Acts 10:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:34

"God is no respecter of persons." A great truth exemplified in fact becomes like a new revelation. What Simon Peter perceived in the setting of real life he had often acknowledged before. It was the application that was requisite. Difference between holding a truth and being held by it. I. A CONDEMNATION OF SELF - RIGHTEOUSNESS . Not person, but his own Divine righteousness does he respect. The acceptance of the sinner is not a personal favor, but a manifestation of that which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:34-35

Believers outside Judaism. Several important and interesting cases, taken from the old Scripture histories, may serve to illustrate this conviction which now came to St. Peter, and found suggestive expression in our text. The point of his testimony is that the one living and true God of the whole earth has been and is graciously concerned in the religious life of the human race as a whole, apart from any special revelations which he may be pleased to make to any portions of the race. From... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:34-43

Discourse of Peter at Caesarea. I. THE EQUAL JUSTICE AND LOVE OF GOD . He is no respecter of persons. The conditions of acceptance in his sight are everywhere and for all men the same, viz. reverence and rightness of moral conduct. Does this imply, it matters not what a man believes, so long as he fears God and does what is right? Certainly, belief is not immediately under the control of the will. But indirectly it so far is that we are bound to keep our minds open to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:34-48

The great surprise. How seldom do things turn out as we expect! What frequent proofs we have that God's thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways! And yet we are always making iron cages in which we think to confine the operations of God's Spirit, as well as the thoughts of men, and are surprised when either God or men refused to be confined within their bars. The pride of caste is perhaps that which, more than any other one cause, tends to mislead our judgment and to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth - Began to speak, Matthew 5:2.Of a truth - Truly, evidently. That is, I have evidence here that God is no respecter of persons.Is no respecter of persons - The word used here denotes “the act of showing favor to one on account of rank, family, wealth, or partiality arising from any cause.” It is explained in James 2:1-4. A judge is a respecter of persons when he favors one of the parties on account of private friendship, or because he is a man of rank, influence, or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 10:34-35

Acts 10:34-35. Then Peter opened his mouth Addressed himself to them, with a seriousness and solemnity answerable to so great an occasion; and said, Of a truth I perceive More clearly than ever, from such a concurrence of circumstances; that God is no respecter of persons Is not partial in his love. The words mean, 1st, That he does not confine his love to one nation; as the Jews were ready to suppose that he confined it to their nation. 2d, That he is loving to every man, and willeth... 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 10:34

opened his mouth . See note on Acts 8:35 . Of = Upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . perceive . See note on Acts 4:13 . no = not a. Greek. ou. App-105 . respecter of persons . Literally one who takes faces (i.e. persons) into account. Greek. prosopoleptes. Only here. Compare James 2:9 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.PETER'S ADDRESSPeter opened his mouth ... This is the same expression found at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1), where it is related that "Jesus opened his mouth, etc." This indicates formal preparation and the deliberate presentation of significant truth. Bruce said that such an expression... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 10:34-35

Acts 10:34-35. Of a truth I perceive, &c.— See on Deuteronomy 10:17. The phrase no respecter of persons, has principally, if not always, a judicial meaning. It is used in this sense, Leviticus 19:15. Deu 1:17 and, in the 16th verse of that chapter, this is expressly said to be a charge given to the judges of the land. In Deuteronomy 16:19. Respect of persons, (still confined to a judicial sense,) stands to denote corruption and taking of bribes, which, as it is there said with great... read more

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