Bible Strands
Acts 10:27
As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter enters the house of Cornelius after physically stopping him from bowing and declaring his own humanity. He finds a large crowd of relatives and close friends already assembled inside.
The words — συνομιλῶν (sunomilōn) means "talking" or "conversing," describing Peter’s ongoing interaction with Cornelius before entering. εἰσῆλθεν (eisēlthen) literally means "he entered," marking Peter’s physical movement into the gathering space.
The thread — The motif of entering a prepared space to address a gathered group appears in Acts 10:24, where Cornelius calls together his relatives and close friends. The imagery of looking toward a harvest also connects to John 4:35.
Why it lands — The text records Peter physically entering a space filled with people before delivering his message. It asks the reader to recognize that divine instruction overrides established social boundaries and demands immediate compliance with God’s revealed direction rather than adherence to tradition.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
Cross-references
- John 4:35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
- Acts 10:24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- 2 Corinthians 2:12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
- Acts 14:27 When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- 1 Corinthians 16:9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
- Colossians 4:3 as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.