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Selected Verse: Acts 10:29 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 10:29	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
I ask therefore, &c.--The whole speech is full of dignity, the apostle seeing in the company before him a new brotherhood, into whose devout and inquiring minds he was divinely directed to pour the light of new truth.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

I ask therefore, &c.--The whole speech is full of dignity, the apostle seeing in the company before him a new brotherhood, into whose devout and inquiring minds he was divinely directed to pour the light of new truth.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 the messenger, Act 10:22. But Peter now desired from his own lips a more particular statement of the considerations which had induced him to send for him. For what intent - For what purpose or design.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 the messenger, Act 10:22. But Peter now desired from his own lips a more particular statement of the considerations which had induced him to send for him.

For what intent - For what purpose or design.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
With what intent (τίνι λόγω) More strictly, for what reason.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

With what intent (τίνι λόγω)

More strictly, for what reason.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
I ask for what intent ye have sent for me? - St. Peter knew this already. But he puts Cornelius on telling the story, both that the rest might be informed, and Cornelius himself more impressed by the narration: the repetition of which, even as we read it, gives a new dignity and spirit to Peter's succeeding discourse,

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

I ask for what intent ye have sent for me? - St. Peter knew this already. But he puts Cornelius on telling the story, both that the rest might be informed, and Cornelius himself more impressed by the narration: the repetition of which, even as we read it, gives a new dignity and spirit to Peter's succeeding discourse,

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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, as it were, invites him to tell his story afresh, that his friends, etc., might be the better prepared to receive the truth, which he was about to dispense, in obedience to his Divine commission.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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, as it were, invites him to tell his story afresh, that his friends, etc., might be the better prepared to receive the truth, which he was about to dispense, in obedience to his Divine commission.

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