Acts 10:28He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.
The setting
Caesarea Maritima, Israel, ~40 AD. Peter stands in a Roman centurion's house, surrounded by Gentiles he was taught never to enter...
The emotion here: nervous but obedient to divine revelation
The original word
koinoō (κοινοῦν) — to make common/unclean, ceremonially defiled
Why it matters
Jews could be expelled from synagogues for entering Gentile homes
Read with care
What most readers miss in Acts 10:28
Peter is risking his entire Jewish identity and community standing
Common misconceptionPeople think this is just about being nice to everyone. Peter is actually violating 1,500 years of kosher law and risking excommunication from his entire community.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Acts 10:28 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Acts 10:28 comes from the book of Acts, written during the early_church period. These words are attributed to Peter. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include revelation, inclusion. Notable phrases: unlawful thing; God has shown me; unholy or unclean.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
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