Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 10:15
See notes on verse 9
See notes on verse 9
Verse Acts 10:15. _WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED_] God, who made at first the distinction between Jews and Gentiles, has a right to remove it, whenever and by whatever means he pleases: he, therefore, who m...
WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED - What God has pronounced or declared pure. If God has commanded you to do a thing, it is not impure or wrong. Perhaps Peter would suppose that the design of this vision was to...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Cornelius of Caesarea and his Preparation (Acts 10:1)._ 2. The Trance-vision of Peter (Acts 10:9). 3. Peter with Cornelius at Caesarea (Acts 10:17). 4. Peter Preaching to the Gentil...
ACTS 10:9. THE HOUSETOP TO PRAY: _ cf._ 2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Daniel 6:10. SIXTH HOUR: an hour of prayer (cf....
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
On the next day, when they were on the way and when they were getting near the city, about midday Peter went up to the housetop to pray. He became hungry and he wanted something to eat. When they were...
THE SECOND TIME. Literally from (Greek. _ek._ App-104.). second (time). WHAT. The things which....
_And the_[a] _voice spake unto him again the second time_ coming from heaven as the first voice had come. There is no verb in the original, and it would perhaps be better to supply "came" rather than...
ΚΑῚ ΦΩΝῊ ΠΆΛΙΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and a voice came again the second time_. As there is no verb in the sentence, ἐγένετο, as in 13, must be supplied. ἘΚ ΔΕΥΤΈΡΟΥ defines precisely what was not definite with πάλι...
PETER IS PREPARED BY A VISION FOR THE COMING OF CORNELIUS’ MESSENGERS...
_PETER'S VISION WHILE ON THE HOUSETOP ACTS 10:9-18:_ Peter was prejudiced against Gentile and his Jewish prejudice had to be broken. While on a housetop praying Peter saw a vision of something like a...
ΈΚΑΘΆΡΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΘΑΡΊΖΩ (G2511) очищать. Существовало позднее раввинистическое учение, что во времена Мессии правила о нечистой пище будут пересмотрены (SB, 4, ii:1147; 1163). ΚΟΊΝΟΥ...
WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, &C.— The single proposition is, "That which God hath cleansed, is notcommon or impure." But no one who reads this history, can doubt of its having this double sense; first, tha...
IN CAESAREA, Acts 10:1-48. a. Cornelius and his vision. Acts 10:1-8. Acts 10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,...
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. AND THE VOICE SPAKE UNTO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, THAT CALL NOT (OR...
There were two classes of proselytes: the proselytes of righteousness and the proselytes of the gate. The former, by circumcision and conformation to the Jewish ritual, became incorporated into the Je...
PETER AND THE GENTILES 1-48. Conversion of Cornelius. The baptism of Cornelius was an event of farreaching importance, and is, therefore, described by St. Luke in great detail. If it was not the first...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 10 CORNELIUS THE SOLDIER, 10:1-8 V1 There was a man called Cornelius in Caesarea. He was a captain in the *Roman army. He was the captain of a...
WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, THAT CALL NOT THOU COMMON. — In the framework of the vision, the clean and the unclean beasts stood on the same footing, were let down from heaven in the same sheet. That had p...
CHAPTER 6 THE PETRINE VISION AT JOPPA. Acts 10:9 THERE are two central figures in the conversion of Cornelius. The one is the centurion himself, the other is St. Peter, the selected and predestined...
The last word of Acts 10:14 carries us back to the thought of the teaching of his Master, which St. Peter had evidently not yet realised, _cf._ Mark 7:19. Mark alone draws the inference, “ _this He sa...
GUIDANCE FOR MEN WHO PRAY Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blooded G...
The story of Cornelius is remarkable. In himself, as Luke tells us, he was "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." This m...
Peter's Vision On the next day at noon, while the emissaries were on their way, Peter went to the top of Simon's house to pray. He became very hungry while preparations for the noon meal were being ma...
And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] (l) call not thou common. (l) Do not consider them to be unprofitable....
God hath purified. Not that the Almighty had already sanctified the Gentiles; but he had called them, that they might become so. He had thrown down the wall of separation, which had stood between Jew...
SANCTIFICATION OF CORNELIUS 1-48. Cornelius was a noted Roman officer living at Caesarea, the seat of the imperial government in Judea. The Holy Ghost pronounces him _Eusebees_, _i. e_., godly, and ce...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
15._God hath made clean. _He speaketh of meats; but this sentence must be extended unto all parts of the life. It is word for word, _That which God hath made clean, do not thou make profane; _but the...
