TỊBỊYỌ 9

“Ọkpọnanaowei Kẹnị-Anga kpọ Asụọgha”

Christtuuduo-otubo ebiegberigbaa akị zịnị ibe otubosẹ kpọ pịrị mị

Duo boemi yọbị Acts 10:1–11:30

1-3. Peter te bụnụgha dawaị kị ẹrẹ ma o, tetuu kị duonị omịnị dawaị bọọ sụọtuunimi agbẹị emi a o?

Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

Pẹlẹgha Bara “Adụdụ Duo Tẹẹ Ọkpọnanaowei Pịrị” Mị (Acts 10:1-8)

4, 5. Cornelius te ụbọ a, wo tẹẹtimi ifie mị teeki paa ma o?

⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

⁵ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

6, 7. (a) Tẹẹbịbị gbelemọ yọmị kẹnị ere paamọ ye gbaa. (b) Bei paaye mị te ka kị wó tolumọ ma o?

⁶ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

⁷ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Peter. . . Angọbọụ Mị” (Acts 10:9-23a)

8, 9. Angel-owei bị teeki mịẹ Peter nimimọ ma, Peter ba teeki mịẹ ma o?

⁸ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

⁹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

10. Jehovah tebara ka kị wo kịmịbo kekere mịnị a o, omịnị te biibịbị ka kị angọ bii a paa emi a o?

¹⁰ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

Peter “Amịnị Benibile Bara Gbaa A Pịrị Mị” (Acts 10:23b-48)

11, 12. Peter Caesarea laa mị teeki mịẹ ma, bịsẹ paaye bị te ka kị Peter tolumọ ma o?

¹¹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

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

¹² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

13, 14. (a) Cornelius mọ Gentile otubo mọ 36 C.E. kụraị bọọ benibile gbaa egberi mị, tebara ka kị yelaa ma o? (b) Tetuu kị duonị, omịnị kịmịotu emibara dii wẹrị ụgụlapẹlẹ agbẹịgha o?

¹³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Amịnị Kpereintimi, Ọkpọnanaowei Kị Tokoni Mị” (Acts 11:1-18)

15, 16. Tetuu kị duonị zụa Jewotu Peter mọ zọzọnaagha o, omịnị bá tebara ka kị wo mịẹ ye bọọ tuugbaa ma o?

¹⁵ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁶ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

17, 18. (a) Peter gbaa egberi mị tebara ka kị dadiye a paa Jew Christtuuduo-otubo pịrị ma o? (b) Tetuu kị duonị, itu mị ifiebosẹ kẹnịsụọmọtimi mụ yọmị kụrọ a paa emia o, omịnị ba te biibịbịama ka kị angọ bii agbẹị emi a o?

¹⁷ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁸ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Biin Kịmịama Gesii Kẹrị-akị Mị” (Acts 11:19-26a)

19. Antioch bọọ Christtuuduo timi Jew-otubo egberigbaa te otu kị pịrị ma, bá teeki paa ma o?

¹⁹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

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. Barnabas tebara ka kị angọ-iyerimọ ma, omịnị bá tebara ka kị ụ diimịẹ a paa emi a o?

²⁰ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

²¹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Yeama Saị Bịnaotubo Yarị Mị” (Acts 11:26b-30)

22, 23. Antioch bọọ timi bịnaotubọ tebara ka kị anị bịnaotubo tarị wẹrị emi bara mịẹdịa ma o, mịtịẹkiri mị Jehovah otubo tebara ka kị a dimịẹ mịnị a o?

²² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

²³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

24. Omịnị tebara ka Peter ẹrẹ bụnụgha dawaị mị akị tụa inyenrin a paa emi a o?

²⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

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.