Acts 10:46

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For they heard them speaking in other tongues and declaring the greatness of God.

King James Version (1611)
For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,

King James Version
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

English Standard Version
For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

New American Standard Bible
For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter responded,

New Century Version
These believers heard them speaking in different languages and praising God. Then Peter said,

Amplified Bible
For they heard them talking in [unknown] tongues (languages) and exalting and magnifying and praising God. Then Peter said,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered,

Legacy Standard Bible
For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

Berean Standard Bible
For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

Contemporary English Version
Now they were hearing Gentiles speaking unknown languages and praising God. Peter said,

Complete Jewish Bible
on the Goyim, for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Kefa's response was,

Darby Translation
for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

Easy-to-Read Version
They heard them speaking different languages and praising God. Then Peter said,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,

George Lamsa Translation
For they heard them speak with divers tongues, and magnify God.

Good News Translation
For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up:

Lexham English Bible
for they heard them speaking in tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter said,

Literal Translation
For they heard them speaking in languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

American Standard Version
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Bible in Basic English
And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

Hebrew Names Version
For they heard them speak with other languages and magnify God. Then Kefa answered,

International Standard Version
For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

Etheridge Translation
For they heard them speaking with tongues; and they magnified Aloha. And Shemun said,

Murdock Translation
For they heard them speak with diverse tongues, and magnify God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they hearde them speake with tounges, & magnifie God. Then aunswered Peter:

English Revised Version
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

World English Bible
For they heard them speak with other languages and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

Weymouth's New Testament
For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling the majesty of God. Then Peter said,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei herden hem spekynge in langagis, and magnyfiynge God.

Update Bible Version
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

Webster's Bible Translation
For they heard them speak in languages and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

New English Translation
for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

New King James Version
For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

New Living Translation
For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God. Then Peter asked,

New Life Bible
They heard them speak in special sounds and give thanks to God. Then Peter said,

New Revised Standard
for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then answered Peter -

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

Revised Standard Version
For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For they hearde them speake with tonges and magnify God. Then answered Peter:

Young's Literal Translation
for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they herde that they spake with tunges, and magnified God. The answered Peter:

Mace New Testament (1729)
for they heard them express their praises to God in divers languages.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But sure enough, these Gentiles were speaking in languages they didn't know and praising the Boss.Then Pete said,

