Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 10:16
Whereby this great mystery of the conversion of the Gentiles, and taking them into the church, might be the more confirmed, and fixed in St. Peter's mind.
Whereby this great mystery of the conversion of the Gentiles, and taking them into the church, might be the more confirmed, and fixed in St. Peter's mind.
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 r...
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 Gentil...
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....
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...
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....
On the next day, when they were on the way and when they were getting near the city, about midday Peter went up to the housetop to pray. He became hungry and he wanted something to eat. When they were...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
THRICE. Literally upon thrice....
_This was done thrice_ The original has a conjunction "And" at the commencement of the sentence. The repetition of the vision three times over was made that no doubt might remain in the Apostle's min...
ΕΥ̓ΘῪΣ for πάλιν with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘statim.’ 16. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΔῈ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ἘΠῚ ΤΡΊΣ, _and this was done three times_. The threefold repetition of the vision was meant to leave no doubt in the Apostle’s mind...
PETER IS PREPARED BY A VISION FOR THE COMING OF CORNELIUS’ MESSENGERS...
_PETER'S VISION WHILE ON THE HOUSETOP ACTS 10:9-18:_ Peter was prejudiced against Gentile and his Jewish prejudice had to be broken. While on a housetop praying Peter saw a vision of something like a...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 10:10. ΆΝΕΛΉΜΦΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G353) подбирать. Богосл. _pass._ указывает, что действие выполняет Бог....
THIS WAS DONE THRICE— In order to confirm the matter: see Genesis 41:32.—Before we proceed in the history, it may not be amiss to reflect upon the propriety and decorum with which things were managed...
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,...
See notes on verse 9...
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...
There were two classes of proselytes: the proselytes of righteousness and the proselytes of the gate. The former, by circumcision and conformation to the Jewish ritual, became incorporated into the Je...
THRICE] the vision was repeated to confirm and establish the lesson taught by it (Genesis 41:32). The question of the distinction of meats was important, because, so long as it was observed, the Churc...
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...
THIS WAS DONE THRICE. — The three-fold repetition was at once general and personal in its significance. It was mystically the token of a complete ratification of the truth proclaimed. It reminded him...
πάλιν : if we read εὐθύς, see critical notes, we have St. Mark's characteristic word (used by St. Luke only here in Acts, and once in Luke 6:49), a suggestive fact in a section of the book in which th...
GUIDANCE FOR MEN WHO PRAY Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blooded G...
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...
Peter's Vision On the next day at noon, while the emissaries were on their way, Peter went to the top of Simon's house to pray. He became very hungry while preparations for the noon meal were being ma...
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...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,...
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...
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 r...
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...
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 she...
This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. Ver. 16. _Received up again into heaven_] The Church's original is from heaven,Revelation 21:10, and thither she shall be taken...
_And the voice spake the second time_ When God commands a strange, or seemingly improper thing, the first objection frequently finds pardon. But it ought not to be repeated. This doubt and delay of Pe...
THRICE; three times, in order to make a deeper impression on Peter's mind, and prepare him to preach the gospel to Jews and Gentiles alike....
THIS WAS DONE THRICE; AND THE VESSEL WAS RECEIVED UP AGAIN IN TO HEAVEN. The journey from Caesarea to Joppa may well have taken some nine to ten hours, thus bringing the three messengers into the neig...
The vision of Peter:...
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...
THIS WAS DONE THREE TIMES. AND THE OBJECT WAS TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN AGAIN. 1. And a third time Peter is confronted with these "unclean" foods and told he is permitted to eat them. 2. As Paul Harvey w...
"And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven" "This happened three times so that there could be no possible mistake or dodging of the lesson" (Barclay p. 84). Noti...
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...
Acts 10:16 G1161 This G5124 done G1096 (G5633) three G1909 times G5151 And G2532 object G4632 up...
‘And this was done three times, and immediately the container was received up into heaven.' The sheet was lowered three times. It would seem probable that three times Peter refused to eat. Whatever Go...
Acts 10:16. THIS WAS DONE THRICE. Evidently to fix all this occurrence in Peter's memory, and to convince him that that which he had seen was no mere dream or fancy of his own, but a really Divine com...
THRICE (επιτρις). For three times. Peter remained unconvinced even by the prohibition of God. Here is a striking illustration of obstinacy on the part of one who acknowledges the voice of God to hi...
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...
THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. The voice spoke three times....
_On the morrow … Peter went up upon the housetop to pray._ RETIREMENT NECESSARY FOR PRAYER Have you noticed that if all day long there is not a knock at the door, there will be one if you retire to p...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:13 KILL AND EAT. God was overturning the old clean/unclean distinctions and dietary laws in general, along with all other “ceremonial” laws in the Mosaic covenant (including laws...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
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...
2 Corinthians 13:1; Genesis 41:32; John 21:17...
THE STORY OF CORNELIUS Acts 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of the far-flu...
This was done thrice — To make the deeper impression....