Acts 11:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Forasmuch 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?

Acts 11:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:47
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Romans 9:20-26
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? …
Romans 9:15-16
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. …
Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Acts 15:8-9
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-18)

The preaching of the gospel to Cornelius was a thing which we poor sinners of the Gentiles have reason to reflect upon with a great deal of joy and thankfulness; for it was the bringing of light to us who sat in darkness. Now it being so great a surprize to the believing as well as the unbelieving Jews, it is worth while to enquire how it was received, and what comments were made upon it. And here…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

12-18. we entered the man’s house--No mention of Cornelius’ name, much less of his high position, as if that affected the question. To the charge, “Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised,” he simply speaks of the uncircumcised “man” to whom he had been divinely sent.