Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore came I unto you, without gainsaying,.... Readily and cheerfully, without objecting to it, or saying one word against it, or making any excuse to put it off:
as soon as I was sent for: he…
Barnes' Notes
Without gainsaying - without “saying anything against it”; without hesitation or reluctance. I ask, therefore ... - The main design for which Cornelius had sent for him had been mentioned to Peter by…
Adam Clarke
I ask - for what intent ye have sent for me? - Peter had been informed of this by the servants of Cornelius, Act 10:22; but, as all the company might not have been informed of the circumstances, he,…
We have here the meeting between Peter the apostle, and Cornelius the centurion. Though Paul was designed to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and to gather in the harvest among them, and Peter to be…
Cambridge Bible
without gainsaying Following in faith the guidance of the Spirit, though I only saw dimly what God would have me to do.