Acts 10 verses 39 - 43

Acts 10 verses 39 - 43

39.   And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem-----they did away with him, hanging him in a tree-----

40.   God raised up this One the third day, and gave to him to become visible;

41.   not to all the people, but to witnesses, the ones having been hand-picked by God, to us who ate and drank with him after his rising again from the dead.

42.   And he commanded us to proclaim to the people, and to witness solemnly that is he who has been marked out by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

43.   To this One all the prophets witness, so that through his name everyone believing into him will receive forgiveness of sins.  (Bold added.) (Interlinear Bible)

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Retranslation (verse 43 only):  To this one, and to his sacrifice, everyone of the prophets----those who make known to us God’s thoughts----have testified that, through the channel of this one’s authority and self-sacrificing character, everyone believing in him, convinced that the way he has shown is the true way,----sacrificing all human will,  all belief in mortality, and yielding to the will of God Most Good and High,-----can accept liberty from their errors.

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NOTE on “kill and eat”:  Once again the theme of self-sacrifice and digesting the meaning of that experience plays out in these passages as Peter explains the Christian way to Cornelius and his friends. 

NOTE on “sin" as error: All the references below are excerpted from the Glossary (pages 579 -597) of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (I left out the page numbers for ease of reading):

Will. The motive-power of error. . . 

Tares. . . , error; . .

Serpent. . . .; the first delusion that error exists as a fact; . . .

Red Dragon. Error; . . . 

Mortal Mind. . . .; error creating other errors; . . .

Matter. . . .; another name for mortal mind [or error creating other errors]; . . .

Hell. . . . ; error; . .  

Flesh. An error of physical belief; . . 

Fear. . . . error; . . . 

Eve. . . . ; error; . . .

Devil . . .; error; . . 

Christ. The divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh destroy incarnate error. 

Children of Israel. . . .; the offspring of Spirit, who, having wrestled with error, sin, and sense, are governed by divine Science. . . .

Canaan (the son of Ham). . . .; the error which would make man mortal and would make mortal mind a slave to the body.

Benjamin (Jacob’s son). . . .; error masquerading as the possessor of life, strength, animation, and power to act.

Babel. Self-destroying error;. . . . 

Adam. Error; . . . 

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To this one 5129 touto, dative singular masculine or neuter of 3778; to (in, with or by) this (person or thing):----here, hereby, herein, him, one, the same, there, therein, this.

all 3956 pas, including all forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:----all (manner of, means), always, any (one), daily, ever, every (one, was), as many as, no, nothing, thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

prophets 4396  prophetes, from a compound of 4253 and 5346; a foreteller (“prophet”); by analogy an inspired speaker; by extension a poet:-----prophet.

4253 pro, a primary preposition; “fore”, i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively superior) to. In compounds it retains the same meaning:----above, ago, before, ever.

5346 phemi, properly the same as the base of 5457 and 5316; to show or make known one’s thoughts, i.e. speak or say:-----affirm, say. Compare 3004.

witness 3140 martyreo, from 3144; to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively):-----charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.

through 1223  dia, a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal or occasional). In compounds it retains the same general import:----after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) . . .fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, forsake, that, thereby, therefore, though, through, throughout, to wherefore, with, within.

his 846

name 3686  onoma, from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685); a “name” (literal or figurative)[authority, character]:----called, name, named, surnamed.

3685 oninemi, a prolonged form of an apparent primary verb onomai to slur; for which another onao is used as an alternate in some tenses [unless indeed it be identical with the base of 3686; through the idea of notoriety]; to gratify, i.e. (middle) to derive pleasure or advantage from:-----have joy.

1097 ginosko, a prolonged form of a primary verb; to “know” (absolutely), in a great variety of applications and with many by implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed):-----allow, be aware (of), feel, know, have knowledge, perceive, resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

authority (Origins Dict.) See AUGMENT.  L. augere (stem aug-), to enlarge, increase; Gr. auxein (stem aux- = auks-), to increase; Skt. uksati, he grows, and ojas, strength. Compare separately WAX.

author n. (1828 Dict. def.): [L. auctor, The Latin word is from the root of augeo, to increase or cause to enlarge. The primary sense is one who brings or causes to come forth.]

