Acts 10:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore came I vnto you without saying nay, when I was sent for. I aske therefore, for what intent haue ye sent for me?

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  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
  • Acts 10:19-20 : 19 And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit sayde vnto him, Beholde, three men seeke thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee downe, and goe with them, and doute nothing: For I haue sent them.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence,

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  • Acts 10:16-28
    13 verses
    82%

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

    17Nowe while Peter douted in himselfe what this vision which he had seene, meant, beholde, the men which were sent from Cornelius, had inquired for Simons house, and stoode at the gate,

    18And called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

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

    20Arise therefore, and get thee downe, and goe with them, and doute nothing: For I haue sent them.

    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.

    25And it came to passe as Peter came in, that Cornelius met him, and fell downe at his feete, and worshipped him.

    26But Peter tooke him vp, saying, Stand vp: for euen I my selfe am a man.

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

    28And 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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    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,

    31And sayd, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

    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.

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    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.

    14He shall speake wordes vnto thee, whereby both thou and all thine house shalbe saued.

  • Acts 10:1-9
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    1Fvrthermore there was a certaine man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a captaine of the band called the Italian band,

    2A deuoute man, and one that feared God with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God continually.

    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.

    4But when hee looked on him, hee was afrayd, and sayd, What is it, Lord? And he sayd vnto him, Thy prayers & thine almes are come vp into remembrance before God.

    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.

    7And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,

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

    9On the morow as they went on their iourney, and drew neere vnto the citie, Peter went vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixt houre.

  • 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?

  • Acts 11:3-6
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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.

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

  • Acts 11:8-9
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    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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 17Now after many yeres, I came & brought almes to my nation and offerings.

  • 17Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee,

  • 10Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

  • 14But 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?

  • 7And when there had bene great disputation, Peter rose vp, and said vnto them, Ye men and brethren, ye know that a good while ago, among vs God chose out me, that the Gentiles by my mouth should heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleeue.

  • 38Now forasmuch as Lydda was nere to Ioppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent vnto him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come vnto them.

  • 10Then I sayd, What shall I doe, Lord? And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Arise, and goe into Damascus: and there it shall be tolde thee of all things, which are appointed for thee to doe.

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

  • 23Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.