All the prophets spoke about him. The Old Testament was full of "Christ." Through the power of his name. Name = authority (compare note on Acts 2:38). (1) Sins are forgiven in/by his name; (2) to those who believe in him; (3) whoever believes, Jew or Gentile, can reach out through faith to grasp the sacrifice of Christ to receive all its benefits including forgiveness of sins. [Plus sonship; eternal life; union with God; etc.]
Verse 43. _TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS_] See Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 59:20;...
TO HIM GIVE ... - See the notes on Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44. THAT THROUGH HIS NAME ... - This was implied in what the prophets said. See Romans 10:11. It was not, indee
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...
PETER'S SPEECH. Acts 10:34 f. declares that Peter regards the persons before him, though not Jews, as fit to enter the Church and share in the promises. The word for respecter of persons is a new one;...
So Peter opened his mouth and said, "In truth I have come to understand that God has no favourites; but that in every nation he who fears him and acts righteously is acceptable to him. As for the word...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
GIVE... WITNESS. testify. Greek. _martureo,_ as in Acts 10:22. NAME. See note on Acts 2:38. BELIEVETH IN. App-150. REMISSION. forgiveness. Greek. _aphesis._ See note on Acts 2:38;...
_To him give all the prophets witness_ Cp. Isaiah 49:6, "I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Also Joel 2:32, "Whosoever shall...
ΤΟΎΤΩΙ ΠΆΝΤΕΣ ΟἹ ΠΡΟΦΗ͂ΤΑΙ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΥ͂ΣΙΝ, _to Him give all the prophets witness_. Cornelius and his friends could be referred to the prophets, for though not Jews, they were students and followers of J...
SPEECH OF PETER TO CORNELIUS AND HIS FRIENDS...
_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...
ΛΑΒΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) принимать. _Inf._ в косвенной речи, ΠΙΣΤΕΎΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Adj. part._ в _acc._ в роли субъекта у _inf._...
DISCOURSE: 1768 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LEADING DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL Acts 10:43. _To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of si...
TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS,— It is observable, that in this discourse to an audience of Gentiles, the apostle first mentions Christ's person, miracles, and resurrection, and then contents hi...
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,...
Seen notes on verse 42...
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS - i:e., 'This is the burden, generally,...
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...
ALL THE PROPHETS] cp. Acts 3:24; Acts 26:22....
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...
TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS. — As in St. Peter’s earlier speeches in Acts 2:3 so here, we trace the result of our Lord’s teaching given in the interval between the Resurrection and Ascension...
πάντα τὸν πιστεύοντα, _cf._ Romans 10:11, whether Jew or Gentile; the phrase emphatic at the close of the verse, _cf._ Romans 3:22. There is no occasion to refer the words to a reviser in their Paulin...
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...
Peter Preached to the Assembled Gentiles The beginning of Peter's sermon makes it obvious that he had learned a great new lesson. As Ash said, "Acceptability to God no longer depended on national desc...
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...
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: (35) But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. (36) Th...
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...
_CHRIST AND THE HOLY SCRIPTURES_ ‘To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.’ Acts 10:43 Here we have an unequivocal tes...
43._To him bear all the prophets. _Luke toucheth and gathereth the sum of the sermon briefly, as we have said; therefore is he so short (713) in noting the fruit of the history. Let us know that the w...
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...
TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS,.... As David, Psalms 32:1 Daniel 9:9 THAT THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM, SHALL RECEIVE THE REMISSION OF SINS; the meaning is, that whoever believe...
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Ver. 43. _Shall receive remission of sins_] Together with all the purchase of h...
_To him give all the prophets witness_ Speaking to heathen, he does not mention the name of any one prophet in particular; but, after having spoken of Christ's person, miracles, and resurrection, cont...
TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS THAT THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM, SHALL RECEIVE REMISSION OF SINS. To the facts which these men of Caesarea knew, and which they had always viewed...
The last part of Peter's sermon:...
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...
TO HIM ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS THAT, THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL RECEIVE REMISSION OF SINS. " 1. Now salvation is introduced. When Christ is preached, remission of sins is offered...
"To Him bear all the prophets witness, that through His name every one that believeth on Him shall receive remission of sins" "To Him bear all the prophets witness" The writings of the prophets back u...
34-43 Acceptance cannot be obtained on any other ground than that of the covenant of mercy, through the atonement of Christ; but wherever true religion is found, God will accept it without regarding...
This our Saviour had told his apostles, which St. Peter here preaches to his auditors. It was included in the very first promise recorded by Moses, GENESIS 3:15, The seed of the woman shall break the...
Acts 10:43 Him G5129 all G3956 prophets G4396 witness G3140 (G5719) through G1223 His G846 name G3686 whoever...
“To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one who believes on him shall receive remission of sins.” The whole is then confirmed by a reference to the prophets, who are God's w...
PETER'S SPEECH TO CORNELIUS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AND FRIENDS (10:34-48)....
Acts 10:43. TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS. It would be quite perverse to object here that no explicit reference of this kind is found in each several prophet of the Old Testament. St. Peter all...
EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH (παντα τον πιστευοντα). This accusative active participle of general reference with the infinitive in indirect discourse is the usual idiom. Only λαβειν (second aorist activ...
SINS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
_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...
_And we are witnesses of all things which He did._ THE APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY I. Its substance. 1. Christ’s miracles. “All things which He did.” These miracles were-- (1) Declarative of His Divine po...
_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 10:43 EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES. See note on 2:38. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:34 This message to the Gentiles provides a summary of Jesus’ ministry. The speech may have been a much longer one, which Luke summarizes. ⇐...
_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...
1 Peter 1:11; Acts 13:38; Acts 13:39; Acts 15:9; Acts 26:18;...
His name. As in the Lord's prayer : not simply the title, but all that is embraced and expressed by the name : Christ's "entire perfection, as the object revealed to the believer for his apprehension,...
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...
To him give all the prophets witness — Speaking to heathens he does not quote any in particular; that every one who believeth in him — Whether he be Jew or Gentile; receiveth remission of sins — Thoug...