and called and asked whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
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and called and asked whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
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And called out won and axed whether Simon which was also called Peter were lodged there.
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And called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
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Passages linked to Acts 10:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 10:5-6 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter. He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
- Acts 11:11 Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was…
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
Ver. 18. And called and asked] Whether death will use so much manners as these did, viz. to call and ask for us, or ever he seizeth us, it is uncertain. Senibus mors in ianuis, adolescentibus in insidiis, saith Bernard. The young man hath death at his back, the old man before his eyes, saith Aquinas. And that is the more dangerous enemy that pursueth thee, than that which marcheth up toward thy face. Be sober, be vigilant: of doomsday there are signs affirmative and negative, not so of death; and yet every man’s death’s day is his doomsday.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Being strangers, they address themselves to such of the…
Being strangers, they address themselves to such of the house as came to the door.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And called, and asked,.... That is, they called to…
And called, and asked,.... That is, they called to the people of the house, Simon's family; and in a civil and courteous manner asked them,
whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter; which they said to distinguish him from Simon the master of the house, and as Cornelius was directed, and they were instructed by him: concerning him they inquired, whether he
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were lodged there; the Ethiopic version adds, without any foundation for it, "and the place where they called at was Peter's lodging room".
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. and called] i.e. on some one within the…
18. and called] i.e. on some one within the house to come forth. These messengers, like Cornelius himself, were most probably Gentiles, and so might not feel justified in entering a Jewish house without giving notice of their presence.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Lodging for lodged, A.V.
Lodging for lodged, A.V.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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