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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 10:24	King James	And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Cornelius . . . called together his kinsmen and near friends--implying that he had been long enough at CÃ&brvbr;sarea to form relationships there and that he had intimate friends there whose presence he was not ashamed to invite to a religious meeting of the most solemn nature.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Cornelius . . . called together his kinsmen and near friends--implying that he had been long enough at CÃ&brvbr;sarea to form relationships there and that he had intimate friends there whose presence he was not ashamed to invite to a religious meeting of the most solemn nature.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
His kinsmen - His relatives, or the connections of his family. A man may often do vast good by calling his kindred and friends to hear the gospel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

His kinsmen - His relatives, or the connections of his family. A man may often do vast good by calling his kindred and friends to hear the gospel.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Near (ἀναγκαίους) The word originally means necessary; hence of those who are bound by necessary or natural ties; blood-relations. But as relatives or kinsmen is expressed by συγγενεῖς, this must be taken in the sense of intimate friends, a meaning which it has in later Greek writers.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Near (ἀναγκαίους)

The word originally means necessary; hence of those who are bound by necessary or natural ties; blood-relations. But as relatives or kinsmen is expressed by συγγενεῖς, this must be taken in the sense of intimate friends, a meaning which it has in later Greek writers.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Cornelius was waiting for them - Not engaging himself in any secular business during that solemn time, but being altogether intent on this one thing.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Cornelius was waiting for them - Not engaging himself in any secular business during that solemn time, but being altogether intent on this one thing.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
His kinsmen and near friends - Συγγενεις, His, relatives, and αναγκαιους φιλους , his necessary friends; but the Syriac makes αναγκαιους an epithet as well as συγγενεις, and thus the passage may be read, his kinsmen, his domestics, and his friends. It appears that he had collected the whole circle of his intimate acquaintance, that they also might profit by a revelation which he expected to come immediately from heaven; and these amounted to many persons; see Act 10:27.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

His kinsmen and near friends - Συγγενεις, His, relatives, and αναγκαιους φιλους , his necessary friends; but the Syriac makes αναγκαιους an epithet as well as συγγενεις, and thus the passage may be read, his kinsmen, his domestics, and his friends. It appears that he had collected the whole circle of his intimate acquaintance, that they also might profit by a revelation which he expected to come immediately from heaven; and these amounted to many persons; see Act 10:27.

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