2 Corinthians 13:1; Genesis 41:32; John 21:17
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...
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...
thrice . Literally upon thrice.
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...
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...
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...
This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. This was done thrice, х epi ( G1909 ) tris ( G5151 )] (see...
Peter and the Gentiles 1-48. Conversion of Cornelius. The baptism of Cornelius was an event of farreaching importance, and is, therefore, describe...
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...
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...
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 exclusivene...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unt...
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...
‘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...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 10:1 . There was. —Omitted in best MSS. Centurion .—ἑκατοντάρχης ( Acts 27:1 ) = ἑκατοντάρχος ( Acts 21:32 ; compare Luk...
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,...
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...
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...
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 vision of Peter:
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...
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...
This was done thrice — To make the deeper impression.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.