King James Version
Acts 11:4 in the King James Version says “But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,”
Acts 11:4 · KJV
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised , and didst eat with them.
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“it by order”
G2517thereafter, i.e., consecutively; as a noun (by ellipsis of noun) a subsequent person or time
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
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