Acts 11:17
If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, then who was I, that I could withstand God?
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Job 33:13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Job 40:8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Matthew 20:14Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that 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, even as on us at the beginning.
Romans 9:15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have 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 →