6He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
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And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. …
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; …
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise ( Eph. 3:3 , 6 ), that it concerns us carefully to observe all the circumstances of the beginning of this great work, this part of the mystery of godliness—…
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