Acts 10:28 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

BSB

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ASV

and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book III (202)

For even Peter, although he had been sent to instruct them, and had been constrained by a vision to that effect, spake nevertheless with not a little hesitation, saying to them: "Ye know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another nation; but God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. Therefore came I without gainsaying; " indicating by these words, that he would not have come to them unless he had been commanded.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing, etc. - He addressed the whole company, among whom, it appears, there were persons well acquainted with Jewish customs; probably some of them were Jewish proselytes. But God hath showed me, etc. - He now began to understand the import of the vision which he saw at Joppa. A Gentile is not to be avoided because he is a Gentile; God is now taking down the partition wall which separated them from the Jews.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ye know it is . . . unlawful . . . for . . . a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation, &c.--There was no express prohibition to this effect, and to a certain extent intercourse was certainly kept up. (See the Gospel history, towards the end).

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔφη	ephē	He was saying	G5346 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτούς·	autous	them;	G846 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	You yourselves	G4771 →
ἐπίστασθε	epistasthe	know	G1987 →
ὡς	hōs	how	G5613 →
ἀθέμιτόν	athemiton	unlawful	G111 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
ἀνδρὶ	andri	for a man	G435 →
Ἰουδαίῳ	Ioudaiō	Jewish	G2453 →
κολλᾶσθαι	kollasthai	to unite himself	G2853 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
προσέρχεσθαι	proserchesthai	to come near	G4334 →
ἀλλοφύλῳ·	allophulō	to [someone] foreign;	G246 →
κἀμοὶ	kamoi	And to me	G1473 →G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἔδειξεν	edeixen	has shown	G1166 →
μηδένα	mēdena	nothing	G3367 →
κοινὸν	koinon	common	G2839 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ἀκάθαρτον	akatharton	unclean	G169 →
λέγειν	legein	to call	G3004 →
ἄνθρωπον,	anthrōpon	man,	G444 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
leads to
- John 18:33
  Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
- John 19:9
  and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
- Matthew 27:27
  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Mark 15:1–5
  Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
Through
John 4:9
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:24–41
  Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in…
- John 8:48
  The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
- Matthew 10:5
  These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
Through
John 4:27
Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
leads to
- Luke 7:39
  When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she…