Acts 10:45. They of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter. The expression in the original is very strong. They were almost out of their mind with wonder. As to the persons whose wonder here forms so prominent a part of the scene, see Acts 10:23 and Acts 11:12.
Verse Acts 10:45. _THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION - WERE ASTONISHED_] Because it was a maxim with them that the _Shechinah_ or Divine influence could not be revealed to any person who dwelt beyond the prec...
AND THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION - Who had been Jews. WERE ASTONISHED - Were amazed that Gentiles should be admitted to the same favor as themselves....
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...
RESULT OF THE SERMON. The Holy Spirit comes as a rule at baptism, but here, before anything is said about baptism, Peter's speech is interrupted by the descent of the Spirit. Those who had come with P...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
When Peter was still saying these things the Holy Spirit fell upon those who were listening to his word. All the Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Spirit had be...
THEY, &C, i.e. the Jews. Compare Acts 11:2.Romans 4:12; Romans 15:8; Galatians 1:2;...
The Holy Ghost is sent upon Cornelius and his friends, and they are baptized 45. _they of the circumcision_ The six Jewish Christians mentioned in Acts 11:12 as companions of St Peter....
THE HOLY GHOST IS SENT UPON CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS, AND THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY BAPTIZED...
ΟἹ ἘΚ ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ͂Σ, _they of the circumcision_, i.e. those six Jewish Christians mentioned in Acts 11:12 as companions of St Peter from Joppa....
_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...
ΈΞΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G1839) быть вне себя от изумления, удивляться, поражаться (BAGD). Великое изумление верующих иудеев было очевидно, потому что они считали: присутствия Бога удос...
THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION—WERE ASTONISHED, &C.— The Jews had a proverb among them, that the Holy Spirit would not dwell upon any heathen, nor even upon any Jew in a prophetic or miraculous manner in a...
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,...
Seen notes on verse 44...
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. AND THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WH...
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...
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 THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHICH BELIEVED... — St. Luke obviously dwells on this as a testimony, beyond suspicion, to the reality of the gift. Those who came with Peter were apparently not sharers a...
οἱ ἐκ π., see Acts 10:23, _cf._ Romans 4:12, and for the phrase as describing St. Paul's most bitter and narrow opponents, see Galatians 2:12; Colossia
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...
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit A remarkable thing occurred while Peter was speaking. Gentiles, who had never gotten rid of their uncleanness through circumcision and sacrifice, were baptized with the...
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...
In the midst of Peter's flaming Pentecostal sermon, his appreciative audience, responsive to the Holy Ghost, received by faith the simple, wonderful and paradoxical truth enunciated by the preacher an...
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (45) And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on t...
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...
45._The faithful were astonished. _He calleth them faithful who were as yet possessed with a wicked error. So the Lord doth not by and by wipe away all clouds of ignorance from his, and yet they do no...
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 THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHICH BELIEVED,.... Or "of the Jews that believed", as the Ethiopic version renders it; the circumcised Jews who believed in Jesus Christ: WERE ASTONISHED, AS MANY AS CAM...
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 45. _See Trapp on "_ Act 10:...
_While Peter yet spake_ Or, _was yet speaking; these words_ Even before he had finished, and without the imposition of his hands on their heads; _the Holy Ghost fell_ On Cornelius, and _on all them wh...
THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION; the brethren that accompanied him from Joppa, verse Acts 10:23....
The effect of the sermon:...
AND THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHICH BELIEVED WERE ASTONISHED, AS MANY AS CAME WITH PETER, BECAUSE THAT ON THE GENTILES ALSO WAS POURED OUT THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST....
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 THOSE OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHO BELIEVED WERE ASTONISHED, AS MANY AS CAME WITH PETER, BECAUSE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD BEEN POURED OUT ON THE GENTILES ALSO. 1. It is clear that the Holy Spir...
"And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit" It is hard for us to appreciate the a...
44-48 The Holy Ghost fell upon others after they were baptized, to confirm them in the faith; but upon these Gentiles before they were baptized, to show that God does not confine himself to outward s...
THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION; such as were not only themselves circumcised, but born of circumcised parents, who are thus called, GALATIANS 2:12. These, not minding, or understanding, the many predictions...
Acts 10:45 And G2532 of G1537 circumcision G4061 believed G4103 astonished G1839 (G5627) as G3745 with G4905 ...
‘And they of the circumcision who were believers were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with t...
PETER'S SPEECH TO CORNELIUS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AND FRIENDS (10:34-48)....
THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHICH BELIEVED (ο εκ περιτομης πιστο). The believing ones of the circumcision, more exactly.WERE AMAZED (εξεστησαν). Second aorist active indicative, intransitive, of εξι...
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...
THE JEWISH BELIEVERS. They were amazed that God would do this to Gentiles, whom they thought of as being "cut off from God." This is the only time mentioned in the Scriptures of the Holy Spirit coming...
_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...
_While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the Word._ PETER’S PREACHING I. The effects of Peter’s preaching. It-- 1. Converted Gentiles. Peter preached the gospe...
_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 10:23; Acts 11:15; Acts 11:3; Colossians 2:13; Colossians 2:14;
They of the circumcision. From this point Luke distinguishes Christians into two classes - those of the circumcision and those of the uncircumcision; calling the former Jews, and the latter Gentiles o...
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 believers of the circumcision — The believing Jews....