Acts 11:17

If, then, God gave them the like gift that he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

In Context

16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as he said, John immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit.

18And when they heard these things, they ceased to contend; and they glorified God, saying: Then, indeed, has God given to the Gentiles also repentance in order to life.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:14Take what is yours, and go; I will give to this last even as to you.

Acts 10:45And the believers that were of the circumcision, as many as had come with Peter, were astonished, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit:

Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

Romans 9:15For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →

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