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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:36

He for God, A.V.; preaching good tidings of peace for preaching peace, A.V. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:36

The universal proclamation. "Preaching peace by Jesus Christ." Taking Cornelius as an example of a devout heathen, show that the world needed a new proclamation of peace, both to individuals and to nations. A personal name must be announced; for it must be preached, not by wars and worldly power, but by persuasion and appeal to the heart. I. THE MESSAGE — PEACE . 1. Peace between man and God in atonement. 2. Peace rising up as a wellspring of new life in the heart. 3. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:36

The word - That is, this is the Word, or “the doctrine.” Few passages in the New Testament have perplexed critics more than this. It has been difficult to ascertain to what the term “word” in the accusative case τὸν λόγον ton logon here refers. Our translation would lead us to suppose that it is synonymous with what is said in the following verse. But it should be remarked that the term used there, and translated “word,” as if it were a repetition of what is said here, is a different term. It... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 10:36

Acts 10:36. The word Message, or doctrine; which God sent unto the children of Israel When he sent his Son into the world; preaching Proclaiming by him, and his apostles and evangelists, peace Between God and man, whether Jew or Gentile; by Or through; Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all Not of the Jews only, but of the Gentiles also, and under that character will manifest the riches of his mercy unto all that call upon him, Romans 3:29; Romans 10:12; That word you know In some... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

European converts (10:1-48)In the Roman regiment based in Caesarea was a centurion named Cornelius, a man who was such a sincere God-fearer that all his household followed his faith. In response to his expressions of faith and acts of kindness, God promised to send Peter to tell him the good news of Jesus Christ by which he could be saved (10:1-8; cf. 11:14).First, however, God wanted to teach Peter certain lessons. God gave him a vision to show him that the old Jewish food laws were of no... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 10:36

word . Greek. logos. App-121 . children = sons. Greek. huios. App-108 . preaching . Greek. euangelizo. App-121 . by = by means Jesus Christ . App-98 . He, &c . Cornelius had no claim on Him as son of David. Compare Matthew 15:22-28 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 10:36

The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).Peter's entire speech, as recorded here, requires only fifty-eight seconds to be read aloud, which fact underscores the error of Dibelius, who said that "in the conversion of a centurion, such a comparatively long speech can have no place. (It) is a literary composition of the author Luke."[21] There can be no way of viewing this as "such a long speech"; such a criticism... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 10:36-37

Acts 10:36-37. The word which God sent, &c.— The critics have exceedingly puzzled themselves about this passage, the simple meaning of which, according to my apprehension, is as follows: "Even that gospel, which God has sent by the ministrations of his servants, in the first place, and hitherto only, to the Jews, preaching the glad tidings of the noblest peace, inclusive of reconciliation with himself, and of all spiritual harmony and happiness, through the merit and mediation of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:36

36-38. the word . . . sent unto the children of Israel—for to them (he would have them distinctly know) the Gospel was first preached, even as the facts of it took place on the special theater of the ancient economy. preaching peace by Jesus Christ—the glorious sum of all Gospel truth ( :-). he is Lord of all—exalted to embrace under the canopy of His peace, Jew and Gentile alike, whom the blood of His Cross had cemented into one reconciled and accepted family of God ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 10:34-43

Peter’s message to Cornelius 10:34-43Peter’s sermon on this occasion is the first sermon in Acts addressed to a Gentile audience (cf. Acts 14:15-17; Acts 17:22-31). It is quite similar to the ones Peter preached in Acts 2:14-40 and Acts 3:11-26 except that this one has more information about Jesus’ pre-crucifixion ministry. This emphasis was appropriate since Peter was addressing Gentiles who would have known less about Jesus’ ministry than the Jews did. Also this speech contains no quotations... read more

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