Acts 10:20

So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The Spirit addresses Peter while he is pondering a vision, at the exact moment three men arrive searching for him. The words — ἀναστὰς (anastas) = having risen and κατάβηθι (katabēthi) = do go down frame the immediate physical response required to the divine command. The thread — The pattern of direct divine instruction and authoritative commission appears in Acts 15:7, Zechariah 2:9, and Isaiah 48:16. Why it lands — The text demands immediate compliance with a Spirit-initiated mission, treating the accompanying men as sent by God rather than evaluating their background.

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The Greek words

ἀλλ᾽all᾽But ἀναστὰςanastashaving risen κατάβηθιkatabēthido go down καὶkaiand πορεύουporeuoudo proceed σὺνsunwith αὐτοῖςautoisthem μηδὲνmēdennothing διακρινόμενος,diakrinomenosdoubting,ὅτιhotisince ἐγὼegōI myself ἀπέσταλκαapestalkahave sent αὐτούς.autousthem.

King James Version

Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

Cross-references

Acts 15:7 After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
Zechariah 2:9 I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
Isaiah 48:16 Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
Acts 9:15 “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
Acts 9:17 So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 13:4 So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.