Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 10:41
Seen notes on verse 40
Seen notes on verse 40
ACTS 10:41 Toward the end of the verse several Western witnesses (with minor variations) make two additions to the usual text: “who ate and drank with him _and accompanied (him),_ after he rose from...
Verse 41. _NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE_] In the order of Divine providence, the public were to be no longer instructed by Jesus Christ _personally_; but it was necessary that those who were to preach redemp...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE - Not to the nation at large, for this was not necessary in order to establish the truth of his resurrection. He, however, showed himself to many persons. See the Harmony of the...
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...
PETER'S SPEECH. Acts 10:34 f. declares that Peter regards the persons before him, though not Jews, as fit to enter the Church and share in the promises. The word for respecter of persons is a new one;...
So Peter opened his mouth and said, "In truth I have come to understand that God has no favourites; but that in every nation he who fears him and acts righteously is acceptable to him. As for the word...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
CHOSEN BEFORE. Greek. _procheirotoneo._ Only here. Compare Acts 14:23. DID EAT... WITH. Greek. _sunesthio._ Here, Acts 11:3.Luke 15:2;...
_not to all the people_ For they, having rejected Moses and the prophets, who foretold Christ's coming, and the nature of His Kingdom, were not likely, as Jesus Himself had said of some others of like...
SPEECH OF PETER TO CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS...
ΟΥ̓ ΠΑΝΤῚ ΤΩ͂Ι ΛΑΩ͂Ι, _not to all the people_. For they, having rejected Moses and the prophets, who foretold Christ’s coming, and the nature of His kingdom, were not likely, as Jesus Himself had said...
_PETER'S SERMON TO THE GENTILES ACTS 10:34-48:_ Peter said that he was certain that God treats all people alike. Everyone that worships God and does His will, can be saved. Peter recognized that God r...
ΠΡΟΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΜΈΝΟΙΣ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΡΟΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΈΩ (G4401) выбирать или назначать, выбирать заранее (RWP). Они были подобраны заранее, ΣΥΝΕΦΆΓΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΕΣΘΊΩ (G4906) е...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, &C.— It has frequently been asked, Why Christ did not shew himself to all the people, but to his disciples only? Now it may be sufficient to reply, that where there are witnesse...
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,...
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE - for it was not fitting that He shoul...
31 The conversion of Cornelius is not in accord with the truth for today. Salvation is not offered to those who have access to God in prayer, for such are already saved. It is for sinners, and the ung...
10:41 who (b-16) As ch. 5.16....
Eat and drink] see on Acts 1:4....
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...
UNTO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE. — Better, _appointed._ The precise word which St. Luke uses occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, but is connected with the word rendered “ordained” in Acts 14:23. WH...
οὐ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, and therefore Cornelius could not have known the details fully. Theophylact well remarks, “If even the disciples were incredulous, and needed touch and talk, what would have happened...
GENTILES RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 10:34-48 The address with which Peter answered the centurion's inquiry was largely a recapitulation of the great facts of gospel history. The ministry of Jesus i...
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 Preached to the Assembled Gentiles The beginning of Peter's sermon makes it obvious that he had learned a great new lesson. As Ash said, "Acceptability to God no longer depended on national desc...
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses (r) chosen before of God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. (r) This choosing of the apostles is properly given to Go...
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...
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: (35) But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. (36) Th...
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...
41.If any man demand here, Why God did not show his Son openly to all men after his resurrection? I answer, Although there could no reason be showed, yet ought the counsel of God alone to suffice sobe...
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...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE,.... Of the Jews, who crucified him; nor to the whole body of the Christians, though at one time to a large number, even five hundred brethren at once: BUT UNTO WITNESSES CHOSEN...
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, _even_ to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. Ver. 41. _Eat and drink with him_] _In nihilam abiit cibus po...
_And we_ His apostles, of whom I have the honour and happiness to be one; _are witnesses of all things which he did_ Having been present when he did them; _both in the land of the Jews_ In all parts o...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT UNTO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE OF GOD, EVEN TO US, WHO DID EAT AND DRINK WITH HIM AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD....
The last part of Peter's sermon:...
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...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT TO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE BY GOD, _EVEN_ TO US WHO ATE AND DRANK WITH HIM AFTER HE AROSE FROM THE DEAD. 1. Jesus was not out in public to all men. However, God wanted to m...
34-43 Acceptance cannot be obtained on any other ground than that of the covenant of mercy, through the atonement of Christ; but wherever true religion is found, God will accept it without regarding...
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE: Christ after his resurrection appeared not to the wicked Jews, for being to suffer no more, his enemies were not vouchsafed a sight of him; and thus he did not manifest himself...
Acts 10:41 not G3756 all G3956 people G2992 but G235 witnesses G3144 before G4401 (G5772) by G5259 God...
“Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made openly known, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose...
PETER'S SPEECH TO CORNELIUS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AND FRIENDS (10:34-48)....
Acts 10:41. NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE. Alexander's remark here is just, that to commit the testimony to select eye-witnesses was ‘more in keeping with the dignity and glory of the risen Saviour, which wou...
CHOSEN BEFORE (προκεχειροτονημενοις). Perfect passive participle dative plural from προχειροτονεω, to choose or designate by hand (χειροτονεω, χειρ, hand, and τεινω, to stretch, as in Acts 14:23; 2...
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...
WE ARE WITNESSES. They _saw first hand_ his life and power, and saw him after he had raised from death. NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE. The reason why he did not show himself to all the unbelievers after his r...
_And we are witnesses of all things which He did._ THE APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY I. Its substance. 1. Christ’s miracles. “All things which He did.” These miracles were-- (1) Declarative of His Divine po...
_And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting._ PETER AT CAESAREA We welcome his revelation that the grace of God has so boundless a reach; that in His government men are accountable not for know...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:41 WHO ATE AND DRANK WITH HIM shows that Jesus had a real physical body after his resurrection. Eating and drinking are signs of close personal fellowship....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:34 This message to the Gentiles provides a summary of Jesus’ ministry. The speech may have been a much longer one, which Luke summarizes. ⇐...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:34. The word for RESPECTER OF PERSONS, προσωπολήπτης, is found only here in the N.T., though προσωποληψία occurs in Romans 2:11. Acts 10:35. ACCEPTED WITH HIM.—Better, acce...
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...
Acts 1:2; Acts 1:22; Acts 1:3; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:31;...
Chosen before [π ρ ο κ ε χ ε ι ρ ο τ ο ν η μ ε ν ο ι ς]. Only here in New Testament. The simple verb ceirotonew, to appoint, occurs Acts 14:23; 2 Corinthians 8:19; and originally means to stretch out...
AFTER HIS RESURRECTION Acts 10:38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to what shall follow, we wish to call attention to the fact that the early Church gave an unchallenged testimony to the resurrec...
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...
Not now to all the people — As before his death; to us who did eat and drink with him — That is, conversed familiarly and continually with him, in the time of his ministry....