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Acts 10:28 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.Acts 10:28 · King James Version
Acts 10:28 in context
26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- companykollaōto glue, to glue together, cement, fasten together, to join or fasten firmly together, to…G2853 →
- nationallophylosforeignG246 →
- sheweddeiknyōto show, expose to the eyes, metaph., to give evidence or proof of a thing, to show by…G1166 →
- commonkoinoscommon, commonG2839 →
- saidphēmito make known one's thoughts, to declare, to sayG5346 →
- knowepistamaito put one s attention on, fix one s thoughts on, to turn one s self or one s mind to…G1987 →
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We have here the meeting between Peter the apostle, and Cornelius the centurion. Though Paul was designed to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and to gather in the harvest among them, and Peter to be the apostle of the circumcision, yet it is ordered that Peter shall break the ice, and reap the first-fruits of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-33