Kisah Para Rasul 10:17

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Petrus bertanya-tanya di dalam hatinya, apa kiranya arti penglihatan yang telah dilihatnya itu. Sementara itu telah sampai di muka pintu orang-orang yang disuruh oleh Kornelius dan yang berusaha mengetahui di mana rumah Petrus.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Petrus bertanya-tanya di dalam hatinya, apa kiranya arti penglihatan yang telah dilihatnya itu. Sementara itu telah sampai di muka pintu orang-orang yang disuruh oleh Kornelius dan yang berusaha mengetahui di mana rumah Petrus.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sedang Petrus lagi bergundah di dalam hatinya akan pengertian penglihatan yang dilihatnya itu, terdirilah orang yang disuruhkan oleh Kornelius itu di muka pintu bertanyakan rumah Simon,

Contextual Overview

⁹ On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre. ¹⁰ And whe he waxed hungry, he would haue eaten: But whyle they made redie, he fell into a traunce. ¹¹ And saw heauen opened, and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him, as it had ben a great sheete, knyt at the foure corners, & was let downe to the earth. ¹² Wherin were all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth, & wilde beastes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre. ¹³ And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate. ¹⁴ But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane. ¹⁵ And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. ¹⁶ This was done thryse, and the vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen. ¹⁷ Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe, what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant: beholde, the men whiche were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiraunce for Simons house, & stoode before the doore, ¹⁸ And called, and asked whether Simo which was sirnamed Peter, were lodged there.

Bible Verse Review
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while: Acts 10:19, Acts 2:12, Acts 5:24, Acts 25:20, John 13:12, 1 Peter 1:11

the men: Acts 10:7-18, Acts 9:43

Reciprocal: Numbers 12:6 - in a vision Isaiah 1:1 - vision Jeremiah 32:8 - Then I Mark 14:22 - this Luke 1:29 - what Acts 9:10 - and to Acts 11:11 - General Acts 12:9 - wist not Acts 17:20 - what

Cross-References

Genesis 34:2
Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now while Peter doubted in himself,.... For notwithstanding what he had heard and seen, he had not at once a full knowledge of this matter. Beza's most ancient copy reads, "as he was in himself, he doubted"; that is, when he came to himself, for he was before, as it were, out of himself, and was in a trance, or ecstasy; and now being come to himself, and reflecting on what he had seen and heard, he had some doubts and hesitations in his mind:

what this vision which he had seen should mean; what the vessel or sheet should signify, what should be meant by the four-footed beasts, c. why he should be called to arise, and kill, and eat such creatures, and what should be designed by God's cleansing them and while he was revolving these things in his mind, and at some uncertainty about them, something providentially happened, which was a key unto, and opened the whole vision clearly to him:

behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiry for Simon's house; they were come to Joppa, and, according to the direction given them, had inquired and found out the house of Simon the tanner, where Peter was:

and stood before the gate; of the house; perhaps knocking at it, in order to bring out somebody within to them, of whom they might inquire for Peter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doubted in himself - Doubted in his own mind. He was perplexed, and did not know how to understand it.

Behold, the men ... - We see here an admirable arrangement of the events of Providence to fit each other. Every part of this transaction is made to harmonize with every other part; and it was so arranged that just in the moment when the mind of Peter was filled with perplexity, the very event should occur which would relieve him of his embarrassment. Such a coincidence is not uncommon. An event of divine Providence may be as clear an expression of his will, and may as certainly serve to indicate our duty, as the most manifest revelation would do, and a state of mind may, by an arrangement of circumstances, be produced that will be extremely perplexing until some event shall occur, or some field of usefulness shall open, that will exactly correspond to it, and indicate to us the will of God. We should then carefully mark the events of God’s providence. We should observe and record the train of our own thoughts, and should watch with interest any event that occurs, when we are perplexed and embarrassed, to obtain, if possible, an expression of the will of God.

Before the gate - The word here rendered “gate,” πυλῶνα pulōna refers properly to the porch or principal entrance to an Eastern house. See the notes on Matthew 9:2; Matthew 26:71. It does not mean, as with us, a gate, but rather a door. See Acts 12:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 10:17. While Peter doubted - the men - stood before the gate — In all this we find an admirable display of the economy of Providence. Cornelius prays, and has a vision which prepares him to receive instruction from Peter: Peter prays, and has a vision which prepares and disposes him to give instruction to Cornelius. While he is in doubts and perplexity what the full meaning of the vision might be, the messengers, who had been despatched under the guidance of an especial Providence, came to the door; and the Holy Spirit gives him information that his doubts should be all cleared up by accompanying the men who were now inquiring for him. How exactly does every thing in the conduct of Providence occur; and how completely is every thing adapted to time, place, and occasion! All is in weight, measure, and number. Those simple occurrences which men snatch at, and press into the service of their own wishes, and call them providential openings may, indeed, be links of a providential chain, in reference to some other matter; but unless they be found to speak the same language in all their parts, occurrence corresponding with occurrence, they are not to be construed as indications of the Divine will in reference to the claimants. Many persons, through these misapprehensions, miscarrying, have been led to charge God foolishly for the unsuccessful issue of some business in which their passions, not his providence, prompted them to engage.