Acts 10:28
26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- WEB
- He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.
- ASV
- and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and [yet] unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:
- DARBY
- And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.
- BLB
- And he was saying to them, “You⁺ know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to unite himself or to come near to a foreigner. But God showed to me not to call a man common or unclean.
- ÅB
- og han sa til dem: Dere vet hvor utillatelig det er for en jøde å omgåes med noen av et annet folk eller å gå inn til ham; men Gud viste meg at jeg ikke skulle kalle noe menneske vanhellig eller urent;
- OTB
- Han sa til dem: "Dere er klar over at det er mot vår lov for en jøde å omgås eller besøke en hedning. Men Gud har vist meg at jeg ikke skal kalle noen urene eller vanhellige.
- B1930
- og han sa til dem: I vet hvor utillatelig det er for en jøde å omgåes med nogen av et annet folk eller å gå inn til ham; men Gud viste mig at jeg ikke skulde kalle noget menneske vanhellig eller urent;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 4:9
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
Read in contextEphesians 3:6–7
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextGalatians 2:12–14
For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
Read in contextJohn 4:27
Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
Read in contextJohn 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:5
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Read in contextActs 11:9
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
Read in contextActs 22:21–22
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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