Acts 10 verses 5 - 6

Acts 10 verses 5 - 6

(5)   And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

(6)   He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.      (KJV)

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(5)   And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter.

(6)   This one is lodged with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.  He will tell you what you must do.         (IB)

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Retranslation (for verse 5 only):  Now! Send your old-Adam-man to this bright and beautiful place, and summon listening which invites hearing, which invokes revelation. 

Retranslation (verse 6 only):  Revelation is entertained by one who hears Me, and has been exposed to My light, and whose consciousness is filled with My good judgement. It will tell you what you must, of necessity, yield to be bound up with Me.

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NOTE on “man”:  In the Hebrew language, adam (H120) is the word ruddy (to show blood in the face), i.e. a human being of a common sort, a low or mean man or a man of low degree. The Greek aner (G435) is somewhat equivalent.  The word anthropos (G444) combines aner with optomai (G3700). This word optomai is the word for face, but it is also the word for before, as in the presence of. Both aner and anthropos can be translated into the English word man.

NOTE on the meaning of Peter’s name:  “Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God,” Peter states (Matt 16:16), and Jesus gives meaning to his name: “for flesh and blood did not reveal this unto you, but my Father which is in heaven.”  It was upon this “rock” of revelation, i.e. direct communion with the Holy Spirit, that Jesus said his “church” would be built upon. 

             Remember, church, ekklesia, means “calling out, a meeting, an assembly” by, with, and for God. Church is the structure of God, Her divine creation, Her divine movement, Her divine communing with Her own divine ideas. Revelation is unfoldment by and of God.

NOTE on “tanning”:  I like this idea of an oak infusion making things firm, durable and impervious. The oak is a metaphor for God. The Hebrew word Jehovah can trace its origin to ayil H352, meaning strength; hence anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree. On page 128 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, we read: “The human mind, imbued with this spiritual understanding, becomes more elastic, is capable of greater endurance, . . .” (Emphasis added.)   

But what is really interesting,-----especially in the light of the story of Philip and the eunuch in chapter 8,-----is its meaning to imbrown. The eunuch comes from Ethiopia. In Greek, Ethiopia is Aithiops, or scorched face (aitho, to scorch + ops, the face)!  Both the eunuch and Peter have been exposed to divine light: they are “tanned” by exposure to the rays of the sun, a metaphor for divine Light!  (See this blog, Acts 8 verses 27 and 28, regarding the spiritual elevation of the eunuch.)

NOTE on “salt”: Jesus says: “You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?” (See Matt 5:13; Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34.) According to the Greek dictionary, the word moraino (lose savour), means to become insipid; figuratively to act as a simpleton. So, the opposite of insipid is salty. Insipid means lacking good taste or judgment. If you are “salty” you have good judgment!

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now 3568 nyn, a primary particle of present time; “now” (as adverb of date, a transition, or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate:-----henceforth, hereafter, of late, soon, present, this (time).  See also 3569, 3570

send 3992 pempo, apparently a primary verb; to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas hiemi  [a stronger form of iemi] refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, and 4724 denotes properly the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow or wield:-----send, thrust in.

man 435 aner, a primary word [compare 444]; a man (properly an individual male):----fellow, husband, man, sir.

444 anthropos, from 435 and ops (the countenance; from 3700); man-faced human being:-----certain, man.

to 1519

Joppa 2445 Ioppe, of Hebrew origin [H3305]; Joppe (i.e. Japho), a place in Palestine.

H3305 yapo (Ezra 3:7), from H3302; beautiful; Japho, a place in Palestine:---Japha, Joppa.

H3302 yapa, a primitive root; properly to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful:-----be beautiful, be fair, be fairer, make self fair, deck.

call for 3343 metapempo, from 3326 and 3992; to send from elsewhere, i.e. (middle) to summon or invite:-----call (send) for.

3326 meta, a primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly denoting accompaniment; “amid” (locally or causally); modified variously according to the case (genitive, association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722, and less close than 4862. Often used in compounds, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence:------after, afterward, that be again, against, among, and follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, on, upon, our, and setting, since, to unto, together, when, with, without.

