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Acts 10:29 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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? "
Acts 10:29
Verse in Context
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And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
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.
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?
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
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Acts 10:1
"There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian"
Acts 10:2
"A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway."
Acts 10:3
"He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius."
Acts 10:4
"And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."
Acts 10:5
"And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:"
Acts 10:6
"He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."
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