1. One who produces, creates, or brings into being; as, God is the author of the Universe.
2. The beginner, former, or first mover of any thing; hence, the efficient cause of a thing. It is appropriately applied to one who composes or writes a book, or original work, and in a more general sense, to one whose occupation is to compose and write books; opposed to compiler or translator.

authority n. (ibid.)

1. legal power, or a right to command or act; as the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children. Power; rule; sway.
2. The power derived from opinion, respect or esteem; as the authority of age or example, which is submitted to or respected, in some measure, as a law, or rule of action. That which is claimed in justification or support of opinions and measures.
3. Testimony; witness; or the person who testifies; as, the Gospels or the evangelists are our authorities for the miracles of Christ.
4. Weight of testimony; credibility; as a historian of no authority.
5. Weight of character; respectability; dignity; as a magistrate of great authority in the city.
6. Warrant; order; permission. “By what authority dost thou these things.” Matt. xxi.  Acts ix.
7. Precedents, decisions of a court, official declarations, respectable opinions and sayings, also the books that contain them, are called authorities, as they influence the opinions of others; and in law, the decisions of supreme courts have a binding force upon inferior courts, and are called authorities.
8. Government; the person or the body exercising power or command; as the local authorities of the states.

character (Origins Dict.): A character, a sign, a brand or stamp, hence a graphic symbol, hence an attribute, comes, through Middle English caracter and Middle French caractere (F -ere), from L. character, transliteration of Gr. kharakter, a marking instrument, hence a symbol, from kharassein, to sharpen, hence to cut into grooves, hence to engrave, whence kharakterizein, to engrave, to characterize, whence E. ‘to characterize.’

character n. (1828 Dict. def.):

1. A mark made by cutting or engraving; as on stone, metal or other hard material; hence, a mark or figure made with a pen or style, on paper, or other material used to contain writing; a letter, or figure used to form words, and communicate ideas. Characters are literal, as the letters of the alphabet; numeral, as the arithmetical figures; emblematic or symbolic, which express things or ideas; and abbreviations, a C. for centum, a hundred; lb. for libra, a pound; A.D. Anno Domini; etc.
2. A mark or figure made by stamping or impression; as on coins.
3. The manner of writing; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person. You know the character to be your brother’s. Shaks.
4. The peculiar qualities, impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from others; these constitute real character, and the qualities which he is supposed to possess, constitute his estimated character, or reputation. Hence we say, a character is not formed, when the person has not acquired stable and distinctive qualities.
5. An account, description or representation of any thing, exhibiting its qualities and the circumstances attending it; as, to give a bad character to a town, or to a road.
6. A person; as, the assembly consisted of various characters, eminent characters, and low characters.  All the characters in the play appeared to advantage.
7. By way of eminence, distinguished or good qualities; those which are esteemed and respected; and those which are ascribed to a person in common estimation. We enquire whether a stranger is a man of character.
8. Adventitious qualities impressed by office, or station; the qualities that, in public estimation, belong to a person in a particular station; as when we ask how a magistrate, or commander supports his character.
9. In natural history, the peculiar discriminating qualities or properties of animals, plants and minerals.

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everyone 3956  pas, including all forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:----all (manner of, means), always, any (one), daily, ever, every (one, was), as many as, no, nothing, thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

believing 4100  pisteuo, from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ):---believe, believer, commit (to trust), put in trust with.

4102 pistis, from 3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:-----assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

3982 peitho, a primary verb; to convince (by argument true or false); by analogy to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexive or passive to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty):-----agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) confident, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.

in 1519

him 846

receive 2983 lambano, a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively [properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove]):-----accept, be amazed, assay, attain, bring when I call, catch, come on (unto), forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (after), take (away, up).

forgiveness 859 aphesis, from 863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon:-----deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

863 aphiemi, from 575 and hiemi (to send; an intensive form of eimi to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follows):----cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alon, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.

sins 266  hamartia, from 264; sin (properly abstract):----offence, sin, sinful.

264 hamartano, perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin:----for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.

3313 meros, from an obsolete but more primary form of meiromai (to get as a section or allotment); a division or share (literal or figurative, in a wide application):----behalf, coast, course, craft, particular, particularly, part, partly, piece, portion, respect, side, some, sort, somewhat.