But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
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But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
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aryse therfore get the doune and goo with them and doute not. For I have sent them.
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Arise therefore, and get thee downe, and goe with them, and doute nothing: For I haue sent them.
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Passages linked to Acts 10:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 15:7-9 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News and believe. God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- Zechariah 2:9-11 For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me. Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
- Isaiah 48:16 “Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me with his Spirit.
- Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
- Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
- Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
- Acts 9:17 Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 20. Go, doubting nothing. The Scripture useth this word…
20. Go, doubting nothing. The Scripture useth this word often, when it will express of what sort the obedience of faith ought to be. So Paul, in the fourth chapter to the Romans, (Romans 4:19,) when as he commendeth the faith of Abraham, saith, That he doubted not when as the Lord promised him seed, being now aged and past hope of children. And in the fourteenth, (Romans 14:23,) in treating of meats, he condemneth doubting consciences. And it is properly to reason on both sides, (as they say,) when as we are carried hither and thither by course, by gathering contrary reasons. But we must not follow God with a doubtful and wavering, but with a quiet and constant mind. In sum, the Lord will have us to attribute so much to him, that when we hear him we dispute no longer what we have need to do, but that we set down for a certainty, that that must be done which he commandeth. And surely it is meet that his will should show us the way, when all clouds are driven away, and that it should subdue all our senses unto it, unto willing obedience, all reasoning [disputation] being broken off; which is also better gathered by the next text. For the reason is added, why it is not lawful for Peter to suspend his judgment in an uncertain matter, because God is the author of the business; because it is as much as if it should be said, that we ought to be content with the beck of God alone, that we may obey his commandment. And hereby are we also admonished that men’s consciences shall by no other means be quiet, that they safely do that which they do, than when being taught by the Word of God, they determine that they do nothing without his commandment and conduct.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go…
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Ver. 20. Doubting nothing] Or, not arguing the case, μηδεν διακρινομενος, but readily yielding the obedience of faith.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Arise therefore; immediately put thyself upon the journey.
Arise therefore; immediately put thyself upon the journey.
Doubting nothing; spend no time in disputing within thyself, because that they, unto whom thou art sent, are not Jews.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Arise, therefore, and get thee down,.... From the top…
Arise, therefore, and get thee down,.... From the top of the house where he was:
and go with them; the three men, to Caesarea
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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.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. Get thee down—By the outer stairs. (See notes…
20. Get thee down—By the outer stairs. (See notes on Mat_9:2; Mat_26:68.)
Doubting nothing—On account of their being Gentiles. So Act_11:12. I have sent them—The double active, says Grotius: I have caused that they should be caused to come.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. get thee down] Peter was still on the…
20. get thee down] Peter was still on the housetop.
doubting nothing] The oldest texts give the verb here in the middle voice, as in Jas_1:6, “nothing wavering,” but in the parallel passage, Act_11:12, it is active, and signifies “making no distinction,” i.e. between Jew and Gentile. The latter was used by the Apostle when events had taught him precisely what the vision and the spiritual exhortation meant. The Spirit’s teaching is given little by little as Christ had told His disciples that it should be, “He shall guide you (lit. lead you on the way) unto all truth” (Joh_16:13). The vision had given no hint of a journey to be taken; now Peter is informed of it, and so too when the end of the journey is reached the “nothing wavering” is shewn to mean “putting no distinction between Jews and other men,” and thus the vision was made intelligible little by little and the perplexity removed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Go with them, doubting nothing.—The command was specially…
(20) Go with them, doubting nothing.—The command was specially addressed to the perplexed questionings of the disciple. For a time he was to walk, as it were, blindfold, but trusting in the full assurance of faith in the Hand that was guiding him. As once before (Joh_13:7), he knew not yet what his Lord was doing, but was to know hereafter. He and the messengers from Cornelius were alike acting on the promptings of the Divine Spirit.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But arise for arise therefore, A.V.; nothing doubting for…
But arise for arise therefore, A.V.; nothing doubting for doubting nothing, A.V. But arise. The but answers the unexpressed idea Do not hesitate, do not delay, but go at once. For I have sent them. This is one of the many passages which distinctly mark the personality of the Holy Spirit. (comp. Act_8:29 Act_13:2 Act_20:28, etc.) Here, too, we may notice the working of God"s providence, under whose direction Peter"s thoughts and Cornelius"s message meet at the same point, like men working from opposite ends of a tunnel and meeting at the same spot.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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