ORIGHO 9

“Irẹye Dede Ọkan ni Eju Oriṣẹ”

LU U

Aghan Olele Kraist ka winọrọn wowo iyẹn rire gbẹ aghan ti ee ṣe Ju

Ti a gba kuri iwe Uṣe 10:1–11:30

1-3. Ọla-mẹyemẹye bokọ wun Pita ri, kẹnrẹn nikọ o gba yẹle di ẹnẹ nẹ oye urun ti o soro gbẹ?

Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

² Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

³ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“O Ka Ka Bẹ Oriṣẹ Ni Ira-Ki-Ira” (Uṣe 10:1-8)

4, 5. Nesin wun Kọniliọs ṣe, kẹnrẹn nikọ re ṣi ti won gba guo iṣẹ?

⁴ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

⁵ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

6, 7. (a) Kpa ita ọkan ti o mughan gin Oriṣẹ ka ghele jẹ iṣẹ aghan ti o fẹ ghele man wun. (b) Nikọ ẹnẹ kọ gbẹ kuri ita ghaan?

⁶ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

⁷ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“Ẹbobo Urun ti Pita Ri We Ka Kpa A” (Uṣe 10:9-23a)

8, 9. Nikọ Oriṣẹ gin di Pita ṣe, kẹnrẹn nikọ won si ṣe?

⁸ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

⁹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

10. Bokọ Jihova te sin ira ro, kẹnrẹn ubirọ bokọ re yẹle di ẹnẹ bi ara ẹnẹ rọ?

¹⁰ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

Pita Ka “Kpaṣẹ Gin Di A Gba-Omi Gbẹ Aghan” (Uṣe 10:23b-48)

11, 12. Nikọ wun Pita ṣe ti won gba to Sisaria, kẹnrẹn nikọ re ṣe ẹkọ ti won ri kọ gbẹ?

¹¹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“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) Gin aghan ti ee ṣe Ju da Olele Kraist, nikọ won jẹ? (b) Nikọ ee gba san di ẹnẹ gba aghan ti ẹnẹ winọrọn wowo iyẹn rire gbẹ, gba ẹjọ?

¹³ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

¹⁴ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“Aghan Ee Si Gbesiin, Aghan Ka Yiri Oriṣẹ” (Uṣe 11:1-18)

15, 16. Nikọ re ṣe ti ira Ju bọbọ ti o ṣe Olele Kraist ee gba forijẹ ni urun ti Pita ṣe, kẹnrẹn bokọ Pita te wewe urun ti won ṣe?

¹⁵ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

¹⁶ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

17, 18. (a) Ero bokọ wun ira Ju ti o ṣe Olele Kraist yẹle gba da? (b) Nikọ re nemi lẹghẹ ẹ roro gba bejuto ikolu ti o wi ujọ we, kẹnrẹn ubirọ bokọ re yẹle di ẹnẹ bi ara ẹnẹ rọ?

¹⁷ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

¹⁸ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“Urogho Irẹye Gidijẹ Ka Kpe Wun Ọrọnfọ” (Uṣe 11:19-26a)

19. Aghan ira Ju ti o ṣe Olele Kraist ni Antiọk ka winọrọn wowo iyẹn rire we gbẹ aghan nesin, kẹnrẹn nikọ re lẹfun ni ẹyin ro?

¹⁹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, 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. Bokọ Banabas te mughan gin won ka gba ara re alẹ, kẹnrẹn bokọ ẹnẹ te nemi yẹn ewe ro ni uṣẹ oye ẹnẹ?

²⁰ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

²¹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

Didin Oko “Utiẹyin gbẹ Aghan Omere” (Uṣe 11:26b-30)

22, 23. Nikọ aghan Olele Kraist ti o wi Antiọk ṣe gba mu wuwu ti aghan nẹ gbẹ omere aghan ẹkẹnrẹn biri ebirẹn ghan, kẹnrẹn bokọ ira Oriṣẹ ni onuwe te ṣe urun eju ọkan we?

²² Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

²³ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

24. Bokọ ẹnẹ te nemi mughan gin ẹnẹ kẹnrẹn nẹ oye urun ti Jihova kọ Pita?

²⁴ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

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.

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