Acts - 11:11



11 Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

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Explanation and meaning of Acts 11:11.

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And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.
And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house wherein I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
And behold, immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Cesarea to me.
"Now at that very moment three men came to the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to find me.
And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.
And look, immediately three men stood before the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
And behold, immediately there were three men standing near the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
At that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to see me, came up to the house in which we were.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And behold, immediately,.... The moment the vision was over;
there were three men already come unto the house where I was; they stood before the gate, as in Acts 10:17 and as the Syriac and Ethiopic here have it, and were inquiring for Peter, whether he lodged there; and these men were
sent from Caesarea unto me; the Syriac version adds, "by Cornelius": now this incident being just at the close of the above vision, served greatly to explain it to the apostle, and encouraged him to do what he had done; and besides which, he had also the express order of the Spirit, for his going with them to Cornelius's house, as follows.

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