The undiminished power of Peter, his apostolic authority, in the midst of which the entrance of Cornelius into the spiritual house of God takes place, in connection with Peter's ministry, and that, af...
AND THE VOICE SPAKE UNTO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME,.... The following words, WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED; that is, hath pronounced clean and lawful to be used, as he now had all sorts of food, Matthew 15:...
And the voice _spake_ unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, _that_ call not thou common. Ver. 15. _That call not thou common_] Or profane thou not, συ μη κοινου. _See Trapp on "_ Ac...
_And the voice spake the second time_ When God commands a strange, or seemingly improper thing, the first objection frequently finds pardon. But it ought not to be repeated. This doubt and delay of Pe...
HATH CLEANSED; declared no longer unclean for food. Under this symbol of the abolition of the Jewish distinction of clean and unclean animals, is signified the breaking down of "the middle wall of par...
AND THE VOICE SPAKE UNTO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, THAT CALL NOT THOU COMMON....
The vision of Peter:...
Gentiles also must now hear the gospel. The heart of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, had been already prepared by God, having a wholesome, genuine fear of God that proved itself in kind works toward the...
AND A VOICE _SPOKE_ TO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, " WHAT GOD HAS CLEANSED YOU MUST NOT CALL COMMON. " 1. The command came again. 2. When God cleanses something - it is not unclean. 3. The Greek word...
"And. voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common"What God hath cleansed" "What God has pronounced pure you must not call defiled" (TCNT). In His earthly mi...
9-18 The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to...
Do not make in thy esteem, or practice, as COMMON, that is, polluted. The Jews did imagine, that by unclean creatures were meant the Gentiles, as by clean creatures they would have themselves to be un...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III But when Peter saw the vision, in which the voice from heaven said to him, "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common,"[190] Novation On the Jewish Meats...
Acts 10:15 And G2532 voice G5456 to G4314 him G846 again G3825 G1537 time G1208 What G3739 God...
‘And a voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, do not treat as common.” ' But immediately there came a word of rebuke. (We might even paraphrase as, ‘What God has cleansed, ho...
Acts 10:15. A second time. The mention of this fact is a pointed part of his statement at Jerusalem (Acts 11:9), and he adds there that this second voice came ‘from heaven.' WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, T...
MAKE NOT THOU COMMON (συ μη κοινου). Note emphatic position of συ (thou). Do thou stop making common what God cleansed (εκαθαρισεν). The idiom of μη with the present active imperative κοινου means...
Acts 10:15 The Transition from the Old to the New. I. The questions raised by this narrative are _not_met by the simple consideration of the narrow prejudice and even bigotry of the apostle of the ci...
Acts 10:14 The Comprehensiveness of the Gospel. I. The gospel is here compared to a _great sheet,_ a clear hint as to the cosmopolitan character of Christianity. It is noteworthy that Christianity a...
CONTENTS: Peter opens the gospel door to the Gentiles. Cornelius sends for Peter and Peter goes to Caesarea. Peter's sermon to Gentiles in Cornelius' house. Holy Spirit comes upon Gentile believers....
Acts 10:1. _Cornelius, a centurion._ The person to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel is described by name, Cornelius. By his occupation, a soldier. By his religion, a proselyte or converted...
HE SAW HEAVEN OPENED. The meaning of this vision is clear. Peter is hungry. He sees a sheet lowered down, containing all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds. Many of these are ritually "unclean...
_There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion._ PETER’S VISION The record of the advance of the young Church gives in quick succession three typical conversions: first, that of t...
_On the morrow … Peter went up upon the housetop to pray._ RETIREMENT NECESSARY FOR PRAYER Have you noticed that if all day long there is not a knock at the door, there will be one if you retire to p...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:13 KILL AND EAT. God was overturning the old clean/unclean distinctions and dietary laws in general, along with all other “ceremonial” laws in the Mosaic covenant (including laws...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
EXPOSITION ACTS 10:1 Now _there was _(two last words in italics) for _there was _(in roman), A.V. and T.R.; _Cornelius by name _for _called Cornelius, _A.V. A glance at the map will show that Caesare...
In the first chapter of Acts, Jesus said to His disciples, "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Ju...
1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Timothy 4:3; Acts 10:28; Acts 11:9; Acts 15:20
Call not thou common [σ υ μ η κ ο ι ν ο υ]. The thought goes deeper than merely styling "common." Lit., do not thou defile. Do not profane it by regarding and calling it common. Rev., "make not thou c...
THE STORY OF CORNELIUS Acts 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of the far-flu...
What God hath purified — Hath made and declared clean. Nothing but what is clean can come down from heaven. St. Peter well remembered this saying in the council at Jerusalem, Acts 15:9....