Acts 10:20
in Acts 10So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But arise, and get thee down, and go with them, nothing doubting: for I have sent them.
KJV
Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
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This verse in Acts 10
Commentary
12 notes on this verseFor he was told: "Go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them." Great is the authority of the Spirit, because what God the Father does, the same does the Holy Spirit also. The angel said: "Your prayers and your alms" (v. 4), to …
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
because I have sent them
Chrysostom and Theophylact contrast the angel, who spoke of prayers rising before God, with the Spirit. The Spirit says He has sent the men, doing what God does.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
"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.
"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.
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."
"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 …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Rise therefore and go down, and go with them. He is commanded to go down from the roof and go to preach, that the Church may not only watch for the Lord by climbing high, but also may preach the same to the infirm and …
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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Arise, therefore, and get thee down,.... From the top of the house where he was: and go with them; the three men, to Caesarea doubting nothing; whether it is right or wrong, lawful or unlawful, to go with them, because not Jews, but uncircumcised Gentiles, laying aside all such Jewish scruples: for I have sent them: the Spirit of God is said to do what Cornelius did at his instigation and direction, signified by an angel he sent to him, Act 10:5.
), 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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Those that are searching into the meaning of the words of God, and the visions of the Almighty, should not be always poring, no, nor always praying, but should sometimes look abroad, look about them, and they may meet with that which will be of use to them in their enquiries; for the scripture is in the fulfilling every day.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
13 Greek wordsEvery 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.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | But | G235 → | 635 times |
| ἀναστὰς | anastas | having risen | G450 → | 107 times |
| κατάβηθι | katabethi | do go down | G2597 → | 81 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πορεύου | poreuou | do proceed | G4198 → | 147 times |
| σὺν | sun | with | G4862 → | 128 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| μηδὲν | meden | nothing | G3367 → | 90 times |
| διακρινόμενος, | diakrinomenos | doubting, | G1252 → | 19 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | since | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ἐγὼ | ego | I myself | G1473 → | 839 times |
| ἀπέσταλκα | apestalka | have sent | G649 → | 132 times |
| αὐτούς. | autous | them. | G846 → | 5565 times |
ἀλλ᾽But
all᾽G235 →635 times
ἀναστὰςhaving risen
anastasG450 →107 times
κατάβηθιdo go down
katabethiG2597 →81 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πορεύουdo proceed
poreuouG4198 →147 times
σὺνwith
sunG4862 →128 times
αὐτοῖςthem
autoisG846 →5565 times
μηδὲνnothing
medenG3367 →90 times
διακρινόμενος,doubting,
diakrinomenosG1252 →19 times
ὅτιsince
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἐγὼI myself
egoG1473 →839 times
ἀπέσταλκαhave sent
apestalkaG649 →132 times
αὐτούς.them.
autousG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 48:16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied…
it leads to
- John 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
- John 20:21–22
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
- John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- John 18:20
Through
Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
it leads to
- Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- 2 Kings 1:3
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel…
- Acts 5:19
Through
Acts 9:17So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming…
it leads to
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This page draws on 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.