Acts 10:20

Acts 10:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
• New International Version (NIV)So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”

Context of Acts 10:20

18They asked if Simon Peter was staying there. 19Peter was still thinking about the vision when the Spirit said to him, “Three men are looking for you. Get up, and go downstairs. Don’t hesitate to go with these men. I have sent them.” 21So Peter went to the men. He said, “I’m the man you’re looking for. Why are you here?” 22The men replied, “Cornelius, a Roman army officer, sent us. He’s a man who has God’s approval and who respects God. Also, the Jewish people respect him. A holy angel told him to summon you to his home to hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:20 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ἀναστὰς κατάβηθι καὶ πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀπέσταλκα αὐτούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ariseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• thereforeἀλλάalla · butG235
• and get thee downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• doubtingδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
• nothingμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• forδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• have sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for Acts 10:20

• Acts 8:26An angel from the Lord said to Philip, “Get up, and take the desert road that goes south from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
• Acts 9:15The Lord told Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.
• Acts 15:7After a lot of debating, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know what happened some time ago. God chose me so that people who aren’t Jewish could hear the Good News and believe.
• Mark 16:15Then Jesus said to them, “So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News.
• Acts 9:17Ananias left and entered Judas’ house. After he placed his hands on Saul, Ananias said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way to Damascus, sent me to you. He wants you to see again and to be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
• Acts 13:4After Barnabas and Saul were sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to the city of Seleucia and from there sailed to the island of Cyprus.
• Isaiah 48:16Come here. Listen to this: From the beginning I have spoken nothing in private. From the time it took place, I was there. Now the Almighty Lord has sent me and his Spirit.
• Zechariah 2:9I’m going to shake my fist at the nations, and their own slaves will loot them. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.

Commentaries on Acts 10:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-33Verses 19-33 When we see our call clear to any service, we should not be perplexed with doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from Peter. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. It ought to be both given and taken as kindness and respect to our kindred and friends, to invite them to join us in religious exercises…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2417-24. while Peter doubted ... what this should mean, behold, the three men ... stood before the gate ... and asked--"were inquiring," that is, in the act of doing so. The preparations here made--of Peter for his Gentile visitors, as of Cornelius for him--are devoutly to be noted. But besides this, at the same moment, "the Spirit" expressly informs him that three men were inquiring for him, and bids him unhesitatingly go with them, as sent by Him.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 10:20

• Catholicity
• Holy Spirit
• Missions

In the dictionaries

• Alms
• Cornelius
• Intent
• Knit
• Respecter
• Trance
• Tree
• Warn
• Acts of the Apostles
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Commentaries on Acts 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings