Acts 11:17
Since then God gave unto them the equal gift, as also unto us, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, to be able to resist God?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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Matthew 20:14Take thine own, and go. I wish to give unto this last one, even as unto thee.
Acts 10:45And the faithful ones who were of the circumcision, so many as came along with Peter, were astonished, because the gift of the Holy Ghost was poured out on the Gentiles also;
Acts 11:15And when I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Romans 9:15For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I do have mercy, and I will commiserate whom I do commiserate.
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 →