Verse 29
Acts 10:29
GOD'S WORD Translation
29
Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?”
Original Language Text
greek
διὸ καὶ ἀναντιρρήτως ἦλθον μεταπεμφθείς πυνθάνομαι οὖν τίνι λόγῳ μετεπέμψασθέ με.
English Translation
Therefore, I have come without contradiction, having been sent, so I inquire by what reason you have sent for me.
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Chapter 10 Context
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Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Itali...
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a devout man, and one who feared God (Elohim) with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy gener...
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At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God (Elohim) coming to hi...
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He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?”
He said to him, “Your...
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Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter.
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He lodges with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
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When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a d...
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Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the h...
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He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
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He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four...
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in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of th...
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A voice came to him,
“Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”
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But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
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A voice came to him again the second time,
“What God (Elohim) has cleansed, you must not call unclea...
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This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.
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Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold,...
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and called and asked whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
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While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three
men seek you.
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But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
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Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”
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They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God (Elohim), and well spoken...
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So he called them in and provided a place to stay. On the next day Peter arose and went out with the...
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On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together h...
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When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
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But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”
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As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.
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He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join him...
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Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for m...
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Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my...
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and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight...
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Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is also called Peter. He lodges in the house of a tan...
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Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here prese...
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Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God (Elohim) doesn’t show favoritism;
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but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
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The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Yashua (Jesus) Chr...
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you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee...
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even Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth, how God (Elohim) anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power,...
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We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they a...
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God (Elohim) raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,
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not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God (Elohim), to us, who ate and d...
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He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God (Eloh...
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All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive...
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While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
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They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of t...
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For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God (Elohim).
Then Peter answered,
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“Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit j...
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He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Yashua (Jesus) Christ. Then they asked him to stay s...
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