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Selected Verse: Acts 10:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ac 10:28 |
Strong Concordance |
And [5037] he said [5346] unto [4314] them [846], Ye [5210] know [1987] how [5613] that it is [2076] an unlawful thing [111] for a man [435] that is a Jew [2453] to keep company [2853], or [2228] come unto [4334] one of another nation [246]; but [2532] God [2316] hath shewed [1166] me [1698] that I should not [3367] call [3004] any [3367] man [444] common [2839] or [2228] unclean [169]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Ye know it is . . . unlawful . . . for . . . a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation, &c.--There was no express prohibition to this effect, and to a Certain extent intercourse was certainly kept up. (See the Gospel history, towards the end). But intimate social fellowship was not practiced, as being adverse to the spirit of the law. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It is an unlawful thing - This was not explicitly enjoined by Moses, but it seemed to be implied in his institutions, and was, at any rate, the common understanding of the Jews. The design was to keep them a separate people. To do this, Moses forbade alliances by contract, or marriage, with the surrounding nations, which were idolatrous. See Lev 18:24-30; Deu 7:3-12; compare Ezr 9:11-12. This command the Jews perverted, and explained it as referring to contact of all kinds, even to the exercise of friendly offices and commercial transactions. Compare Joh 4:9.
Of another nation - Greek: another tribe. It refers here to all who were not Jews.
God hath showed me - Compare Act 15:8-9. He had showed him by the vision, Act 10:11-12.
Any man common or unclean - See the notes on Act 10:14. That no man was to be regarded as excluded from the opportunity of salvation, or was to be despised and abhorred. The gospel was to be preached to all; the barrier between Jews and Gentiles was broken down, and all were to be regarded as capable of being saved. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
An unlawful thing (ἀθέμιτον)
The word is peculiar to Peter, being used only here and Pe1 4:3. See note there. It emphasizes the violation of established order, being from the same root as τίθημι, to lay down or establish. The Jews professed to ground this prohibition on the law of Moses; but there is no direct command in the Mosaic law forbidding Jews to associate with those of other nations. But Peter's statement is general, referring to the general practice of the Jews to separate themselves in common life from uncircumcised persons. Juvenal says that the Jews were taught by Moses "not to show the way except to one who practises the same rites, and to guide the circumcised alone to the well which they seek" (Sat., xiv., 104, 105). Tacitus also says of the Jews that "among themselves they are inflexibly faithful, and ready with charitable aid, but hate all others as enemies. They keep separate from all strangers in eating, sleeping, and matrimonial connections" ("Histories," v., 5).
Of another nation (ἀλλοφύλῳ)
Only here in New Testament. Used of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 13:3-5 (Sept.).
Me
Emphatic, by contrast with ye. "Ye know," etc., "but God hath showed me." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| But God hath showed me - He speaks sparingly to them of his former doubt, and his late vision. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing, etc. - He addressed the whole company, among whom, it appears, there were persons well acquainted with Jewish customs; probably some of them were Jewish proselytes.
But God hath showed me, etc. - He now began to understand the import of the vision which he saw at Joppa. A Gentile is not to be avoided because he is a Gentile; God is now taking down the partition wall which separated them from the Jews. |
14 But [1161] Peter [4074] said [2036], Not so [3365], Lord [2962]; for [3754] I have [5315] never [3763] eaten [5315] any thing [3956] that is common [2839] or [2228] unclean [169].
11 And [2532] saw [2334] heaven [3772] opened [455], and [2532] a certain [5100] vessel [4632] descending [2597] unto [1909] him [846], as [5613] it had been a great [3173] sheet [3607] knit [1210] at the four [5064] corners [746], and [2532] let down [2524] to [1909] the earth [1093]:
12 Wherein [1722] [3739] were [5225] all manner [3956] of fourfooted beasts [5074] of the earth [1093], and [2532] wild beasts [2342], and [2532] creeping things [2062], and [2532] fowls [4071] of the air [3772].
8 And [2532] God [2316], which knoweth the hearts [2589], bare them [846] witness [3140], giving [1325] them [846] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], even [2532] as [2531] he did unto us [2254];
9 And [2532] put [1252] no [3762] difference [1252] between [3342] [5037] us [2257] and [2532] them [846], purifying [2511] their [846] hearts [2588] by faith [4102].
