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 called out and began to ask whether Simon, also called Peter, was staying in this place as a guest. 19Now while Peter was mulling over the vision, the Ruach said to him, “Look here, three men are looking for you. But get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitating, because I Myself have sent them.” 21Going down to the men, Peter said, “Here, I’m the one you’re looking for. What is the reason for your coming?” 22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well-spoken of by all the Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

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 8:26Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get up, and go south on the road going down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a choice instrument to carry My name before nations and kings and Bnei-Yisrael.
• Acts 15:7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Good News and believe.
• Mark 16:15He told them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.
• Acts 9:17So Ananias left and entered into the house. Laying hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Yeshua, the One who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—has sent me, so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh.”
• Acts 13:4So, sent out by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
• Isaiah 48:16Draw near to Me, hear this: Since the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time it existed, I was there. So now Adonai Elohim has sent Me, and His Ruach.”
• Zechariah 2:9For I”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“will be a wall of fire around it and I will be the glory inside it.

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