Acts 10:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

know. Greek. epistamai. App-132.

unlawful. Greek. athemitos. Here and 1 Peter 4:3. Themis is that which is established by custom or usage.

keep company. Greek. kollaomai. See Luke 15:15.

one of another nation. aliens. Greek. allophulos Only here in N.T., but frequently in Septuagint, where the Hebrew reads "Philistines".

hath. Omit.

me. Emphatic because it stands first in the sentence. "Me God shewed".

not call any. call no (Greek. medeis).

Acts 10:28

28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.