Acts 11:12

And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: AND THE SPIRIT BADE ME GO WITH THEM, [NOTHING DOUBTING]. We have bracketed the last two words, as of doubtful authority: they may have been copied from ; but internal evidence is rather favourable to them here also. MOREOVER THESE SIX BRETHREN ACCOMPANIED ME. This important specification we have only from Peter himself, the historian being more general (). It is doubtless mentioned to show how careful he had been to provide a sufficiency of competent witnesses of so great a transaction. AND WE ENTERED INTO THE MAN'S HOUSE. No mention is here made of the name of Cornelius, much less of his high positio...

1-18 The imperfect state of human nature strongly appears, when godly persons are displeased even to hear that the word of God has been received, because their own system has not been attended to. And we are too apt to despair of doing good to those who yet, when tried, prove very teachable. It is the bane and damage of the church, to shut out those from it, and from the benefit of the means of grace, who are not in every thing as we are. Peter stated the whole affair. We should at all times bear with the infirmities of our brethren; and instead of taking offence, or answering with warmth, we should explain our motives, and show the nature of our proceedings. That preaching is certainly right, with which the Holy Ghost is given. While men are very zealous for their own regulations, they should take care that they do not withstand God; and those who love the Lord will glorify him, when m...

Verse Acts 11:12. _THESE SIX BRETHREN_] Probably pointing to them, being present, as proper persons to confirm the truth of what he was delivering....

See Acts 10:9....

EXPOSITION ACTS 11:1 _Now_ for _and_, A.V.; _the_ _brethren _for brethren, A.V.; _also had_ for _had also_, A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great revolution would travel to the metropolis of Jewish Christianity, and what a stir it would maim in that community. It does not appear what view James and the other apostles took. ACTS 11:2 THEY THAT WERE OF THE CIRCUMCISION. At first sight this phrase, which was natural enough in Acts 10:45, seems an unnatural one in the then condition of the Church, when all the members of it were "of the circumcision," and there were no Gentile converts

AND THE SPIRIT BADE ME GO WITH THEM, NOTHING DOUBTING,.... Acts 10:20, MOREOVER, THESE SIX BRETHREN ACCOMPANIED ME; it seems by this, that the six brethren that went along with Peter from Joppa to Caesarea, came also with him from thence to Jerusalem, and were now present, whom he points to; so that it looks as if Peter was aware, that he should be called to an account for his conduct, when he should come to Jerusalem; and therefore brought these six brethren with him, to be witnesses for him, of what they had seen and heard, which was a very wise and prudential step: AND WE ENTERED INTO THE MAN'S HOUSE; the house of Cornelius, for entering into whose house they were contending with him, and where he entered not alone, but the six brethren with him; the Ethiopic version wrongly reads "three"....

ACTS 11:12 mhde.n diakri,nanta {C} Although it may be, as Lake and Cadbury admit, that the Western text preserves the original reading and that the words were interpolated from the parallel account in Acts 10:20 (mhde.n diakrino,menoj), a majority of the Committee was not persuaded, chiefly because the earliest form(s) of the reading utilize the active (not the middle) voice of the verb. The reading of H L P _al_ was interpreted as due to the influence of Acts 10:20, not for the insertion but for the assimilation of the voice of the participle....

CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Peter's Defense in Jerusalem (Acts 11:1)._ 2. The Beginning of the Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19). 3. Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22). 4. The Prophecy of Agabus (Acts 11:27). Peter silenced the objections of his brethren in Jerusalem by a rehearsal of his experience. Acts 11:19 connects with Acts 8:4. Antioch comes now into prominence as the great Gentile center of Christianity. A great number believed and turned unto the Lord. Then B

PETER DEFENDS HIS ACTION AT JERUSALEM. As Philip's action at Samaria (Acts 8:14), so here Peter's doings at Cæ sarea are reported at Jerusalem. The Samaritans were, in many respects, Jews, but Cornelius and his friends were not. Would the Mother Church agree to the offering of the Gospel to Gentiles? A variant in Acts 11:2 puts quite a different colour on the course of events. D, with ancient Syriac and Latin versions, reads: Now Peter wished for a considerable time to go to Jerusalem, and he called the brethren to him and confirmed them, speaking at length and teaching them from district to district, and he met them and announced to them the grace of God (_cf._ Acts 11:23) and the brethren of the circumcision disputed with him, etc. A

PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...