The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.
- KJV And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:
- NKJV Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
- NASB And the Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
- NLT The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry that they were Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon entered the home of the man who had sent for us.
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Quick answer
The Spirit told Peter to go with them without discriminating, and six brothers accompanied him. Peter acted under the Spirit's command with witnesses present.
Overview
Peter stresses that the Spirit Himself directed him to go without making distinctions, removing any charge of presumption. The six fellow believers serve as corroborating witnesses to what God did. The verse shows Peter's actions were both Spirit-led and openly verifiable, not a private decision.
Cross-references & the web
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- Acts 8:29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- Rom 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Acts 10:23So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
- 2 Th 2:2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
- Acts 16:6–7After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
- Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
- John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
- Matt 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- Acts 10:19–20As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- Acts 15:7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
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