Acts 10:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the voice spake unto him again the second time,What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. ”

Acts 10:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What God hath cleansed - What God has pronounced or declared pure. If God has commanded you to do a thing, it is not impure or wrong. Perhaps Peter would suppose that the design of this vision wa...
Acts 10:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] (l) call not thou common. (l) Do not consider them to be unprofitable.
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the second time . Literally from (Greek. ek. App-104.). second (time). What . The things which.
Acts 10:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. God hath made clean. He speaketh of meats; but this sentence must be extended unto all parts of the life. It is word for word, That which God hath made clean, do not thou make profane;...
Acts 10:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. What God hath cleansed - God, who made at first the distinction between Jews and Gentiles, h...
Acts 10:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What God hath cleansed, &c.— The single proposition is, "That which God hath cleansed, is notcommon or impure." But no one who reads this history, can doubt of its having this double sense; fir...
Acts 10:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call no...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. — In the framework of the vision, the clean and the unclean beasts stood on the same footing, were let down from heaven in the same sheet. That ha...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the voice spake unto him again the second time ,.... The following words, what God hath cleansed ; that is, hath pronounced clean and lawful to be used, as he now had all sorts of food, Matth...
Acts 10:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Ver. 15. That call not thou common ] Or profane thou not, συ μη κοινου. See Trapp on "...
Acts 10:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the voice spake the second time 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 P...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Do not make in thy esteem, or practice, as common, that is, polluted. The Jews did imagine, that by unclean creatures were meant the Gentiles, as by clean creatures they would have themselves to be...
Acts 10:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And a voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, do not treat as common.” ' But immediately there came a word of rebuke. (We might even paraphrase as, ‘What God has cleansed,...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The vision of Peter:
Acts 10:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:25 ; 1 Timothy 4:3-5 ; Acts 10:28 ; Acts 11:9 ; Acts 15:20 ; Acts 15:29 ; Acts 15:9 ; Galatians 2:12 ; Galatians 2:13 ; Hebrews 9:10 ; Hebrews 9:9 ; Matthew 15:11 ; Reve...
Acts 10:15 - 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...
Acts 10:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What God hath purified — Hath made and declared clean. Nothing but what is clean can come down from heaven. St. Peter well remembered this saying in the council at Jerusalem, Acts 15:9 .

Acts 10:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 10:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 10:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 10:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 10:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 10:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 10:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 10:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 10:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 10:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 10:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 10:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 10:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 10:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 10:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 10:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 10:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 10:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 10:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 10:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes