Acts 10:28

Acts 10:28

26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, ^a“Stand up; I myself am also a man.”

27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found many who had come together.

28 Then he said to them, “You know how ^aunlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But ^bGod has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

29 Therefore I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. I ask, then, for what reason have you sent for me?”

30 So Cornelius said,¹ “Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, ^aa man stood before me ^bin bright clothing,

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, ^ayour prayer has been heard, and ^byour alms are remembered in the sight of God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, whose surname is Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.¹ When he comes, he will speak to you.’

33 So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.”

Preaching to Cornelius’ Household

34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: ^a“In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.

35 But ^ain every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is ^baccepted by Him.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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How that it is an unlawful thing (wv aqemiton estin). The conjunction wv is sometimes equivalent to oti (that). The old form of aqemitov was aqemistov from qemisto (qemizw, qemiv, law custom) and a privative. In the N.T. only here and I Peter 4:3 (Peter both times). But there is no O.T. regulation forbidding such social contact with Gentiles, though the rabbis had added it and had made it binding by custom. There is nothing more binding on the average person than social custom. On coming from the market an orthodox Jew was expected to immerse to avoid defilement (Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, pp. 26-28; Taylor's Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, pp. 15, 26, 137, second edition). See also Acts 11:3; Galatians 2:12. It is that middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile (Ephesians 2:14) which Jesus broke down.

One of another nation (allofulw). Dative case of an old adjective, but only here in the N.T. (allov, another, fulon, race). Both Juvenal (Sat. XIV. 104, 105) and Tacitus (History, V. 5) speak of the Jewish exclusiveness and separation from Gentiles.

And yet unto (kamoi). Dative of the emphatic pronoun (note position of prominence) with kai (crasiv) meaning here "and yet" or adversative "but" as often with kai which is by no means always merely the connective "and" (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 1182f.). Now Peter takes back both the adjectives used in his protest to the Lord (verse Acts 10:14) "common and unclean." It is a long journey that Peter has made. He here refers to "no one" (mhdena), not to "things," but that is great progress.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 10:28:**

Luke 17:18
John 18:28
Acts 5:13
Acts 9:26
Acts 10:2
Acts 10:3
Acts 10:14
Acts 11:3
Acts 17:34
Romans 14:14
2 Timothy 1:18
1 Peter 4:3

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