Acts 11:17
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?
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Job 33:13Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters.
Job 40:8Will you also nullify my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
Matthew 20:14Take that yours is, and go your way: I will give unto this last, even as unto you.
Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. (o. pneuma)
Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit (o. pneuma) fell on them, as on us at 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 →