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Acts 11:4
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
Verse Acts 11:4. _BUT PETER REHEARSED_ the matter _from the beginning, and_ _expounded_ it _by order_] εξετιθετο αυτοις καθεξης. This is the very _style_ of St. Luke; see his Gospel, Luke 1:3. To rem...
BUT PETER REHEARSED - Greek: Peter beginning, explained it to them in order; that is, he began with the vision which he saw, and gave a narrative of the various events in order, as they actually occur...
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...
The apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judaea heard that the Gentiles too had received the word of God. So when Peter came up to Jerusalem those of the circumcision criticized him because,...
PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
REHEARSED... FROM THE BEGINNING, AND. having begun. EXPOUNDED. set forth. Greek. _ektithemi._ See note on Acts 7:21. BY ORDER. in order. Greek. _kathexes._ See note on Acts 3:24. UNTO. to....
_But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them_ Better, "But Peter began and rehearsed the matter in order unto them....
ἈΡΞΆΜΕΝΟΣ ΔῈ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ ἘΞΕΤΊΘΕΤΟ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΚΑΘΕΞΗ͂Σ, _but Peter began and rehearsed the matter in order to them_....
Acts 11:1-18. THE JUDÆO-CHRISTIANS BLAME PETER. HE MAKES HIS DEFENCE AT JERUSALEM...
_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...
ΆΡΞΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (сопутств.) от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начинать. Не плеонастическое, но художественное; означает, что Петр начал рассказывать с начала и рассказал всю историю (RWP). ΈΞΕΤΊΘΕ...
BUT PETER REHEARSED THE MATTER, &C.— _But Peter beginning, opened to them the matter in order._ As it is probable that they were only some of the Jewish converts who questioned St. Peter about what he...
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...
4-17. (4) "_But Peter related the matter to them in order from the beginning, saying,_ (5) _I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and saw, in a trance, a vision, a certain vessel like a great sheet des...
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, BUT PETER REHEARSED THE MATTER FROM THE BEGINNING, AND EXPOUNDED IT BY ORDER, arxamenos (G756), exeti...
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 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...
BUT PETER REHEARSED THE MATTER FROM THE BEGINNING. — Better, perhaps, the word “rehearse” having grown into a different shade of meaning, _began and set forth the matter._ The translators seem to have...
ἀρξ. δὲ ὁ Π. “But Peter began, and expounded the matter”: ἀρξ. may be pleonastic, Acts 1:4, _cf._ καθεξῆς, or may be used graphically, or because the reproaches of οἱ ἐκ περιτ. gave the _first_ incent...
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...
PETER'S REPORT AT JERUSALEM 1-13. Immediately after Peter's glorious revival at Caesarea he goes straight to Jerusalem, accompanied by the six Joppa brethren who had witnessed the new departure and th...
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...
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...
BUT PETER REHEARSED THE MATTER FROM THE BEGINNING,.... Of the vision at Joppa; AND EXPOUNDED IT BY ORDER UNTO THEM; or related every particular, in a very methodical and orderly manner: he did not in...
But Peter rehearsed _the matter_ from the beginning, and expounded _it_ by order unto them, saying, Ver. 4. _But Peter rehearsed_] With singular modesty he seeks to satisfy them (if reason will do it...
_But Peter rehearsed_ Εξετιθετο, _laid open; the matter from the beginning_ Of the vision which he had seen, which was evidently designed to dispose him to such condescension, and gave them a full det...
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...
:!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...
BUT PETER EXPLAINED _IT_ TO THEM IN ORDER FROM THE BEGINNING, SAYING: 5 " I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from h...
"But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying"Expounded" "Explained the facts to them as they had occurred" (TCNT). "A deliberate and detailed narrative 'in order'" (Robertson...
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...
This great apostle condescends to the least and weakest amongst them, and gives an account of what he had done and the reasons that moved him unto it, if by any means he might gain some, and confirm o...
4-17. (4) "_ But Peter related the matter to them in order from the beginning, saying,_ (5) _I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and saw, in a trance, a vision, a certain vessel like a great sheet de...
Acts 11:4 But G1161 Peter G4074 explained G1620 (G5710) them G846 order G2517 beginning G756 (G5671) saying...
‘But Peter began, and expounded the matter to them in order, saying, “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain container descending, as it were a great sheet let d...
Acts 11:4. REHEARSED THE MATTER FROM THE BEGINNING. This was his most judicious course. A simple and careful statement of the facts from the outset was more likely to be persuasive than anything else....
_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...
BEGAN (αρξαμενος). Not pleonastic here, but graphically showing how Peter began at the beginning and gave the full story of God's dealings with him in Joppa and Caesarea.EXPOUNDED (εξετιθετο). Imp...
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...
SO PETER GAVE THEM A FULL ACCOUNT. To show that he had done what God has authorized him to do. Compare notes on _chapter 10._...
_And the apostles and brethren … heard … And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him._ THE DISPUTE IN THE EARLY CHURCH Learn-- 1. That even among...
_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...
Acts 14:27; Joshua 22:21; Luke 1:3; Proverbs 15:1...
Began. Graphically indicating the solemn purport of the speech (compare Luke 12:1), perhaps, in connection with expounded, his beginning with the first circumstances and going through the whole list o...
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...
Peter laid all things before them — So he did not take it ill to be questioned, nor desire to be treated as infallible. And he answers the more mildly because it related to a point which he had not re...
Observe here, 1. How far St. Peter was from pretending. superiority over the rest of the apostles; he did by no means think himself so far above them, as to disdain to render an account of his actions...