Acts 11:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 11:21

And the hand of the Lord - See the notes on Luke 1:66. Compare Psalms 80:17. The meaning is, that God showed them favor, and evinced his power in the conversion of their hearers. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 11:19-21

Acts 11:19-21. Now they which were scattered abroad Luke here resumes the thread of his narration in the very words wherewith he broke it off, chap. Acts 8:4; travelled as far as Phenice To the north; Cyprus To the west; and Antioch To the east; preaching the word to none but the Jews only Not being at all apprehensive that the Gentiles were to share the blessings of it. And some of them Who bore a part in this work; were men of Cyprus The island so called; and of the province... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 11:19-26

A new work in Antioch (11:19-26)While the apostles and others were spreading the gospel in various places, an interesting work grew up in Antioch in Syria. Some Christians who had been scattered from Jerusalem at the time of Stephen’s death preached among the Greek population of Antioch and many believed (19-21). When the leaders of the Jerusalem church heard this, they sent Barnabas to Antioch. This was a wise choice, for Barnabas was from nearby Cyprus and had a much broader outlook than... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 11:21

believed, and = having believed. App-150 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 11:21

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned to the Lord.The fact is as obvious to us, after nineteen hundred years, as it was to Luke, that "the hand of the Lord was with them." Indeed, upon what other premise may the triumph of Christianity in a city like Antioch be explained?A great number that believed turned to the Lord ... The KJV in this place has "A great number believed, and turned to the Lord"; but the English Revised Version (1885) is a superior... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 11:21

21. a great number believed—Thus the accession of Cornelius and his party was not the first admission of uncircumcised Gentiles into the Church. (See on :-.) Nay, we read of no influence which the accession of Cornelius and his house had on the further progress of the Gospel among the Gentiles; whereas there here open upon us operations upon the Gentiles from quite a different quarter, and attended with ever growing success. The only great object served by the case of Cornelius was the formal... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 11:19-26

The spiritual initiative of the Antioch church 11:19-26 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 11:19-30

3. The initiatives of the Antioch church 11:19-30The scene now shifts to Antioch of Syria. It was a very significant town because from there the church launched its major missionary offensives to the uttermost parts of the earth. Luke recorded events in the early history of this church because of its significant initiatives. The disciples in Antioch reached out to Gentiles with spiritual aid, and they reached out to their Jewish brethren in Jerusalem with material aid."With the ratification by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 11:21

Luke stressed the Lord Jesus’ blessing of their witness. "The hand of the Lord" is an Old Testament anthropomorphism that pictures God’s power (cf. Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 66:14). The early disciples put Jesus on a par with Yahweh; His deity was not a late development read back into the early history of the church. [Note: Robertson, 3:157.] Response to this evangelistic work was very good. Perhaps these Gentiles were "God-fearers" similar to the Ethiopian eunuch and Cornelius. [Note: Longenecker,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 11:1-30

The First Gentile Church1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism itself because, although they disliked it, our Lord’s command to baptise all nations was too definite to be questioned. They attacked, therefore, St. Peter’s undoubted breach of Jewish law and custom: ’Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them’ (Acts 11:3). What they apparently desired... read more

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