Verse 20
Acts 10:20
New Living Translation
20
Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
Original Language Text
greek
ἀλλὰ ἀναστὰς κατάβηθι καὶ πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, ⸀ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀπέσταλκα αὐτούς.
English Translation
But rise up, go down, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regim...
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He was a devout, God (Elohim)-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to t...
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One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God (Elohim) coming t...
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Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. And the angel replied, “Yo...
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Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.
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He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
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As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier,...
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He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
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The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray...
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and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.
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In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.
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Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”
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“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure a...
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But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God (Elohim) has made it clean.”
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The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.
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Peter was very perplexed. What could the vision mean? Just then the men sent by Cornelius found Simo...
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they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.
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Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come...
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Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
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So Peter went down and said, “I’m the man you are looking for. Why have you come?”
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They said, “We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God (Elohim)-fearing man,...
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So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some...
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They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together h...
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As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.
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But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!”
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So they talked together and went inside, where many others were assembled.
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Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this...
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So I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me why you sent for me.”
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Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in t...
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He told me, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by...
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Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon...
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So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here, waiting before God (...
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Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God (Elohim) shows no favoritism.
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In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
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This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel — that there is peace with God (Elohim) th...
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You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his messag...
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And you know that God (Elohim) anointed Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with pow...
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“And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to deat...
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but God (Elohim) raised him to life on the third day. Then God (Elohim) allowed him to appear,
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not to the general public, but to us whom God (Elohim) had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We...
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And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Yashua (Jesus) is the one appointed by Go...
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He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have t...
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Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the messa...
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The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poure...
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For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God (Elohim). Then Peter asked,
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“Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we d...
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So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Yashua (Jesus) Christ. Afterward Cornelius...
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