EMHUOGHAẠPH PHỌ 9

“Enaạn Re/lọgh Ghan Oye Iiseẹny”

Oghaạph iiḅi iinhaghạn phọ ateẹny aani ni we oomo areelhe

Okpasị ḍinyạ Iiḍighi phọ 10:1–11:30

1-3. APita amhiịn oghẹn uḍien, kụ eeghe kụ iḍighi kụ ewạ bọ mọ yira onhaghanhạn iyaạr phọ uḍien phọ ramạ ghan bọ?

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“O/soph Ghan Mem Ooḅereghị Enaạn” (Iiḍighi 10:1-8)

4, 5. AKoniliọs aḍighi eeghe oye, kụ eeghe kụ imite mem dị odị raaḅereghị?

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6, 7. (a) Kaạph iyaạr dị emite dị eḍeenhaan mọ Enhaạn rapagharanhaạn ghan ni iiḅereghị abuphẹ okạr bọ rowạ olhegheri igey phọ ilọ odị. (b) Yira otuughạ eeghe esi odọ areḍeenhaan phọ iphẹn phọ?

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“APita. . . Raakia Ghan” (Iiḍighi 10:9-23a)

8, 9. Enhaạn aḅenhị Pita mọ aḍighi eeghe, kụ odị amhegheron ika?

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10. AZihova raḍiemhiom ghan ika we phọ odị, kụ ighẹn asipuru kụ edị kewạ mọ opuruan siloor?

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APita “Atọ Mọ [Oḍiinye] Bidị Muụm” (Iiḍighi 10:23b-48)

11, 12. APita aḍighi eeghe mem mọ asi bọ epẹ Sizaria, kụ odị atuughạ eeghe?

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Peter and his companions entering the home of Cornelius. — “Cornelius, of course, was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.”—Acts 10:24

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13, 14. (a) Iḍeenhaan eeghe iduọn aKoniliọs r’abunhọn awe areelhe phọ oru bọ oḍighi aani Kristẹn lhạ phọ 36 C.E.? (b) Uḍighi ika kụ yira ko/pogh bọ anyụ r’anyụ bịn okureri mọ oye ka/naghạn dom mọ ayira?

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“Iyaạr U/ḅẹm, Uboom Ni Enaạn” (Iiḍighi 11:1-18)

15, 16. Uḍighi ika kụ abuniin aKristẹn phọ oḍighi bọ buọ aJu phọ u/meeraam bọ ipẹ aPita aḍighi bọ, kụ odị aḅẹm mọ onọ atụ eeghe kụ aḍighi bọ iduọn phọ?

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17, 18. (a) Oghẹn osopha kụ edị ewạ mọ aKristẹn phọ oḍighi bọ buọ aJu phọ osopha? (b) Uḍighi ika kụ reḍighi ghan bọ ni ipaanhaạn eeni amem oḅọph onhụ siẹn ookpomhoghan phọ, kụ ighẹn asipuru kụ edị yira kopuruan siloor?

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“Ibadị Omeeraam” (Iiḍighi 11:19-26a)

19. AKristẹn phọ oḍighi bọ buọ aJu phọ epẹ Antiọk umhiigh oghaạph iiḅi iinhaghạn phọ oḅenhị abuọ anhiạn, kụ eeghe kụ iḍuạ emite?

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ANTIOCH OF SYRIA

Antioch of Syria was located on the river Orontes, about 18 miles (30 km) upstream from the Mediterranean seaport of Seleucia and some 350 miles (550 km) north of Jerusalem. (Acts 13:4) Seleucus I Nicator, first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, founded Antioch in 300 B.C.E. As the capital of that empire, Antioch soon acquired great importance. In 64 B.C.E., Roman General Pompey made Syria a Roman province, with Antioch as its capital. By the first century C.E., the metropolis ranked third in size and wealth among the cities of the Roman Empire, after Rome and Alexandria.

Antioch was a commercial as well as a political center. The wares of all of Syria passed through it before being exported to the rest of the Mediterranean basin. “Since it was near the frontier between the settled Graeco-Roman area and the eastern states,” says one scholar, “it was even more cosmopolitan than most Hellenistic cities.” There was a large Jewish community in Antioch, and according to Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, they “made proselytes of a great many of the Greeks” who lived there.

20, 21. Ika kụ idị aBanabạs aḍeenhaan osooromhi aloor, kụ ika kụ idị yira kotuughaạny aani eḍeenhaan phọ odị mem dị yira omite epẹ erugh phọ?

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Ughiomonhaạn ‘Ikpoki Bumor Phọ’ (Iiḍighi 11:26b-30)

22, 23. Eeghe kụ edị aKristẹn phọ odi bọ Antiọk oḍighi oḍeenhaan mọ bunọ opomhoghiạn ni bumor r’abumaranhi phọ abidị, kụ ika kụ idị awe phọ Enhaạn rodon roḍighi aani ghan iginha phọ?

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24. Ika kụ idị yira koḍeenhaan mọ yira onaghanhạn ni iyaạr phọ uḍien phọ aPita amhiịn bọ ramạ ghan bọ?

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Brothers and sisters repairing a roof. — When our brothers are in need, we willingly reach out to help

CORNELIUS AND THE ROMAN ARMY

Administrative and military headquarters for the Roman province of Judea were located in Caesarea. The troops under the governor’s command consisted of 500 to 1,000 cavalry and five cohorts, or groups, of infantry. A cohort in full strength consisted of about 600 soldiers. These troops were usually recruited from among Roman subjects rather than citizens. Most served in Caesarea, but small garrisons were scattered throughout Judea. One cohort was permanently based in the Tower of Antonia in Jerusalem in order to police the Temple Mount and the city. The Roman presence in that city would be reinforced during Jewish festivals to deal with possible disturbances.

A centurion was in command of about 100 soldiers. The Greek text of Acts 10:1 says that Cornelius was a centurion of the so-called Italian unit, probably based in Caesarea. This unit may have been the Second Italian Cohort of Roman Citizen Volunteers.a Centurions had considerable social and military status, as well as wealth. Their pay was perhaps 16 times that of regular soldiers.

a In Latin, Cohors II Italica voluntariorum civium Romanorum. Its presence in Syria in 69 C.E. is confirmed.