Acts 10:21

So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “ Greetings! I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

In Context

20So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you (sg) should not go with them because of their being non-Jews, because I have sent them here!”

22One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a Roman army officer, sent us here. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people [HYP] who know about him say that he is a very good man. An angel ◄who was sent from God/whom God sent► said to him, ‘Tell some men to go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and bring him here, so that you (sg) can hear what he has to say.’”

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Cross References

Mark 10:51Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Sir, I want to be able to see again!”

John 18:4Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So as they approached, he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:20-34

Peter Directed to Go to Cornelius; Peter Goes to Cornelius; Interview between Peter and Cornelius. 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that… Read the whole commentary →

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