Acts 10:16

thrice. Literally upon thrice.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This was done thrice - Three times, doubtless to impress the mind of Peter with the certainty and importance of the vision. Compare Genesis 41:3...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. This was done thrice. The repetition of the vision served for the confirmation of Peter, lest any doubt (672) should remain in his mind...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. This was done thrice - For the greater certainty, and to make the deeper impr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This was done thrice— In order to confirm the matter: see Genesis 41:32 .—Before we proceed in the history, it may not be amiss to reflect upon th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thrice ] the vision was repeated to confirm and establish the lesson taught by it ( Genesis 41:32 ). The question of the distinction of meats was i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This was done thrice. — The three-fold repetition was at once general and personal in its significance. It was mystically the token of a complete r...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 a...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This was done thrice ,.... That is, either the voice spoke the same words three times, or the sheet was let down three times; and it may be both; it...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. Ver. 16. Received up again into heaven ] The Church's original is from he...
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 o...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unt...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whereby this great mystery of the conversion of the Gentiles, and taking them into the church, might be the more confirmed, and fixed in St. Peter's...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And this was done three times, and immediately the container was received up into heaven.' The sheet was lowered three times. It would seem probabl...
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 Luk...
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,...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

On the morrow … Peter went up upon the housetop to pray. Retirement necessary for prayer Have you noticed that if all day long there is not a k...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The vision of Peter:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This was done thrice; and the vessel was received up again in to heaven. The journey from Caesarea to Joppa may well have taken some nine to ten h...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:1 ; Genesis 41:32 ; John 21:17
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This was done thrice — To make the deeper impression.

¹⁶ This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

Related Commentaries of Acts 10:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 10:16