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Acts 10:5

Acts 10:5
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And now send men to Joppa,.... Which lay near to Caesarea;

and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: the angel was not sent to instruct Cornelius himself, but to direct him to an apostle of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 10:1-8

The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Acts 10:1-8

Act 10:1-8. Cornelius is divinely warned to send for Peter

St Luke now brings to our notice the circumstances which attended the first preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles. The Apostles, though…

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