But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
- BSB So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
- NKJV Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
- NASB But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.”
- NLT Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
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Quick answer
The Spirit commands Peter to go with the men without hesitation, for God Himself sent them. Obedience here means setting aside deep-rooted scruples.
Overview
To 'doubt nothing' is to act without the inner division that Peter's traditions would naturally raise about associating with Gentiles. The ground of the command is that God has sent them, so resistance would be resistance to God. The verse models trust in God's clear word even when it cuts against ingrained conviction.
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- Acts 15:7–9When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.
- Zech 2:9–11For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me.
- Isa 48:16“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, with his Spirit.
- Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
- Acts 13:4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
- Acts 9:17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
- Acts 8:26But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
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