Acts 11:18

They glorified God — Being thoroughly satisfied. Repentance unto life — True repentance is a change from spiritual death to spiritual life, and leads to life everlasting.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They held their peace - They were convinced, as Peter had been, by the manifest indications of the will of God. Then hath God ... - The great...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Defends his Action at Jerusalem. As Philip's action at Samaria ( Acts 8:14 ), so here Peter's doings at Cæ sarea are reported at Jerusalem. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When they heard . Now, having heard. held their peace . ceased, as in Acts 21:14 . See Luke 14:4 ; Luke 23:56 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:11 . also...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. When they heard these things they were quieted. The end doth show that those were not moved with malice which did contend with Peter; fo...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1770 LIFE GRANTED TO THE GENTILES Acts 11:18 . Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life . HERE we have an acc...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. They...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When they heard these things, &c.— When they had heard St. Peter's apology, they were silent, and acquiesced, turning their accusations of thea...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Extension of the Church to Judæa and Samaria ( Acts 8:4 to Acts 11:18 ) The Christians, scattered by persecution, preach everywhere through...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Church of Jerusalem unanimously endorsed Peter's action, doubtless because the case was an exceptional one, and was not likely to become a preced...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They held their peace, and glorified God. — The difference of tenses in the two Greek verbs implies that they first held their peace, and then bega...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

following a Plain Course Acts 11:1-18 It is very interesting here to find Peter on the defensive. We have always thought of him as masterful an...
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 a...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. (2) And when Peter was come up to Jerusal...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE NATURE OF REPENTANCE ‘Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.’ Acts 11:18 There is a repentance which is not un...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When they heard these things ,.... Peter's vision at Joppa, and Cornelius's at Caesarea, and the wonderful pouring forth of the Spirit upon these Ge...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. V...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then remembered I the word of the Lord This descent of the Holy Ghost on them, as on us at the beginning of our public ministry, was such an extrao...
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 speci...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard tha...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They held their peace; they were fully satisfied with the reason St. Peter had given them of his admitting the Gentiles unto baptism, and fellowshi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also has God granted repentance unto life.”...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 11:1 . The apostles .—Peter and John ( Acts 8:14 ), with James ( Acts 12:2 ), and possibly the rest of the Twelve. The br...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 11:18 I. It was God's will that, by Jew and Gentile, by heretic and orthodox, by men of the East and men of the West, the truth should be tri...
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 p...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Repentance unto life Consider-- I. Certain false repentances. 1. Trembli...
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 rapid...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. P...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; 2 Timothy 2:26 ; Acts 15:3 ; Acts 20:21 ; Acts 21:20 ; Acts 26:17-20 ; Acts 3:19...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Prejudice Turned to Praise Acts 11:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS After Peter's visit to the home of Cornelius and his return to Judea he learned tha...

¹⁸ When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Related Commentaries of Acts 11:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

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