Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Acts 10:44-48
THE HOLY GHOST IS SENT UPON CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS, AND THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY BAPTIZED
THE HOLY GHOST IS SENT UPON CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS, AND THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY BAPTIZED
Verse 44. _WHILE PETER YET SPAKE_] It in not very likely that the words recorded by St. Luke are _all_ that the apostle spoke on this occasion; but, while he continued to discourse with them on this...
THE HOLY GHOST FELL ... - Endowing them with the power of speaking with other tongues, Acts 10:46. Of this the apostle Peter makes much in his argument in Acts 11:17. By this, God showed that the Gent...
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...
RESULT OF THE SERMON. The Holy Spirit comes as a rule at baptism, but here, before anything is said about baptism, Peter's speech is interrupted by the descent of the Spirit. Those who had come with P...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
When Peter was still saying these things the Holy Spirit fell upon those who were listening to his word. All the Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Spirit had be...
THE WORD, i.e. the gospel message. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6....
_PETER'S SERMON TO THE GENTILES ACTS 10:34-48:_ Peter said that he was certain that God treats all people alike. Everyone that worships God and does His will, can be saved. Peter recognized that God r...
ΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. _Gen. abs._, "пока он говорил". Это случилось до того, как он сказал все, что хотел (Alex), ΈΠΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΠΙΠΊΠΤΩ (G19...
THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON ALL THEM, &C.— Probably this effusion of the Holy Spirit was attended with a glory, as when it fell upon the apostles and their company on the famous day of Pentecost: and it is...
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,...
44-46. We are next informed of a fact which is new to this narrative, and was very surprising both to Peter and his companions. (44) "_While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell up...
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS - and probably as the last words were dropping from his lips, THE HOLY...
31 The conversion of Cornelius is not in accord with the truth for today. Salvation is not offered to those who have access to God in prayer, for such are already saved. It is for sinners, and the ung...
10:44 words (c-7) _ Rhema_ , see Note to John 17:14 . word. (d-19) _ Logos_ , as ver. 36. See Note to John 17:14 ....
As a rule, the Holy Spirit was given after baptism, with the laying on of the Apostles' hands (Acts 2:38; Acts 8:17; Acts 19:6). In this particular case the Holy Spirit was given before baptism, as a...
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...
THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON ALL THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD. — The words imply a sudden thrill of spiritual joy and elevation which showed itself, as it had done on the Day of Pentecost (see Note on Acts 2:4...
ἔτι λ.: the Apostle is apparently interrupted (_cf._ Acts 11:15); but in this instance we can agree with Overbeck that the concluding phrase, in its relation to Acts 10:34 and its proof that God was n...
GENTILES RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 10:34-48 The address with which Peter answered the centurion's inquiry was largely a recapitulation of the great facts of gospel history. The ministry of Jesus i...
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...
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit A remarkable thing occurred while Peter was speaking. Gentiles, who had never gotten rid of their uncleanness through circumcision and sacrifice, were baptized with the...
(8) While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (8) The Spirit of God seals that in the heart of the hearers which the minister of the word speaks by the...
_The Holy Ghost fell upon all them, and made his coming known in some visible manner and exterior signs, as on the day of Pentecost. The Christians who had come with St. Peter, who before had been Jew...
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...
In the midst of Peter's flaming Pentecostal sermon, his appreciative audience, responsive to the Holy Ghost, received by faith the simple, wonderful and paradoxical truth enunciated by the preacher an...
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (45) And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on t...
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...
44._And as Peter yet spake. _God declareth now by a new miracle, that the doctrine of the gospel is common as well to the Gentiles as to the Jews. And this is an excellent seal of the calling of the G...
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...
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS,.... As he was thus discoursing concerning Christ, his person, his miracles, his death and resurrection, and the efficacy of his blood for pardon, before he had done...
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Ver. 44. _While Peter spake; &c._] As manna descended in the dew, so doth the Holy Ghost in and by the preachi...
_While Peter yet spake_ Or, _was yet speaking; these words_ Even before he had finished, and without the imposition of his hands on their heads; _the Holy Ghost fell_ On Cornelius, and _on all them wh...
FELL ON ALL THEM; endowed them with miraculous powers, and enabled them to speak in languages which they had never learned. Matthew 3:11; chap Acts 2:2-4....
The effect of the sermon:...
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS, THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON ALL THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD....
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...
WHILE PETER WAS STILL SPEAKING THESE WORDS, THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL UPON ALL THOSE WHO HEARD THE WORD. 1. We now come to a section of this chapter that requires careful attention. Some false doctrines h...
"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word" Notice how this outpouring of the Holy Spirit greatly differs from what modern denominations teach about the w...
44-48 The Holy Ghost fell upon others after they were baptized, to confirm them in the faith; but upon these Gentiles before they were baptized, to show that God does not confine himself to outward s...
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS, that God might miraculously show his approbation of what Peter had said, and to assure Peter of the real conversion of these Gentiles, which all the Jews did make su...
44-46. We are next informed of a fact which is new to this narrative, and was very surprising both to Peter and his companions. (44) "_ While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell u...
Tertullian On Fasting had been heard,[65] A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Hol...
Acts 10:44 Peter G4074 still G2089 speaking G2980 (G5723) these G5023 words G4487 Holy G40 Spirit G4151 fell...
PETER'S SPEECH TO CORNELIUS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AND FRIENDS (10:34-48)....
‘While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.' We do not know whether Peter would then have appealed for them to respond for, before he could do so, the Hol...
_Second Pentecost at CæsareaBaptism of Cornelius and his Friends,_ 44-48. Acts 10:44. WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS. In his own account afterwards (Acts 11:15) he says that the miraculous interrup...
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE (ετ λαλουντος του Πετρου). Genitive absolute of present participle, still going on.THE HOLY GHOST FELL (επεπεσεν το πνευμα το αγιον). Second aorist active indicative of επιπι...
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE Verse 44 (Acts 10:44) is one of the pivotal points of Scripture. Heretofore, the Gospel has been offered to Jews only, and the Holy Spirit bestowed upon believing Jews through a...
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...
ON ALL THOSE WHO WERE LISTENING. All those mentioned in Acts 10:2; Acts 10:24. Peter later identifies this as: _"Just as on us at the beginning"_ (Acts 11:15). This answers the question about whether...
_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...
_And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting._ PETER AT CAESAREA We welcome his revelation that the grace of God has so boundless a reach; that in His government men are accountable not for know...
_While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the Word._ PETER’S PREACHING I. The effects of Peter’s preaching. It-- 1. Converted Gentiles. Peter preached the gospe...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:44 These Gentiles had come to genuine saving faith in Christ. They had received the power and presence of the HOLY SPIRIT, showing that God had accepted them as full members of hi...
_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, acce...
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...
Acts 11:15; Acts 19:6; Acts 2:2; Acts 4:31; Acts 8:15...
The Holy Ghost fell. The only example of the bestowment of the Spirit before baptism....
AFTER HIS RESURRECTION Acts 10:38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to what shall follow, we wish to call attention to the fact that the early Church gave an unchallenged testimony to the resurrec...
The Holy Ghost fell on all that were hearing the word — Thus were they consecrated to God, as the first fruits of the Gentiles. And thus did God give a clear and satisfactory evidence, that he had acc...
Observe here, 1. What. miraculous power of the Holy Ghost did accompany St. Peter's ministry at this time, therby giving him an assurance of the future conversion of the Gentiles, to the great wonder...