CHAPTER 10 THE CHURCH’S DOOR OPENED FOR THE GENTILES—ACCESSION OF CONVERTS FROM HEATHENDOM § 1. Cornelius’s Vision; or, a Gentile Inquirer directed (Acts 10:1). § 2. Peter’s Trance; or, the Apostolic Agent instructed (Acts 10:9). § 3. Cornelius’s Messengers at Joppa; or, the Gentile Proselyte... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47). ITALIAN BAND, or _cohort._—The _legio Italica_ of Tacitus (_Hist_, i. 59, 64), raised by Nero (_Dion. Cass_, Leviticus 24). was not at this tim... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47). ITALIAN BAND, or _cohort._—The _legio Italica_ of Tacitus (_Hist_, i. 59, 64), raised by Nero (_Dion. Cass_, Leviticus 24). was not at this tim... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:17. ἐν ἑαυτῷ διηπόρει, DOUBTED IN HIMSELF, or _mas much perplexed in himself_ (as in Acts 2:12, Acts 10:24), seems to intimate that Peter’s trance was over and Peter himself returned to his ordinary consciousness. Acts 10:19. THE SPIRIT SAID UNTO HIM.—Neander thinks that... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:25. AND WORSHIPPED.—Not Peter (Adoravit: non addidit Lucas “eum,” Bengel), but God in him, or who sent him. (Compare Galatians 4:14.) Acts 10:30. FOUR DAYS AGO I WAS FASTING UNTIL THIS HOUR; AND AT THE NINTH HOUR I PRAYED IN MY HOUSE.—This seems to say that Cornelius had... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:34. The word for RESPECTER OF PERSONS, προσωπολήπτης, is found only here in the N.T., though προσωποληψία occurs in Romans 2:11. Acts 10:35. ACCEPTED WITH HIM.—Better, _acceptable to him._ Though applied to Cornelius prior to his hearing the gospel, this did not imply th... [ Continue Reading ]