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Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
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Send someone to Joppa to get Simon Peter. He is a guest in the home of another Simon, who works with leather. He lives by the sea.'
Acts 10:32 Meaning and Commentary
Acts 10:32
Send therefore to Joppa (See Gill on Acts 10:5), (See Gill on Acts 10:6).
who when he cometh shall speak unto thee, is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, but agrees with ( Acts 10:6Acts 10:22 ) .
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Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me
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and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
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Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.’
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So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”
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Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism