Acts 10:48 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. ”

Acts 10:48 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he commanded them ... - Why Peter did not himself baptize them is unknown. It might be, perhaps, because he chose to make use of the ministry of the brethren who were with him, to prevent the...
Acts 10:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Result of the Sermon. The Holy Spirit comes as a rule at baptism, but here, before anything is said about baptism, Peter's speech is interrupted by the descent of the Spirit. Those who had come wit...
Acts 10:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

baptized in . App-115. the Lord . App-98. The texts read "Jesus Christ". prayed . Greek. erotao. App-131. tarry . Greek. epimeno. See John 8:7 (continue).
Acts 10:48 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

48. And he commanded them to be baptized. It was not of necessity that baptism should be ministered by Peter’s hand, as Paul doth likewise testify that he baptized few at Corinth, for other...
Acts 10:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. To be baptized in the name of the Lord - That is, in the name of Jesus Christ; which implied...
Acts 10:48 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Baptized in the name of the Lord.— That is, the Lord Jesus. As these devout Gentiles had before believed in God the Father, and could not nowbut believe in the Holy Ghost under whose powerful influ...
Acts 10:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. And he commanded them to be baptized. As "Jesus himself baptized not, but His discipl...
Acts 10:48 - 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 10:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he commanded them... — It would seem from this that St. Peter acted on the same general principle as St. Paul ( 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 ), and left the actual administration of baptism to other h...
Acts 10:48 - 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...
Acts 10:48 - 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 10:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (45) And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on...
Acts 10:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he commanded them to be baptized ,.... By some of the six brethren that came with him from Joppa, who might all of them, at least some of them, be ministers of the Gospel: and this he ordered to...
Acts 10:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Ver. 48. To be baptized ] The use of the sacraments is to seal up adoption in infants, an...
Acts 10:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized , &c. Peter, yielding to the force of evidence, however contrary to his former prejudices, with great propriety asks this question. He...
Acts 10:48 - 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 10:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Effect of Peter's Sermon. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And...
Acts 10:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the name of the Lord; that is, in the name of our Saviour. But this does not imply, but that they were baptized according to our Saviour's prescription, Matthew 28:19 : but the Jews by their...
Acts 10:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter's Speech To Cornelius And His Household and Friends (10:34-48).
Acts 10:48 - 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 .—...
Acts 10:48 - 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 10:48 - 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 10:48 - 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 10:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of the sermon:
Acts 10:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:13-17 ; Acts 16:15 ; Acts 2:38 ; Acts 8:16 ; Galatians 3:27 ; John 4:2 ; John 4:40
Acts 10:48 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

After His Resurrection Acts 10:38-48 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to what shall follow, we wish to call attention to the fact that the early Church gave an unchallenged testimony to the...
Acts 10:48 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the name of the Lord — Which implies the Father who anointed him, and the Spirit with which he was anointed to his office. But as the Gentiles had before believed in God the Father, and could no...

Acts 10:48 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 10:48 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 10:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 10:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 10:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 10:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 10:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 10:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 10:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 10:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 10:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 10:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 10:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 10:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 10:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 10:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:48 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 10:48 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes