Discovery BoxActs 10:31-32 
Context10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity 1 have been remembered before God. 2 10:32 Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, 3 by the sea.’
1 tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”
2 sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.
3 tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname.
