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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:4

Verse 4 4.And he beheld, and was afraid. Luke expresseth his attentiveness in plain words, that we may know that it was no vain imagination which came upon the man as he was sleeping or doing some other thing. The fear wherewith he was taken (655) proceeded from the perceiving of the majesty of God; (656) for so soon as men conceive the presence of God, they must needs be afraid and cast down with fear. And whereas his words do no whit terrify us, that must be imputed to our sluggishness,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:5

Verse 5 5.Now send to Joppa. God dealt most favorably with Cornelius, in that he doth not command him to go himself, but to send messengers unto Peter, that he may stay quietly at home, and that Peter may endure the toil of the journey for his sake. But let us not wonder that Cornelius was so courteously handled, seeing that God thrusteth the ministers of his word daily upon the unwilling; so that he appeareth of his accord to those which do not seek him, as he saith by Isaiah, (Isaiah 65:1.)... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

Piety, its place, its associations, and its reward. We gather— I. THAT GOD HAS HIS SERVANTS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES . We look for piety in certain quarters where it may be supposed to flourish; in others we do not look to see it; yet in these latter it may be found. Who would have expected that a centurion in a Roman regiment would prove to be a worshipper of God—one that " feared God with all his house"? He and his family must have been living in a way that contrasted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

The pious centurion. I. THE SCENE OF THE STORY . It was at Caesarea. Hitherto we have heard of Judaea, Samaria, and Galilee. Here the fiery baptism had descended, and here the martyrs had sealed their testimony in blood. Now the second part of the early Church history begins, and the great thought of the gospel, the conversion of the Gentiles to Christ, begins to be an accomplished fact. II. THE GENTILE SUBJECT OF CONVERSION . 1. A centurion; a captain; a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

The Spirit of God in the Gentile world. Caesarea. Roman spirit there. Philip's visit (see Acts 8:40 ). Herod's influence. Possible contact of Cornelius with gospel truth. Necessity that the entrance of the Church on its new territory should be solemn, authorized, undoubtedly firm, because of the subsequent controversies which would be largely settled by reverting to the facts. I. CORNELIUS , A TYPE of the religious heathen under the influence of the Spirit. 1. Devotion may be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-33

The indenture. The meeting of Peter and Cornelius is one of those binges upon which, small as they seem at the moment, vast interests turn. It was one of those moments when revolutions in the whole state of human society are at the birth; when that is being unconsciously enacted by the doers which will powerfully affect mankind to the end of time and beyond it. From the call of Abraham to the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the covenanted mercies of God had been restricted within... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

Broadening foundations. The promises of God to "Abraham and his seed for ever" are not going to be diminished now, but something of the extent of them is to be made more plain. Nothing shall be taken from the Jew which he is willing to have and to keep; but much is going to be given, with a manifestation unknown before, to the Gentile. With some form of vision, of dream, of angel-appearance, the covenant of long ages ago was made with the patriarch, and it seems that now, some nineteen... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:2-22

Devout heathen. To correct the tendency to limit the operations of Divine grace to particular sections, classes, or nations, the Scriptures record instances of true devoutness and sincere piety both before and outside the Abrahamic covenant. The comforting and inspiring truth of the Divine call and election man has too often changed into a doctrine of Divine favoritism, involving the sovereign and groundless choice of some, and the consequent repudiation and hopeless condition of many. We... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:3

Openly for evidently, A.V.; as it were about for about, A.V. and T.R.; unto for to, and to for unto, A.V. Openly ; or, evidently ( φανερῶς ) , indicates the distinctness and certainty of the vision. It was, as Meyer says, a clear angelic appearance; there was no indistinctness or confusion about it, and consequently it left no kind of doubt in the mind of Cornelius. An angel ; or rather, the angel; the addition of God defines it (see Acts 5:19 , note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:4

He, fastening his eyes upon for when he looked on, A.V. ( ἀτενίσας , as Acts 3:4 , etc.); and being affrighted for he was afraid and, A.V.; gone for come, A.V. For a memorial ; i.e. thy prayers and thine alms are set is the sight of God, and are the cause of his now remembering thee and sending this message to thee. Cornelius's good works were the fruit of his faith in God as revealed in the Old Testament. read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:2-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:4

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