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Acts 10:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 5
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:Acts 10:5 · King James Version
Acts 10:5 in context
3He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
5And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
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Key words (Strong's)
- JoppaioppēJoppa or Japho = " beautiful" , a city of Palestine on the Mediterranean, lying…G2445 →
- SimonsimōnPeter = " a rock or stone" , Peter was one of the apostles, Simon called Zelotes…G4613 →
- sendpempōto send, to bid a thing to be carried to one, to send a thing into anotherG3992 →
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The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise (Eph 3:3, Eph 3:6), that it concerns us carefully to observe all the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8