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Acts 10:19

in Acts 10

As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

KJV

While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

This verse in Acts 10

Commentary

13 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

"Meanwhile, as Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him: 'Behold, three men are looking for you.'" Again, this too serves as an apology for Peter before the disciples, so that they might see that he was deliberating and received instruction not …

This site's exposition

puzzling over the meaning

on Acts 10:17-20

While Peter was puzzling over the meaning, the men sent by Cornelius approached the gate, so the meaning arrives at the door first. The Spirit tells him to go without hesitation, because I have sent them, joining vision and visitors as the work of one sender.

This site's exposition

three men are looking for you

Bede holds that Peter heard the Spirit in his mind, while John Gill allows either a spoken voice or an inward impulse. John Wesley sees God leading Peter step by step. Light comes for the present hour.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers4 voices

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And while Peter thought, the Spirit said unto him, Arise, get thee down, and go, nothing doubting, for I have sent them." And he does not say, For to this end did the vision appear unto thee; but, "I have sent them. Then Peter went down"—this is the way the Spirit must be obeyed, without demanding reasons. For it is sufficient for all assurance to be told by Him, This do, this believe: nothing more is needed.

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

"And having called out they inquired." Since they inquired into a humble house from below, and they asked not the neighbors. Great is the power of the Spirit in what was said, that "for I have sent them." When Peter went down he inquired into …

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written before 407.

proposed

Great is the authority of the Spirit! What God doth, this the Spirit is said to do. Not so the Angel, but having first said, "Thy prayers and thine alms have ascended, for a memorial before God," to show that he is sent from thence, then he adds, "And now send men," etc.: the Spirit not so, but, "For I have sent them."

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 22 · Written before 407.

proposed

"While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them." And this again is a plea for Peter in answer to the disciples, that he did doubt, and was instructed to doubt nothing. "For I," saith He, "have sent them." Great is the authority of the Spirit! What God doth, this the Spirit is said to do.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

proposed

The Spirit said to him: Behold, three men seek you. He heard this in his mind from the Spirit, not in the ear of the flesh.
5 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

Which greatly amused him, affected his mind, and employed his thoughts what should be the meaning and design of it: the Spirit said unto him; the holy Spirit of God, either by an articulate voice, or by making an impulse on his mind; behold, three men seek thee; the Arabic version leaves out the word "three": the Spirit of God is omniscient, and knows all things; if the deep things of God, then much more man, and the things of man.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and this is the exposition of the vision; now the riddle is unriddled: While Peter thought on the vision; he was musing upon it, and then it was opened to him.

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

Behold three men seek thee, arise therefore and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing - How gradually was St. Peter prepared to receive this new admonition of the Spirit! Thus God is went to lead on his children by degrees, always giving them light for the present hour.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

The Spirit - See the notes on Act 8:29. Compare Isa 65:24, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call I will answer,” etc.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

while Peter doubted . . . what this should mean, behold, the three men . . . stood before the gate . . . and asked--"were inquiring," that is, in the act of doing so. The preparations here made--of Peter for his Gentile visitors, as of Cornelius for him--are devoutly to be noted.

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The words behind it

16 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.

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

    John 16:13

    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to…

    it leads to

    • John 14:26

      But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

    • 1 Corinthians 2:10–13

      But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

    • John 14:17

      the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

    • John 15:26

      When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

    • 1 John 2:27

      And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…

  • Through

    Acts 13:2

    While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

    it leads to

    • Galatians 1:15

      But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    • Acts 9:15

      “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    • 1 Corinthians 12:11

      All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

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.
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 22; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.