Simon 4613 Simon, of Hebrew origin [H8095]; Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites:----Simon. Compare 4826.

H8095 simon, from 8085; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob’s sons, also the tribe descendant from him:----Simeon.

H8085 sama, a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.):-----attentively, call together, gather together, carefully, certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, diligently, discern, give ear, cause to hear, let hear, make to hear, hearken, hear tell, indeed, listen, make noise, make a noise, obedient, be obedient, obey, perceive, proclaim, make a proclamation, publish, regard, report, shew, shew forth, sound, make a sound, surely, tell, understand, whosoever heareth, witness.

who 3739

surnamed 1941 epikaleomai, middle from 1909 and 2564; to entitle; by implication to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.):-----appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.

Peter 4074 Petros, apparently a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle:-----Peter, rock. Compare 2786 (Kephas, of Aramaic origin; the Rock).

THESE WORDS ARE FROM VERSE 6:

(6)  This one [Peter] is lodged with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.  He will tell you what you must do.  (IB)

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Retranslation (verse 6 only):  Revelation is entertained by one who hears Me, has been exposed to My light, and whose consciousness is filled with good judgement.  It will tell you what you must, of necessity, yield to be bound up with Me.

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this one 3778

lodged 3579 xenizo, from 3581; to be a host (passive a guest); by implication be (make, appear) strange:-----entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.

with 3844 para, a primary preposition; properly near, i.e. (with genitive) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of applications:------above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, friend, from, give [such things as they], that [she] had, his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side . . . by, in the sight of, than, fore, therefore, with.

one 5100 tis, an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:----a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (thing), ought, partly, some (man), somebody, something, somewhat, thing, that nothing, what, whatsoever, wherewith, whom, whomsoever, whose, whosesoever.

Simon 4613 hearing, see above.

tanner 1038 byrseus, from byrsa (a hide); a tanner:----tanner.

tan v.t. (1828 Dict. def.)

1. In the arts, to convert animal skins into leather by steeping them in an infusion of oak or some other bark, by which they are impregnated with tannin, an astringent substance which exists in several species of bark, and thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree, impervious to water.
2. To make brown; to imbrown by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

tan n. (ibid.) The bark of the oak, etc., bruised and broken by a mill for tanning hides. It bears its name both before and after it has been used. Tan, after being used in tanning, is used in gardening for making hotbeds (bark beds); and it is also made into cakes and used as fuel.

whose 2076

house 3614  [I am using the idea of “consciousness” as the place where one dwells.]

by 3844

sea 2281 thalassa, probably prolonged form of 251; the sea (generally or specifically):----sea.

251 hals, a primary word; “salt”:----salt.

insipid (Origins Dict.): See SAGE: L. sapere, (of things) to have a pleasant taste, hence (of person) to have good taste or judgment. L. sapere becomes French savoir, to know, and in late French savoir-faire, a knowing how to act, and savoir-vivire, a knowing how to live. L. sapere, in its Late Latin sense, becomes Spanish saber, to know, which, especially in the phrase Sabe usted? Do you know, yields the slang verb and noun savvy. L. sapidus (adjective of sapere) yields English sapid. Sapidus has a negative insipidus, tasteless, whence English insipid. 

this one 3778/4571

tell 2980 

you 4671

what 5101 

must 1163 dei, third person singular active present of 1210; also deon, neuter active participle of 1210; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):---behooved, be meet, must (needs), need be, needful, ought, should.

1210 deo, a primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively):----bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind. See also 1163, 1189.

1189 deomai, middle of 1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:----beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare 4441.

do 4160 poieo, apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):-----abide, agree, appoint, avenge, band together, be bear, bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, content, continue, deal, without any delay, (would) do, doing, execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, journeying, keep, lay, wait, lighten the ship, make, mean, none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, have purged, purpose, put, raising up, secure, shew, shoot out, spend, take, tarry, transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.