Acts 11:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. ”

Acts 11:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the hand of the Lord - See the notes on Luke 1:66 . Compare Psalms 80:17 . The meaning is, that God showed them favor, and evinced his power in the conversion of their hearers.
Acts 11:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Another Account of the Early Gentile Mission. Antioch. This connects with Acts 8:2 . It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, the...
Acts 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

believed, and . having believed. App-150.
Acts 11:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. The hand of the Lord was. Luke proveth by the success that the gospel was offered unto the Gentiles also by the brethren of Cyprus and Cyrene not rashly nor unadvisedly, because their la...
Acts 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. The hand of the Lord was with them - By the hand, arm, and, finger of God, in the Scripture, different d...
Acts 11:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. And the hand of the Lord, х yad ( H3028 ) Yahweh ( H3068 )] - His converting power, put...
Acts 11:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Gentile Church 1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism its...
Acts 11:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Knitting Together the Church Acts 11:19-30 The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of Gentile convers...
Acts 11:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusale...
Acts 11:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (20) And s...
Acts 11:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the hand of the Lord was with them ,.... Not only his hand of providence, which brought them thither, and protected them; and his hand of love, grace and mercy, which was upon them, and supplied...
Acts 11:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Ver. 21. And a great number believed ] God sealing his approval of what they did, by an extraordinar...
Acts 11:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now they which were scattered abroad Luke here resumes the thread of his narration in the very words wherewith he broke it off, chap. Acts 8:4 ; travelled as far as Phenice To the north; Cyprus...
Acts 11:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly...
Acts 11:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad u...
Acts 11:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The hand of the Lord; the power, assistance, and working of God, expressed by the hand, which is the organ or instrument men use in working. This hand or work of God was manifest, first, In the mir...
Acts 11:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Continued Expansion And God's New Work Among the Greeks (11:19-26). Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered...
Acts 11:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 11:19 . Upon the persecution. —Or, tribulation, ἀπὸ πῆς θλίψεως: better, from (as an effect of) the persecution, that arose about Stephen, ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ— i.e., on acc...
Acts 11:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 11:19-26 The Church at Antioch. I. This church was established by lay agency. II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a new epoch in the history of the kingdom of...
Acts 11:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 11:2 . They of the circumcision contended with him. Those who were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and c...
Acts 11:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now they which were scattered abroad … travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch. Christianity at Antioch I. Its entrance into antioch. Here ( Acts 11:19 ) we discover-- 1. Evil o...
Acts 11:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 11:1 Now for and , A.V.; the brethren for brethren, A.V.; also had for had also , A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great revolution would travel t...
Acts 11:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Establishment of the Congregation at Antioch. The founding of the congregation:
Acts 11:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:6 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; 2 Chronicles 30:12 ; Acts 15:19 ; Acts 26:18-20 ; Acts 9:35 ; Acts 11:24 ; Acts 2...
Acts 11:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the hand of the Lord — That is, the power of his Spirit.

Acts 11:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 11:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 11:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 11:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 11:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 11:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 11:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 11:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 11:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 11:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 11:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 11:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 11:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 11:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 11:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 11:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 11:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 11:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes