George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 11:18
They held their peace, and glorified God, that the gate of salvation was also opened to the Gentiles. (Witham)
They held their peace, and glorified God, that the gate of salvation was also opened to the Gentiles. (Witham)
Verse Acts 11:18. _THEY HELD THEIR PEACE_] Their prejudices were confounded; they considered the subject, and saw that it was from God; then they glorified him, because they saw that he had granted u...
THEY HELD THEIR PEACE - They were convinced, as Peter had been, by the manifest indications of the will of God. THEN HATH GOD ... - The great truth in this manner established that the doors of the chu...
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 ...
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 Corneli...
"And, look you, thereupon, three men, who had been sent to me from Caesarea, stood at the house where we were. The Spirit told me to go with them and to make no distinctions. These six brethren also c...
PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
WHEN THEY HEARD. Now, having heard. HELD THEIR PEACE. ceased, as in Acts 21:14. See Luke 14:4; Luke 23:56; 1 Thessalonians 4:11....
_they held their peace_ But though those who heard the account of St Peter were satisfied that God had called Gentiles as well as Jews, there were others who, some perhaps with a real but misguided ze...
Acts 11:1-18. THE JUDÆO-CHRISTIANS BLAME PETER. HE MAKES HIS DEFENCE AT JERUSALEM...
ἩΣΎΧΑΣΑΝ, _they held their peace_. But though those who listened to St Peter’s narrative were satisfied that God had now called Gentiles as well as Jews to be of His Kingdom, there were others who, so...
_PETER'S DEFENSE OF HIS VISIT TO THE GENTILES ACTS 11:1-18:_ The apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. When Peter returned to Jerusalem he...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 11:1. ΗΣΎΧΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΉΣΥΧΆΖΩ (G2270) хранить молчание. Inch, _aor._, "они замолчали" ΈΔΌΞΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) славить,...
DISCOURSE: 1770 LIFE GRANTED TO THE GENTILES Acts 11:18. _Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life_. HERE we have an account of an event in which we all are deeply interested....
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, &C.— When they had heard St. Peter's apology, they were silent, and acquiesced, turning their accusations of theapostle into praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God, who...
AT JERUSALEM. Acts 11:1-18. a. News reaches Jerusalem; objection. Acts 11:1-3. Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of...
18. The effect of these influences was the same upon them that it had been upon Peter. (18) "_When they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God to the Gentile...
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, THEY HELD THEIR PEACE,...
4 So important is this new departure that Peter's rehearsal before his indignant brethren is given in full, for it removes the great obstacle which lay in the way of the further spread of the evangel....
THE EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH TO JUDÆA AND SAMARIA (ACTS 8:4 TO ACTS 11:18) The Christians, scattered by persecution, preach everywhere through Judaea and Samaria. The places specially mentioned are Sa...
The Church of Jerusalem unanimously endorsed Peter's action, doubtless because the case was an exceptional one, and was not likely to become a precedent. When St. Paul made a practice of doing what St...
THE FIRST GENTILE CHURCH 1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism itself...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 PETER’S REPORT TO THE *CHURCH IN *JERUSALEM, 11:1-18 V1 The *apostles and the *believers in *Judea heard that the *Gentiles also had receive...
THEY HELD THEIR PEACE, AND GLORIFIED GOD. — The difference of tenses in the two Greek verbs implies that they first held their peace, and then began a continuous utterance of praise. The fact was obvi...
ἡσύχασαν, _cf._ Acts 21:14 and Luke 14:3, so in LXX, Nehemiah 5:8 (Job 32:6, Hebrew different); also in a different sense in...
FOLLOWING A PLAIN COURSE Acts 11:1-18 It is very interesting here to find Peter on the defensive. We have always thought of him as masterful and strong, the born leader of men, whose authority was ab...
It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusalem...
Peter Explains His Actions News of the events in Cornelius' house reached Jerusalem and the apostles, even, apparently, before Peter made his way back to the city. Prior to the baptism of Cornelius an...
(2) When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. (2) Those who ask a question of the truth which th...
_“And hearing these things they glorified God saying, Then has God granted unto the Gentiles repentance unto life.”_ The reason why there is much spurious repentance is because it is man's work, the t...
THE BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST FOR JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE IN ALL AGES 14-18. _“Who shall speak words unto you by which you and all your house shall be saved.”_ Does not this look like they were yet...
