Acts 10:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. ”

• Acts 10:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I have never eaten ... - In the Old Testament God had made a distinction between clean and unclean animals. See Leviticus 11:2-27 ; Deuteronomy 14:3-20 . This law remained in the Scriptures, an...

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• Acts 10:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (2) But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. (2) Peter learns daily in the knowledge of the benefit of Christ, yea, even after he had received the Ho...

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• Acts 10:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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. Acts 2:15 ). No food was ordinarily eaten by the Jews before midd...

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• Acts 10:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Not so . By no means. Greek. medamos. have... eaten . ate. never . not even at any time. Greek. oudepote. unclean . Greek. akathartos. The previous twenty-one occurrences all apply to ev...

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• Acts 10:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  14. Not so, Lord. This is the voice of him which doth as well refuse, as also object to God his own commandment; for he is afraid, for good causes, to touch that which he knew was forbidden...

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• Acts 10:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. Common or unclean - By common, κοινον, whatever was in general use among the Gentiles is to be understood; by...

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• Acts 10:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. But Peter said, Not so, х meedamoos ( G3365 )] - 'By no means,' 'Not at all,' Lord; for I have...

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• Acts 10:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 f...

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• Acts 10:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Not so, Lord... — The emphatic resistance even to a voice from heaven is strikingly in harmony with the features of St. Peter’s character, as portrayed in the Gospels, with the “Be it far from thee...

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• Acts 10:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 6 THE PETRINE VISION AT JOPPA. Acts 10:9-15 THERE are two central figures in the conversion of Cornelius. The one is the centurion himself, the other is St. Peter, the selected and pre...

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• Acts 10:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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-blo...

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• Acts 10:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 10:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 10:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But Peter said, not so, Lord ,.... God forbid I should do this, so contrary to the law of God, and to my own practice, throughout the whole course of my life: for I have never eaten anything that...

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• Acts 10:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. Ver. 14. Common or unclean ] By commonness there is contracted an uncleanness. It is hard to deal in the...

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• Acts 10:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 σ...

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• Acts 10:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 th...

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• Acts 10:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter's Vision.       9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pra...

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• Acts 10:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  These words may signify one and the same thing, and the latter explain the former; showing that those things are said to be common, which the law, by forbidding them, had made unclean. Others make so...

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• Acts 10:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘But Peter said, “Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.” ' Peter responded firmly, and possibly a little indignantly (being Peter). ‘Never, Lord,' he said, ‘for I...

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• Acts 10:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 10:1 . There was. —Omitted in best MSS. Centurion .—ἑκατοντάρχης ( Acts 27:1 ) = ἑκατοντάρχος ( Acts 21:32 ; compare Luke 7:2-6 ; Luke 23:47 ). Italian band , or cohor...

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• Acts 10:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 10:14-15 The Comprehensiveness of the Gospel. I. The gospel is here compared to a great sheet, a clear hint as to the cosmopolitan character of Christianity. It is noteworthy that Christia...

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• Acts 10:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 convert...

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• Acts 10:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Acts 10:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 th...

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• Acts 10:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The vision of Peter:

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• Acts 10:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 14:1-29 ; Exodus 10:11 ; Ezekiel 4:14 ; Ezekiel 44:31 ; Genesis 19:18 ; Leviticus 11:1-17 ; Leviticus 20:25 ; Luke 1:60 ; Matthew 16:22 ; Matthew 25:9

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• Acts 10:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Story of Cornelius Acts 10:1-41 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 th...

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• Acts 10:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But Peter said, In nowise, Lord — When God commands a strange or seemingly improper thing, the first objection frequently finds pardon. But it ought not to be repeated. This doubt and delay of St....

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