Acts 10:16

This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. THIS WAS DONE THRICE, [ epi (G1909) tris (G5151)] (see Genesis 41:32). AND THE VESSEL WAS RECEIVED UP AGAIN - rather, 'immediately' [ euthus (G2117) having much better support than palin (G3825)] "into heaven." Arrival of the Messengers-Peter, Divinely Directed to Go Down to Them, Obeys-They Tell Their Errand, Are Invited In, and Lodged (10:17-23)...

16._This was done thrice. _The repetition of the vision served for the confirmation of Peter, lest any doubt (672) should remain in his mind. Whence we gather how deeply the observing of the law was rooted in his mind. And I know no reason why God left him in a dump, [perplexed,] until, by the event which followed, he might learn the cause of the vision, save only because being astonished he did not desire to know what this thing meant; although it was all in good time, that the messengers of Cornelius should come shortly after to interpret it. The _vessel _was at length taken up again into heaven, that Peter might be certified that this message came from heaven, [God.]...

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 be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it....

Verse Acts 10:16. _THIS WAS DONE THRICE_] For the greater certainty, and to make the deeper impression on the apostle's mind. _AND THE VESSEL WAS RECEIVED UP AGAIN INTO HEAVEN._] Both Jews and Gentiles came equally _from_ God; and to him, _both_, by the preaching of the Gospel, shall again _return_....

THIS WAS DONE THRICE - Three times, doubtless to impress the mind of Peter with the certainty and importance of the vision. Compare Genesis 41:32....

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 Caesarea (see note to Acts 9:30) was but a short distance, some thirty miles, from Joppa. It was doubtless with a view to Peter's momentous errand to Caesarea that Luke recorded his previous visit to Lydda and his residence at Joppa, consequent upon the restoring of Dorcas to life: the _origines _of Gentile Christianity being the prime object of the Acts (see Introduction to the Acts). THE ITALIAN BAND; or, _cohort _(σπείρα). The σπείρα, or cohort, was used in two _senses. _When spoken of strictly Roman troops, it meant the ten

THIS WAS DONE THRICE,.... That is, either the voice spoke the same words three times, or the sheet was let down three times; and it may be both; it may be, that every time the voice was spoke, the sheet was let down: this was done, not with respect to any mystical meaning in the number three, but for the confirmation of Peter, that he might be the more firmly assured of the truth of the things represented unto him: AND THE VESSEL WAS RECEIVED UP AGAIN INTO HEAVEN; to denote, that when the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, whether Jews or Gentiles, are all gathered in, by the preaching of the Gospel to them, they will be taken up to heaven, their original and native place, and be for ever with the Lord; as well as to certify to Peter, that what was now shown him on earth, concerning the taking away the distinction of men and meats, was ratif...

ACTS 10:16 euvqu.j avnelh,mfqh {B} The readings with pa,lin before or after avnelh,mfqh reflect scribal assimilation to the parallel account in Acts 11:10. Of the other readings, a majority of the Committee preferred euvqu.j avnelh,mfqh, which is well supported by î74 a A B C Egr 81 88 1877 vg syrhmg _al_. [Since the adverb euvqu,j occurs nowhere else in Acts (though euvqe,wj occurs nine times), and in view of the unexplained absence of any adverb in...

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 Gentiles (Acts 10:34). 5. The Interrupted Message (Acts 10:44). The ending of the preceding chapter tells us that Peter tarried in Joppa in the house of Simon the tanner. Was he breaking with his Jewish law and customs? Tanning as a trade was considered unclean by the Jews. In...

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. Acts 2:15_). No food was ordinarily eaten by the Jews before midday. Acts 10:10. Peter is in a house where there are people to prepare his meal. A TRANCE: _cf._ Genesis 15:12;...