Acts Chapter 11 verse 4 Holy Bible
But Peter began, and expounded `the matter' unto them in order, saying,
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But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,
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But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,
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But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
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But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
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And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Began and expounded the matter unto them in order for rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning.--Better, perhaps, the word "rehearse" having grown into a different shade of meaning, began and set forth the matter. The translators seem to have paraphrased the participle "having begun" somewhat more fully than its actual meaning admits. The almost verbal repetition of the same narrative as that of Acts 10 seems, at first sight, inconsistent with our common standard of skill in composition. The probable explanation of it is that St. Luke obtained the first narrative from the disciples whom he met at Caesarea, and the second from those of Jerusalem, and that the close agreement of the two seemed to him, as indeed it was, a confirmation of the truth of each.
