Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Parallel translations
- WEB But arise, get 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 15:7–9And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
- Zech 2:9–11For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
- Isa 48:16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
- Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Acts 13:4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
- Acts 9:17And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
- Acts 8:26And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
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