent them. (v. 19, 20.) And he does not say, For to this end did the vision appear unto you; but,
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