New Living Translation
Acts 10:20
20Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
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 a man named Simon Peter was staying there. 19Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you. Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.” 21So Peter went down and said, “I’m the man you are looking for. Why have you come?” 22They said, “We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God-fearing man, well respected by all the Jews. A holy angel instructed him to summon you to his house so that he can hear your message.”
Read all of Acts 10Acts 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 8:26As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
- Acts 9:15But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.
- Acts 15:7At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: “Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe.
- Mark 16:15And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
- Acts 9:17So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. They went down to the seaport of Seleucia and then sailed for the island of Cyprus.
- Isaiah 48:16Come closer, and listen to this. From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.” And now the Sovereign Lord and his Spirit have sent me with this message.
- Zechariah 2:9I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s 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
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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
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