Contextual Overview

⁴⁴No sooner were these words out of Peter's mouth than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners. The believing Jews who had come with Peter couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on "outsider" non-Jews, but there it was—they heard them speaking in tongues, heard them praising God. Then Peter said, "Do I hear any objections to baptizing these friends with water? They've received the Holy Spirit exactly as we did." Hearing no objections, he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay on for a few days. ⁴⁷Peter's Vision There was a man named Cornelius who lived in Caesarea, captain of the Italian Guard stationed there. He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer. One day about three o'clock in the afternoon he had a vision. An angel of God, as real as his next-door neighbor, came in and said, "Cornelius." Cornelius stared hard, wondering if he was seeing things. Then he said, "What do you want, sir?" The angel said, "Your prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. Here's what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter. He is staying with Simon the Tanner, whose house is down by the sea." As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two servants and one particularly devout soldier from the guard. He went over with them in great detail everything that had just happened, and then sent them off to Joppa. The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. It was about noon. Peter got hungry and started thinking about lunch. While lunch was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw the skies open up. Something that looked like a huge blanket lowered by ropes at its four corners settled on the ground. Every kind of animal and reptile and bird you could think of was on it. Then a voice came: "Go to it, Peter—kill and eat." Peter said, "Oh, no, Lord. I've never so much as tasted food that was not kosher." The voice came a second time: "If God says it's okay, it's okay." This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the skies. As Peter, puzzled, sat there trying to figure out what it all meant, the men sent by Cornelius showed up at Simon's front door. They called in, asking if there was a Simon, also called Peter, staying there. Peter, lost in thought, didn't hear them, so the Spirit whispered to him, "Three men are knocking at the door looking for you. Get down there and go with them. Don't ask any questions. I sent them to get you." Peter went down and said to the men, "I think I'm the man you're looking for. What's up?" They said, "Captain Cornelius, a God-fearing man well-known for his fair play—ask any Jew in this part of the country—was commanded by a holy angel to get you and bring you to his house so he could hear what you had to say." Peter invited them in and made them feel at home. The next morning he got up and went with them. Some of his friends from Joppa went along. A day later they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had his relatives and close friends waiting with him. The minute Peter came through the door, Cornelius was up on his feet greeting him—and then down on his face worshiping him! Peter pulled him up and said, "None of that—I'm a man and only a man, no different from you." Talking things over, they went on into the house, where Cornelius introduced Peter to everyone who had come. Peter addressed them, "You know, I'm sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don't do this—visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other. So the minute I was sent for, I came, no questions asked. But now I'd like to know why you sent for me." Cornelius said, "Four days ago at about this time, midafternoon, I was home praying. Suddenly there was a man right in front of me, flooding the room with light. He said, ‘Cornelius, your daily prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. I want you to send to Joppa to get Simon, the one they call Peter. He's staying with Simon the Tanner down by the sea.' "So I did it—I sent for you. And you've been good enough to come. And now we're all here in God's presence, ready to listen to whatever the Master put in your heart to tell us." Peter fairly exploded with his good news: "It's God's own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you're from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open. The Message he sent to the children of Israel—that through Jesus Christ everything is being put together again—well, he's doing it everywhere, among everyone. "You know the story of what happened in Judea. It began in Galilee after John preached a total life-change. Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, ready for action. He went through the country helping people and healing everyone who was beaten down by the Devil. He was able to do all this because God was with him. "And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn't put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we're not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets." No sooner were these words out of Peter's mouth than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners. The believing Jews who had come with Peter couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on "outsider" non-Jews, but there it was—they heard them speaking in tongues, heard them praising God. Then Peter said, "Do I hear any objections to baptizing these friends with water? They've received the Holy Spirit exactly as we did." Hearing no objections, he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay on for a few days. ⁴⁸Peter's Vision There was a man named Cornelius who lived in Caesarea, captain of the Italian Guard stationed there. He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer. One day about three o'clock in the afternoon he had a vision. An angel of God, as real as his next-door neighbor, came in and said, "Cornelius." Cornelius stared hard, wondering if he was seeing things. Then he said, "What do you want, sir?" The angel said, "Your prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. Here's what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter. He is staying with Simon the Tanner, whose house is down by the sea." As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two servants and one particularly devout soldier from the guard. He went over with them in great detail everything that had just happened, and then sent them off to Joppa. The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. It was about noon. Peter got hungry and started thinking about lunch. While lunch was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw the skies open up. Something that looked like a huge blanket lowered by ropes at its four corners settled on the ground. Every kind of animal and reptile and bird you could think of was on it. Then a voice came: "Go to it, Peter—kill and eat." Peter said, "Oh, no, Lord. I've never so much as tasted food that was not kosher." The voice came a second time: "If God says it's okay, it's okay." This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the skies. As Peter, puzzled, sat there trying to figure out what it all meant, the men sent by Cornelius showed up at Simon's front door. They called in, asking if there was a Simon, also called Peter, staying there. Peter, lost in thought, didn't hear them, so the Spirit whispered to him, "Three men are knocking at the door looking for you. Get down there and go with them. Don't ask any questions. I sent them to get you." Peter went down and said to the men, "I think I'm the man you're looking for. What's up?" They said, "Captain Cornelius, a God-fearing man well-known for his fair play—ask any Jew in this part of the country—was commanded by a holy angel to get you and bring you to his house so he could hear what you had to say." Peter invited them in and made them feel at home. The next morning he got up and went with them. Some of his friends from Joppa went along. A day later they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had his relatives and close friends waiting with him. The minute Peter came through the door, Cornelius was up on his feet greeting him—and then down on his face worshiping him! Peter pulled him up and said, "None of that—I'm a man and only a man, no different from you." Talking things over, they went on into the house, where Cornelius introduced Peter to everyone who had come. Peter addressed them, "You know, I'm sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don't do this—visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other. So the minute I was sent for, I came, no questions asked. But now I'd like to know why you sent for me." Cornelius said, "Four days ago at about this time, midafternoon, I was home praying. Suddenly there was a man right in front of me, flooding the room with light. He said, ‘Cornelius, your daily prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. I want you to send to Joppa to get Simon, the one they call Peter. He's staying with Simon the Tanner down by the sea.' "So I did it—I sent for you. And you've been good enough to come. And now we're all here in God's presence, ready to listen to whatever the Master put in your heart to tell us." Peter fairly exploded with his good news: "It's God's own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you're from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open. The Message he sent to the children of Israel—that through Jesus Christ everything is being put together again—well, he's doing it everywhere, among everyone. "You know the story of what happened in Judea. It began in Galilee after John preached a total life-change. Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, ready for action. He went through the country helping people and healing everyone who was beaten down by the Devil. He was able to do all this because God was with him. "And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn't put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we're not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets." No sooner were these words out of Peter's mouth than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners. The believing Jews who had come with Peter couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on "outsider" non-Jews, but there it was—they heard them speaking in tongues, heard them praising God. Then Peter said, "Do I hear any objections to baptizing these friends with water? They've received the Holy Spirit exactly as we did." Hearing no objections, he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay on for a few days.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

speak: Acts 2:4, Acts 2:11, Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 14:20-25

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 47:3 - waters were to the ankles Mark 16:17 - they Luke 24:47 - among John 14:12 - greater Acts 11:15 - the Holy Ghost 1 Corinthians 12:10 - divers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they heard them speak with tongues,.... With divers tongues, which they had never learned, and before did not understand: and magnify God; they spoke of the wonderful works of God in these languages, as the apostles did at Pentecost, Acts 2:11 they spoke greatly in the praise of God, and gave thanks for his rich grace and mercy bestowed on them:

then answered Peter; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Speak with tongues - In other languages than their own native tongue, Acts 2:4.

And magnify God - And praise God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 10:46. And magnify God. — They had got new hearts as well as new tongues; and, having believed with the heart unto righteousness, their tongues made confession unto salvation; and God was magnified for the mercy which he had imparted.