Acts 10:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.

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  • John 4:9 : 9 Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans.
  • John 18:28 : 28 Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the common hall. Nowe it was morning, & they themselues went not into the common hall, least they should be defiled, but that they might eate the Passeouer.
  • Acts 10:14-15 : 14 But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane. 15 And the voyce spake vnto him againe the second time, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.
  • Acts 10:34-35 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and sayd, Of a trueth I perceiue, that God is no accepter of persons. 35 But in euery nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousnesse, is accepted with him.
  • Acts 11:2-3 : 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
  • Acts 11:9 : 9 But the voyce answered me the seconde time from heauen, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.
  • Acts 15:8-9 : 8 And God which knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, in giuing vnto them ye holy Ghost euen as he did vnto vs. 9 And he put no difference betweene vs and them, after that by faith he had purified their heartes.
  • Acts 22:21-22 : 21 Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles. 22 And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue.
  • Gal 2:12-14 : 12 For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie. 14 But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?
  • Eph 3:6-7 : 6 That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel, 7 Whereof I am made a minister by the gift of the grace of God giuen vnto me through the effectuall working of his power.
  • John 4:27 : 27 And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Which say, Stand apart, come not nere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath & a fire that burneth all the day.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.

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  • Acts 10:27
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    27And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

  • Acts 10:29-30
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    29Therefore came I vnto you without saying nay, when I was sent for. I aske therefore, for what intent haue ye sent for me?

    30Then Cornelius sayd, Foure dayes agoe, about this houre, I fasted, & at the ninth houre I prayed in mine house, and beholde, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

  • Acts 11:3-13
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    3Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.

    4Then Peter beganne, and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,

    5I was in the citie of Ioppa, praying, and in a trance I sawe this vision, A certaine vessell comming downe as it had bene a great sheete, let downe from heauen by the foure corners, and it came to me.

    6Towarde the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and sawe foure footed beastes of the earth, and wilde beastes, and creeping things, and foules of the heauen.

    7Also I heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Arise, Peter: slay and eate.

    8And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

    9But the voyce answered me the seconde time from heauen, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.

    10And this was done three times, and all were taken vp againe into heauen.

    11Then behold, immediatly there were three men already come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.

    12And the Spirit saide vnto me, that I should go with them, without doubting: moreouer these sixe brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and said to him, Send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

  • Acts 10:13-16
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    13And there came a voyce to him, Arise, Peter: kill, and eate.

    14But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.

    15And the voyce spake vnto him againe the second time, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.

    16This was so done thrise: and the vessell was drawen vp againe into heauen.

  • Acts 10:11
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    11And hee sawe heauen opened, and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him, as it had bene a great sheete, knit at the foure corners, & was let downe to the earth.

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    21Then Peter went downe to the men, which were sent vnto him from Cornelius, and sayd, Beholde, I am he whome ye seeke: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

    22And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.

    23Then called he them in, and lodged them, and the next day, Peter went foorth with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied him.

    24And the day after, they entred into Cesarea. Nowe Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsemen, and special friends.

  • Acts 10:32-34
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    32Send therefore to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter (he is lodged in the house of Simon a Tanner by the sea side) who when he commeth, shall speake vnto thee.

    33Then sent I for thee immediately, and thou hast well done to come. Nowe therefore are we all here present before God, to heare all things that are commanded thee of God.

    34Then Peter opened his mouth, and sayd, Of a trueth I perceiue, that God is no accepter of persons.

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    28Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them of the Gentiles that are turned to God,

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    25For as touching ye Gentiles, which beleeue, we haue written, & determined that they obserue no such thing, but that they keepe themselues from things offred to idoles, and from blood, and from that that is strangled, and from fornication.

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    12For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.

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    5Nowe therefore send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

    6Hee lodgeth with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to doe.

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    21Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.

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    15Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.

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    9And he put no difference betweene vs and them, after that by faith he had purified their heartes.

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    8And tolde them all things, and sent them to Ioppa.

  • Acts 21:21-22
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    21Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their sonnes, neither to liue after the customes.

    22What is then to be done? the multitude must needes come together: for they shall heare that thou art come.

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    6And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shooke his raiment, & saide vnto them, Your blood be vpon your owne head: I am cleane: from henceforth will I goe vnto the Gentiles.

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    14I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane.

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    3He sawe in a vision euidently (about the ninth houre of the day) an Angel of God coming in to him, and saying vnto him, Cornelius.

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    1Fvrthermore there was a certaine man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a captaine of the band called the Italian band,

  • Acts 10:19
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    19And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit sayde vnto him, Beholde, three men seeke thee.

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    21And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

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    3Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian.

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    43And it came to passe that he taried many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a Tanner.

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    17For as much then as God gaue them a like gift, as he did vnto vs, when we beleeued in the Lorde Iesus Christ, who was I, that I coulde let God?

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    1Nowe the Apostles and the brethren that were in Iudea, heard, that the Gentiles had also receiued the worde of God.