-
Verse 39. _WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL_] In this speech St. Peter may
refer, not only to the twelve apostles, but to the six brethren whom
he had brought with him.
_WHOM THEY SLEW_] As the truth of the _...
-
AND WE ARE WITNESSES - We who are apostles. See the notes on Luke
24:48.
IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS - In the country of Judea.
WHOM THEY SLEW ... - Our translation would seem to imply that there
were tw...
-
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;...
-
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
-
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...
-
WITNESSES. Greek. _martur._ See note on Acts 1:8.
LAND. country. Greek. _chora._
SLEW. Greek. _anaireo._ See note on Acts 2:23.
AND HANGED. having hanged Him.
ON. Greek. _epi._ App-104.
TREE. See...
-
_And we are witnesses of all things_ Because they had been with Jesus
from the beginning of His ministerial life (Luke 24:48).
_whom they slew and hanged on a tree_ Rather (with the oldest MSS.)
"who...
-
SPEECH OF PETER TO CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS...
-
ἐσμεν omitted with אABCDE.
39. ΚΑῚ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΜΆΡΤΥΡΕΣ, _and we are witnesses_.
Because they had seen His mighty works through His whole ministerial
life (Luke 24:48).
ὯΝ ἘΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ. For this attraction s...
-
_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...
-
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160)
делать,
ΆΝΕΪ́ΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΙΡΈΩ (G337)
убивать,
ΚΡΕΜΆΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΚΡΕΜΆΝΝΥΜΙ
(G2910) вешать,
ΞΎΛΟΝ (G3586) дерево (J.M. Baumg...
-
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,...
-
39. Not content with assuming that these facts were familiar to them,
Peter gives them a surer foundation for their convictions, by
presenting the testimony upon which he relies to prove the facts. (3...
-
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
AND WE [ARE] WITNESSES, [ esmen (G2070) is not genuine] - no ob...
-
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...
-
10:39 cross. (a-30) As ch. 5.30....
-
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...
-
AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS. — The Apostle still keeps before
him the main idea of his mission as laid down in the command given by
his Lord (Acts 1:8).
BOTH IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS. — Speaking...
-
ἀνεῖλον, see above, p. 155. κρεμάσαντες, p. 154....
-
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...
-
Whom they killed. At the very first, says[4] St. John Chrysostom, the
apostles preached Christ crucified, and tell them they had put to
death on a cross the Lord of all things, the judge of the living...
-
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...
-
39._And we be witnesses. _That he may make his words to be believed,
he saith, that he and his fellows in office saw with their eyes all
those things which they spake concerning Christ. (707) Shortly...
-
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 WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS,.... That is, Peter, and the rest
of the apostles, were witnesses, even eyewitnesses, of Christ's going
about from place to place, and of the good he did every where...
-
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Ver. 39. _And we are witnesses_] Eye-witnesses (which are far bett...
-
_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...
-
A TREE; the cross....
-
AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH IN THE LAND OF
THE JEWS AND IN JERUSALEM; WHOM THEY SLEW AND HANGED ON A TREE....
-
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...
-
AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH IN THE LAND OF
THE JEWS AND IN JERUSALEM, WHOM THEY KILLED BY HANGING ON A TREE.
1. Peter now brings in himself. Peter did not just read about the...
-
"And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the country
of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging Him on.
tree" "And are therefore able to give firsthand evidence or tes...
-
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...
-
WE ARE WITNESSES; the apostles, whom Christ had chosen to go in and
out with him, and to be eye and ear witnesses of all that was done by
him, or against him. WHOM THEY SLEW: their killing of our Savi...
-
Acts 10:39 And G2532 we G2249 are G2070 (G5748) witnesses G3144 things
G3956 which G3739 did G4160 ...
-
“And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country
of the Jews, and in Jerusalem.”
He then points out that he and his fellow believers were witnesses of
all that he did ‘in the count...
-
PETER'S SPEECH TO CORNELIUS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AND FRIENDS (10:34-48)....
-
Acts 10:39. WE ARE WITNESSES. There is an emphatic stress in this
sentence on the word _‘we'_ Dean Alford adds very justly, that by
this emphatic word Peter at once takes away the ground from the
exag...
-
AND WE ARE WITNESSES
(κα ημεις μαρτυρες). Compare "ye yourselves know"
(verse Acts 10:37). Peter thus appeals to what the audience know and
to what the disciples know. He made the same claim about p...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
_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...
-
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:39 TREE may refer to Deuteronomy 21:23. Through
his death, Jesus took on himself the penalty for sin. See...
-
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...
-
1 Peter 2:24; Acts 13:27; Acts 2:23; Acts 2:24; Acts 3:14;...
-
They slew. The best texts insert kai, also : "whom also they slew;"
also having an incressive force. They added this crowning atrocity to
other persecutions.
Tree. See on Luke 23:31....
-
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...
-
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...