9 Then [3767] saith [3004] the woman [1135] of Samaria [4542] unto him [846], How is it that [4459] thou [4771], being [5607] a Jew [2453], askest [154] drink [4095] of [3844] me [1700], which am [5607] a woman [1135] of Samaria [4542]? for [1063] the Jews [2453] have [4798] no [3756] dealings [4798] with the Samaritans [4541].
11 Which thou hast commanded [06680] by [03027] thy servants [05650] the prophets [05030], saying [0559], The land [0776], unto which ye go [0935] to possess [03423] it, is an unclean [05079] land [0776] with the filthiness [05079] of the people [05971] of the lands [0776], with their abominations [08441], which have filled [04390] it from one end [06310] to another [06310] with their uncleanness [02932].
12 Now therefore give [05414] not your daughters [01323] unto their sons [01121], neither take [05375] their daughters [01323] unto your sons [01121], nor seek [01875] their peace [07965] or their wealth [02896] for [05704] ever [05769]: that ye may be strong [02388], and eat [0398] the good [02898] of the land [0776], and leave it for an inheritance [03423] to your children [01121] for ever [05769].
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages [02859] with them; thy daughter [01323] thou shalt not give [05414] unto his son [01121], nor his daughter [01323] shalt thou take [03947] unto thy son [01121].
4 For they will turn away [05493] thy son [01121] from following [0310] me, that they may serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430]: so will the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] be kindled [02734] against you, and destroy [08045] thee suddenly [04118].
5 But thus shall ye deal [06213] with them; ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], and break down [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [01438] their groves [0842], and burn [08313] their graven images [06456] with fire [0784].
6 For thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] thee to be a special [05459] people [05971] unto himself, above all people [05971] that are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
7 The LORD [03068] did not set his love [02836] upon you, nor choose [0977] you, because ye were more [07230] in number than any people [05971]; for ye were the fewest [04592] of all people [05971]:
8 But because the LORD [03068] loved [0160] you, and because he would keep [08104] the oath [07621] which he had sworn [07650] unto your fathers [01], hath the LORD [03068] brought you out [03318] with a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and redeemed [06299] you out of the house [01004] of bondmen [05650], from the hand [03027] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
9 Know [03045] therefore that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], he is God [0430], the faithful [0539] God [0410], which keepeth [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617] with them that love [0157] him and keep [08104] his commandments [04687] to a thousand [0505] generations [01755];
10 And repayeth [07999] them that hate [08130] him to their face [06440], to destroy [06] them: he will not be slack [0309] to him that hateth [08130] him, he will repay [07999] him to his face [06440].
11 Thou shalt therefore keep [08104] the commandments [04687], and the statutes [02706], and the judgments [04941], which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to do [06213] them.
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if [06118] ye hearken [08085] to these judgments [04941], and keep [08104], and do [06213] them, that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall keep [08104] unto thee the covenant [01285] and the mercy [02617] which he sware [07650] unto thy fathers [01]:
24 Defile [02930] not ye yourselves in any of these things [0428]: for in all these the nations [01471] are defiled [02930] which I cast out [07971] before [06440] you:
25 And the land [0776] is defiled [02930]: therefore I do visit [06485] the iniquity [05771] thereof upon it, and the land [0776] itself vomiteth out [06958] her inhabitants [03427].
26 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708] and my judgments [04941], and shall not commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441]; neither any of your own nation [0249], nor any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you:
27 (For all these [0411] abominations [08441] have the men [0582] of the land [0776] done [06213], which were before [06440] you, and the land [0776] is defiled [02930]
28 That the land [0776] spue not you out [06958] also, when ye defile [02930] it, as it spued out [06958] the nations [01471] that were before [06440] you.
29 For whosoever shall commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441], even the souls [05315] that commit [06213] them shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] their people [05971].
30 Therefore shall ye keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], that ye commit [06213] not any one of these abominable [08441] customs [02708], which were committed [06213] before [06440] you, and that ye defile [02930] not yourselves therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
3 For [1063] the time [5550] past [3928] of our life [979] may suffice [713] us [2254] to have wrought [2716] the will [2307] of the Gentiles [1484], when we walked [4198] in [1722] lasciviousness [766], lusts [1939], excess of wine [3632], revellings [2970], banquetings [4224], and [2532] abominable [111] idolatries [1495]: