Acts 10:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: ”

• Acts 10:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Then Peter opened his mouth - Began to speak, Matthew 5:2 . Of a truth - Truly, evidently. That is, I have evidence here that God is no respecter of persons. Is no respecter of persons -...

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• Acts 10:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (6) Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that (n) God is no respecter of persons: (6) Distinction of nations is taken away by the coming of Christ: and it is evidently seen...

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• Acts 10:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Peter's Speech. Acts 10:34 f. declares that Peter regards the persons before him, though not Jews, as fit to enter the Church and share in the promises. The word for respecter of persons is a ne...

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• Acts 10:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  opened his mouth . See note on Acts 8:35 . Of . Upon. Greek. epi. App-104. perceive . See note on Acts 4:13 . no . not a. Greek. ou. App-105. respecter of persons . Literally one who t...

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• Acts 10:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. Opening his mouth. We have already said, that the Scripture useth this phrase when it doth signify that there was any grave or weighty oration or speech made. In the fifth of Matthew, (...

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• Acts 10:34 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1766 SALVATION OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL Acts 10:34-35 . Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that fea...

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• Acts 10:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: God is no respecter of persons - He does God esteem a Jew, because he is a Jew; nor does he detest...

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• Acts 10:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Of a truth I perceive, &c.— See on Deuteronomy 10:17 . The phrase no respecter of persons, has principally, if not always, a judicial meaning. It is used in this sense, Leviticus 19:15 . D...

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• Acts 10:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: Then Peter opened his mouth (see the note at Matthew 5:2 ), And said, Of a truth I percei...

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• Acts 10:34 - 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 10:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. — In regard to all distinctions of social rank, or wealth, or knowledge, Peter had seen in his Master that absence of “respect of persons”...

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• Acts 10:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit Acts 10:34-48 The address with which Peter answered the centurion's inquiry was largely a recapitulation of the great facts of gospel history. The ministry of J...

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• Acts 10:34 - 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 10:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: (35) But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. (36) T...

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• Acts 10:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then Peter opened his mouth ,.... Acts 8:35 And said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons ; which is to be understood, not of the substances of men, but of the outward stat...

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• Acts 10:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: Ver. 34. No respecter of persons ] That is, of their outward state and condition, as country, s...

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• Acts 10:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then Peter opened his mouth Addressed himself to them, with a seriousness and solemnity answerable to so great an occasion; and said, Of a truth I perceive More clearly than ever, from such a con...

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• Acts 10:34 - 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 10:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter Preaches in the House of Cornelius.       34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecte...

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• Acts 10:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Opened his mouth; an expression used (as formerly) in matters of great moment, as Matthew 5:2 . God is no respecter of persons; God does not accept of one because he is a Jew, and respect anot...

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• Acts 10:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Peter opened his mouth and said,' The words that follow express his great dawning wonder at the new realisation that has come to him.

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• Acts 10:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 10:34 . The word for respecter of persons , προσωπολήπτης, is found only here in the N.T., though προσωποληψία occurs in Romans 2:11 . Acts 10:35 . Accepted with Him .—...

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• Acts 10:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 10:34 I. The warning contained in the text is not unnecessary. For though few or none, I suppose, consciously hold in the grossest sense that God is a respecter of persons, yet in all things,...

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• Acts 10:34 - 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 10:34 - 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 10:34 - 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 10:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons;

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• Acts 10:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:17 ; 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Acts 8:35 ; Colossians 3:11 ; Colossians 3:25 ; Deuteronomy 10:17 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Ephesians 6:19 ; Ephesians 6:20 ; Ephesians 6:9 ; Galatians 2:6 ;...

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• Acts 10:34 - 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 10:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I perceive of a truth — More clearly than ever, from such a concurrence of circumstances. That God is not a respecter of persons — Is not partial in his love. The words mean, in a particular sense,...

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