Acts 11:17

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that I could withstand God?

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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, that he said, John baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:14Take what is yours, and go your way: I wish to give to this last man, just as to you.

Acts 10:45And those of the circumcision who believed, as many as came with Peter, were astonished because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out upon the Gentiles.

Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as upon us in the beginning.

Romans 9:15For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will 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 →

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