Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 10:11
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the (g) four corners, and let down to the earth:
(g) So that it seemed to be a square sheet.
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the (g) four corners, and let down to the earth:
(g) So that it seemed to be a square sheet.
ACTS 10:11 kai. katabai/non skeu/o,j ti w`j ovqo,nhn mega,lhn te,ssarsin avrcai/j kaqie,menon {C} Apparently the Western text lacked katabai/non (it is omitted by itd syrp, h copsa Didascalia [in Apo...
Verse Acts 10:11. _AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED_] His mind now entirely spiritualized, and absorbed in heavenly contemplation, was capable of discoveries of the spiritual world; a world which, with its πληρ...
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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...
ACTS 10:9. THE HOUSETOP TO PRAY: _ cf._ 2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Daniel 6:10. SIXTH HOUR: an hour of prayer (cf....
On the next day, when they were on the way and when they were getting near the city, about midday Peter went up to the housetop to pray. He became hungry and he wanted something to eat. When they were...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
SAW. beheld. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. HEAVEN. the heaven. Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. UNTO HIM. The texts omit. sheet. Greek. _othcme,_ Only here and Acts 11:6. KNIT. The texts omit. Read "Let d
_and saw_[BEHOLDETH] _heaven opened_ To shew him that the teaching of the vision was sent to him from God. _and a certain vessel descending unto him_ The oldest MSS. omit the two last words. _as it h...
Omit ἐπ' αὐτὸν after ΚΑΤΑΒΑΙ͂ΝΟΝ with אABCE. The words are not represented in the _Vulg_. δεδεμένον καὶ omitted with אABCE. They are not represented in the _Vulg_. 11. ΚΑῚ ΘΕΩΡΕΙ͂ ΤῸΝ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝῸΝ�, _and...
PETER IS PREPARED BY A VISION FOR THE COMING OF CORNELIUS’ MESSENGERS...
_PETER'S VISION WHILE ON THE HOUSETOP ACTS 10:9-18:_ Peter was prejudiced against Gentile and his Jewish prejudice had to be broken. While on a housetop praying Peter saw a vision of something like a...
ΘΕΩΡΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) смотреть, наблюдать. Hist, _praes._ ΆΝΕΦΓΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать. _Perf. part._ указывает на состояние или условие, ΚΑΤΑΒΑΪ́...
AND A CERTAIN VESSEL, &C.— _And something descending in the form of a great sheet._ As we do not in English call sheets _vessels,_ the general word here used, more properly answers to the word Σκευος,...
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,...
See notes on verse 9...
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED, AND A CERTAIN VESSEL DESCE...
There were two classes of proselytes: the proselytes of righteousness and the proselytes of the gate. The former, by circumcision and conformation to the Jewish ritual, became incorporated into the Je...
10:11 beholds (d-3) _ Theoreo_ , 'view with attention,' as John 6:40 ....
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...
A CERTAIN VESSEL DESCENDING... — The form of the vision corresponded, as has just been said, with the bodily condition of the Apostle. Its inward meaning may fairly be thought of as corresponding to h...
CHAPTER 6 THE PETRINE VISION AT JOPPA. Acts 10:9 THERE are two central figures in the conversion of Cornelius. The one is the centurion himself, the other is St. Peter, the selected and predestined...
θεωρεῖ : “beholdeth,” historic present, giving vividness. ὡς ὀθόν. μεγ. Both words, ὀθόνη and ἀρχή (in this sense), are peculiar to St. Luke in N.T. the phrase ἀρχαὶ ὀθόνης is medical, so that the exp...
GUIDANCE FOR MEN WHO PRAY Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blooded G...
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's Vision On the next day at noon, while the emissaries were on their way, Peter went to the top of Simon's house to pray. He became very hungry while preparations for the noon meal were being ma...
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...
PETER'S VISION 11. _“And he saw heaven open and a certain vessel, like a great sheet, sitting down on the ground with four rope's ends,_...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,...
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...
11.The opening of heaven signifieth, in my judgment, another thing in this place than in the seventh chapter. For it is said there that heaven was opened to Stephen, that he did behold the glory of Ch...
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...
AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED,.... Not literally, as at the baptism of Christ, and the stoning of Stephen; but in a visionary way, and which was an emblem of the opening and revealing the mystery of the calli...
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Ver. 11. _And saw heaven opened_] _sc._ The visible...
_And saw heaven opened_ While he lay in a trance, the heaven appeared to be opened above him, to signify the opening of a mystery that had been hid. _And a certain vessel_ Or utensil; (for the word σκ...
KNIT; fastened together. LET DOWN TO THE EARTH; from heaven, to signify that the offer is made to the apostle by God himself....
The vision of Peter:...
AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED, AND A CERTAIN VESSEL DESCENDING UNTO HIM, AS IT HAD BEEN A GREAT SHEET KNIT AT THE FOUR CORNERS, AND LET DOWN TO THE EARTH,...
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...
AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED AND AN OBJECT LIKE A GREAT SHEET BOUND AT THE FOUR CORNERS, DESCENDING TO HIM AND LET DOWN TO THE EARTH. 1. The sheet was described by Thayer as "household utensils, domestic ge...
"and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and. certain vessel descending, as it were. great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth" This was not. sheet, but appeared to be like. sheet. "Wherein we...
9-18 The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to...
AND SAW HEAVEN; either visibly to his corporal eyes, as to St. Stephen s; or rather mentally, more suitably to the rapture mentioned in the former verse. OPENED; which might signify, that heaven, that...
Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate And at midnight, as I was standing and praying, the room where you locked me in was hung up by the four corners, and I saw a light like lightning into my eyes...
Acts 10:11 and G2532 saw G2334 (G5719) heaven G3772 opened G455 (G5772) and G2532 object G5100...
‘And he became hungry, and desired to eat. But while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and he sees the heaven opened, and a certain container descending, as it were like a great sheet, let down...
Acts 10:11. SAW HEAVEN OPENED. The verb in the original denotes that he gazed upon the opened heaven, and carefully surveyed it. Peter's own phrase afterwards (Acts 11:6) is that he ‘fastened his eyes...
BEHOLDETH (θεωρε). Vivid historical present and change from past time.OPENED (ανεωιγμενον, perfect passive participle with double reduplication, state of completion).DESCENDING (καταβαινον). Pr...
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...
HE SAW HEAVEN OPENED. The meaning of this vision is clear. Peter is hungry. He sees a sheet lowered down, containing all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds. Many of these are ritually "unclean...
_On the morrow … Peter went up upon the housetop to pray._ RETIREMENT NECESSARY FOR PRAYER Have you noticed that if all day long there is not a knock at the door, there will be one if you retire to p...
_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...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
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 7:56; Colossians 3:11; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 3:6; Ezekiel 1:1
Saw [θ ε ω ρ ε ι]. Rev., better, and more literally, beholdeth. See on Luke 10:18. The present tense is graphically introduced into the narrative. Unto him. The best texts omit. Sheet [ο θ ο ν η ν]. O...
THE STORY OF CORNELIUS Acts 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of the far-flu...
Tied at the corners — Not all in one knot, but each fastened as it were up to heaven....