King James Version
Acts 10:29 in the King James Version says “Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent fo...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?”
Acts 10:29 · KJV
And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
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and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“came I”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“as soon as I was sent for”
G3343to send from elsewhere, i.e., (middle voice) to summon or invite
“I ask”
G4441to question, i.e., ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from g2065, which properly means a request as a favor;
“for what”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“intent”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“as soon as I was sent for”
G3343to send from elsewhere, i.e., (middle voice) to summon or invite
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