Acts 10:29

10:29 Therefore when you sent for me, ¹  I came without any objection. Now may I ask why ²  you sent for me?”

Acts 10:33

10:33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. ³  So now we are all here in the presence of God ⁴  to listen ⁵  to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.” ⁶ 

Ecclesiastes 9:10

9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, ⁷ 

do it with all your might,

because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, ⁸ 

the place where you will eventually go. ⁹ 

[10:29]  ¹ tn Grk “Therefore when I was sent for.” The passive participle μεταπεμφθείς (metapemfqei") has been taken temporally and converted to an active construction which is less awkward in English.

[10:29]  ² tn Grk “ask for what reason.”

[10:33]  ³ tn Grk “you have done well by coming.” The idiom καλῶς ποιεῖν (kalw" poiein) is translated “be kind enough to do someth.” by BDAG 505-6 s.v. καλῶς 4.a. The participle παραγενόμενος (paragenomeno") has been translated as an English infinitive due to the nature of the English idiom (“kind enough to” + infinitive).

[10:33]  ⁴ tn The translation “we are here in the presence of God” for ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ πάρεσμεν (enwpion tou qeou paresmen) is given by BDAG 773 s.v. πάρειμι 1.a.

[10:33]  ⁵ tn Or “to hear everything.”

[10:33]  ⁶ tn The words “to say to us” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Cornelius knows Peter is God’s representative, bringing God’s message.

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “Whatever your hand finds to do.”

[9:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “Sheol.”

[9:10]  ⁹ tn Or “where you are about to go.”