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. (2) And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended wi...
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...
_THE NATURE OF REPENTANCE_ ‘Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.’ Acts 11:18 There is a repentance which is not unto life. ‘Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation,...
18._When they heard these things they were quieted. _The end doth show that those were not moved with malice which did contend with Peter; for this is an evident sign of godliness, in that being thoro...
Acts 11:19 begins the narration of the new order of things by which the ministry of Paul is distinguished. Among those who were scattered abroad on the occasion of Stephen's death, and who went as far...
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS,.... Peter's vision at Joppa, and Cornelius's at Caesarea, and the wonderful pouring forth of the Spirit upon these Gentiles under Peter's sermon: THEY HELD THEIR PEACE;...
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Ver. 18. _They held their peace_] And by their silence...
_Then remembered I the word of the Lord_ This descent of the Holy Ghost on them, as on us at the beginning of our public ministry, was such an extraordinary occurrence, that I immediately called to mi...
THEY HELD THEIR PEACE; being convinced that Peter did right. REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE; that which, through the grace of God, secures eternal life. Though it is the duty of men to repent, that they may re...
The conclusion of Peter:...
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, THEY HELD THEIR PEACE, AND GLORIFIED GOD, SAYING, THEN HATH GOD ALSO TO THE GENTILES GRANTED REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE. Peter himself, as he here reminds his critics, had had...
News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly o...
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS THEY BECAME SILENT; AND THEY GLORIFIED GOD, SAYING, " THEN GOD HAS ALSO GRANTED TO THE GENTILES REPENTANCE TO LIFE. " 1. They became silent. What could you say? Any objec...
:!7 17 IF THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM THE SAME GIFT AS _HE GAVE_ US WHEN WE BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD WITHSTAND GOD? " 1. What was similar to Pentecost? 1. Cornelius was...
"And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life"They held their peace" "They ceased to object"(TCNT...
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. An...
THEY HELD THEIR PEACE; they were fully satisfied with the reason St. Peter had given them of his admitting the Gentiles unto baptism, and fellowship with him; wisely inferring from what Peter had said...
18. The effect of these influences was the same upon them that it had been upon Peter. (18) "_ When they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God to the Gentil...
Acts 11:18 When G1161 heard G191 (G5660) things G5023 silent G2270 (G5656) and G2532 glorified G1392 ...
And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also has God granted repentance unto life.” ' Those who heard his words could, given the circu...
Acts 11:18. THEY HELD THEIR PEACE, AND GLORIFIED GOD. The climax of this history is most beautiful. Probably there was a solemn pause, when Peter ceased to speak. But not only did they acquiesce in th...
_Apologetic Account by St. Peter at Jerusalem of the Conversion of Cornelius, Acts 11:1_. The commentators have given far too little attention to this section of the Apostolic History. Thus in the exc...
HELD THEIR PEACE (ησυχασαν). Ingressive aorist active indicative of ησυχαζω, old verb to be quiet, to keep quiet. The wrangling (verse Acts 11:2) ceased. The critics even "glorified God" (εδοξασαν,...
Acts 11:18 I. It was God's will that, by Jew and Gentile, by heretic and orthodox, by men of the East and men of the West, the truth should be tried and sifted, the power of the word brought out, and...
CONTENTS: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name «Christians» first applied at Antioch. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas, Saul, Agabus, Caesar. CONCLUSIO...
Acts 11:2. _They of the circumcision contended with him._ Those who were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and conv...
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS. "Facts are stubborn things." Notice they are willing to stop their criticism and praise God!...
_Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life._ REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE Consider-- I. Certain false repentances. 1. Trembling beneath the sound of the gospel is not repentance. “Fe...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:18 On repentance, see note on 2:38. ⇐ ⇔...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 11:1. THE APOSTLES.—Peter and John (Acts 8:14), with James (Acts 12:2), and possibly the rest of the Twelve. THE BRETHREN.—The body of disciples....
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 metrop...
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come back to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision had a fight wi...
2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26;...
PREJUDICE TURNED TO PRAISE Acts 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS After Peter's visit to the home of Cornelius and his return to Judea he learned that the Apostles and brethren there had heard how the Gentile...
They glorified God — Being thoroughly satisfied. Repentance unto life — True repentance is a change from spiritual death to spiritual life, and leads to life everlasting....