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He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

KJV

And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

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Commentary

6 notes on this verse
And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house,.... The clause, "in his house", is very appropriately put; for since an angel had entered into his house, it could not be criminal in Peter, and the six brethren, to follow him.

This site's exposition

three men sent to me

on Acts 11:11-14

Just then three men sent from Caesarea stopped at the house where Peter was staying, the vision's meaning arriving in the same hour. Six brothers went with him, witnesses Peter now needs before the church.

This site's exposition

seen an angel standing in his house

Peter tells the council that an angel had stood inside the Gentile's house before he ever entered it. His critics objected to the visit of verse 3. Heaven had crossed that threshold first.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

Peter showed in his defense that he had by no means been the cause, but God everywhere. For he said, he himself set me in the excess of mind, he himself pointed out the sheet, and I indeed even contradicted; again the same he himself …

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 24 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved." And he does not mention the words spoken by the Angel to Cornelius, "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God," that he may not disgust them; but what says he? "He shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved:" with good reason this is added. Also he says nothing of the man's fitness. "The Spirit," he might say, "having sent me, God having commanded, on the one part having summoned me through the Angel, on the other urging me on, and solving my doubt about the things, what was I to do?" He says none of these things, however: but makes his strong point of what happened last, which even in itself was an incontrovertible argument.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Here is something added in what the angel said to Cornelius; before it was, Send for Peter, and he shall speak to thee, he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do ( ch. x. 6, 32 ); but here it is, " He shall tell thee words whereby thou and thy house shall be saved (

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The words behind it

23 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 9:11“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.4 worksActs 10:30–32Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me3 worksActs 10:3–6One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”2 worksActs 9:43And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.2 worksActs 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”2 worksActs 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 12:11

    Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

    it leads to

    • Daniel 6:22

      My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…

    • Daniel 3:28

      Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather…

    • 2 Peter 2:9

      if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

    • Psalms 34:7

      The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

    • Acts 5:19

      But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

  • Through

    Acts 9:43

    And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

    it leads to

    • Acts 10:6

      He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

    • Acts 10:32

      Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

  • Through

    Acts 10:22

    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in…

    it leads to

    • Acts 11:14

      He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 24; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts.

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