Acts 10:34

ἐπ' ἀληθείας καταλαμβάνομαι κ.τ.λ., of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. The verb καταλ. implies the grasping of something with the mind which has hitherto not been comprehended, and indicates some degree of strangeness in what is accepted. St Peter is constrained to say, I am now fully convinced, from what I have heard of God’s angel appearing to Cornelius, and from the connexion of that vision with my own, that God is making Himself known to all the workers of righteousness (ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει), whether they be Jews or Gentiles.

προσωπολήμπτης. This word is found nowhere else. A kindred verb occurs James 2:9, and a noun in Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25; James 2:1. But πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν is not an unfrequent expression in the LXX.; see Leviticus 19:15; Job 13:8; Job 42:8; Sir 35:13, and a good instance is Malachi 2:9 οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε τὰς ὁδούς μου�, ‘Ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law’ (A.V.).