Acts 11:17
For as much then as God gaue them a like gift, as he did vnto vs, when we beleeued in the Lord Iesus Christ, who was I, that I coulde let God?
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Job 33:13Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Matthew 20:14Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee.
Acts 10:45So they of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was powred out the gift of the holy Ghost.
Acts 11:15And as I began to speake, the holy Ghost fell on them, euen as vpon vs at the beginning.
Romans 9:15For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
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 →