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Act 10:28. Ὑμεῖς) ye yourselves. He addresses all in his own name, not also in the name of those accompanying him.-προσέρχεσθαι, to come unto) an act which is even less than κολλᾶσθαι, to join one’s self with.-ἀλλοφύλῳ, one of an alien nation) Euphemism [for Gentile].-καὶ) for ἀλλὰ, and for but.-ἐμοὶ, to me) This word is emphatic.-[ὁ Θεὸς, GOD) Peter might suppose the knowledge of the true GOD as existing on the part of Cornelius: Act 10:34; Act 10:36.-V. g.]-ἔδειξε, hath showed) The word is employed in the strict sense: Act 10:11. He speaks sparingly as to his own hesitation, and as to the secret vision which he had seen.-ἄνθρωπον, no one that is a man) This is elegantly put last: it involves an Ætiology [the reason assigned], and intensifies the universality of the language.