Acts 11:16

"And. remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit" The question has always been, "Did the household of Cornelius receive the same type of outpouring of the Spirit that the apostles received?" Some say, "No", based on the fact that this outpouring did not qualify Cornelius and his household to be apostles, and neither did it enable them to pass on the spiritual gifts. On the other hand the following points should be noted: Clearly two different purposes in the outpouring of the Spirit exist between Acts 2:1; Acts 10:1. yet. different purpose does not prove that the outpouring was necessarily different. Peter's citation in Acts 11:16 is the same event referred to when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles (Acts 1:4). "Only Pentecost could be referred to as. parallel to what happened in Cornelius' house (Acts 11:15). In the years following Pentecost there was not. single manifestation of the Holy Spirit comparable to what he saw at Cornelius' house" Acts 11:1