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Acts 10 - Introduction

THE BOOK OF ACTS. CHAPTER 10

OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY. MARK DUNAGAN

I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 10:

I. God's message to Cornelius: Acts 10:1-8

II. God's message to Peter: Acts 10:9-20

III. The journey and meeting: Acts 10:21-33

IV. Peter's sermon: Acts 10:34-43

V. Outpouring of the Spirit: Acts 10:44-48"The range of the apostolic message has been steadily broadening, and now the time has come for it to cross the barrier which separated Jews from Gentiles" (Bruce p. 214). We remember that Jesus had given Peter the keys to the kingdom of God (Matthew 16:19), and as he had opened the door for the Jews on the Day of Pentecost, he will now open the door for Gentiles to become Christians.

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See also Acts 10 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 10. _ Baptism of Cornelius and his friends_....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Cornelius directed to send for Peter. (1-8) Peter's vision. (9-18) He goes to Cornelius. (19-33) His discourse to Cornelius. (34-43) The gifts of the Holy Spirit poured out. (44-48)...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    X: 1, 2. The scene changes from Joppa to Cæsarea, about thirty miles northward along the Mediterranean shore; and we are introduced to another case for conversion, a Gentile and a soldier. (1) "_ Ther...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 Aposto...

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