Its not easy packing all of history into one lecture. The book of acts was written to provide a history of the early church. Verses 18 hitherto none had been baptized into the christian church but jews, samaritans, and those converts who had been circumcised and observed the ceremonial law. This is a major step in acts, requiring the full length of acts 10 to bring it to fruition and two repetitions of the story 11. Acts 10 at caesarea there was a man named cornelius, a. There was a certain man in caesarea called cornelius, a centurion of what was called the italian regiment, a devout man and one who feared god with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to god always.
This versebyverse bible study and commentary of the acts of the apostles the book of acts or simply acts is indepth but uses plain language that everyone can understand, as well as a format that will engage you. While he speaks the holy ghost descends on cornelius and his company. Holy spirit falls acts 10 bible study questions handout acts 10. T he book of acts in the bible, written around 6263 a. Acts is a fastmoving historical account of the first three decades of the church. Acts 10 commentary peters witness to cornelius bible gateway.
A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1. Stephen said some words from the book by the prophet isaiah isaiah 66. The first thing he encountered in caesarea was this gentile centurion falling at his feet in worship. Chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14. Matthew henry concise commentary on the whole bible.
Notes for acts chapter 10 johns title for chapter 10. And they said, cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth god, and of good report among all the nation of the jews, was warned from god by an holy. And then in the first half of acts 10, cornelius and peter both saw visions given by god. It is a turn very new and remarkable which the story of this chapter gives to the acts of the apostles. Scholars speculate that luke the author of the book of acts was. The context for this story begins with gods call of abram, when god promised, all of the families of the earth will be blessed in you genesis 12.
Jesus had shown himself alive by many proofs for 40 days. While the old testament relates the story of israel as gods. Acts 10 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. An immense amount of apostolic service is left unrecorded, and mention is made of just a few incidents which serve to show the way the spirit of god operated in bearing witness to the risen and exalted jesus, and in conducting the disciples into the fulness of christian blessing.
The jamieson, fausset, brown commentary online free at for sermon, bible study, and sunday school preparation. While there are some areas of great detail of the acts of the apostles, many times you must use cross references to the gospels of matthew, mark, luke and john as well as some other epistles in the new testament to get the full picture of what was. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. Since cornelius is so important in church history let us gather together what we can learn about him.
In the great providence of god, the gospel was to the elect of god. There is a real sense in which the book of acts continues to be written today. And then chapter 9 tells the story of the conversion of saul paul. Sssh family seasons being a christian is more than belonging to an organization with a history and a dogma. Rather, he pulled cornelius to his feet and said, stand up. Acts chapter 10 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. He goes through highlights on abraham, isaac, jacob, joseph, moses, joshua, david, and solomon all in one chapter. Acts 10 1 there was a certain man in caesarea called cornelius, a centurion of the band called the italian band, 2 a devout man, and one that feared god with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to god alway. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from peter. Acts 10 indepth versebyverse bible study and commentary of acts chapter. The emphasis of the book is the fulfillment of the great commission. Peter commands them to be baptized in the name of the lord, acts 10.
A centurion was one of 60 officers in a roman legion, each of whom commanded 100 men see note on matt. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. Acts 10 niv cornelius calls for peter bible gateway. Read acts 10 commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. He distinctly saw an angel of god, who came to him and said, cornelius. Acts 10 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. We here enter on an entirely new phase of the christian church, the opening of the door of faith to the gentiles. The point of all of this is that the folks from the temple are just as stubborn as their. Christ having ordered them not to depart thence, but to wait for the pouring out of the holy spirit. David guzik commentary on acts 10, where god speaks to peter in a vision of a. Luke told us how the church was formed by the gift of the holy spirit and baptism and gathered around the apostles teaching and now moves on to narrate examples of the apostles ministry in jerusalem.
Acts 10, new international version niv the bible app. Acts 10 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. The apostle peter and a new character named cornelius. Acts 10 new international version niv cornelius calls for peter. Chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19.
The whole speech is kind of a summary of the story of the jewish people. We all know that initially, the gospel message was for israel. Acts 10 chapter 10 of the book of acts is a pivotal point in the great commission. This chapter records the vision of saint peter and his meeting with cornelius in caesarea. But stephen reminded the jews that god was bigger than any temple. He was at present quartered in cesarea, a strong city, lately reedified and fortified by herod the great, and called cesarea in honour of augustus c. The acts is an historical book, but it is not mere history.
Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. Acts records the apostles being christs witnesses in jerusalem, judea, samaria, and the surrounding world. The book of acts was likely written between ad 61 and 64. Summary of acts chapter 10 and the salvation of cornelius. This same nero began his infamous persecutions of christians in a. This is not to imply that the outreach to the gentiles was an afterthought. The good doctor luke has described the beginning of the church, the kingdom, in. Acts 10 is the tenth chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible.
This passage in which peter and john heal a lame man is the first scene in the book of acts after the story of pentecost in chapter 2. Chapter 10 of the book of acts covers a kaleidoscope of christian teaching in the story of the conve. Acts spans a period of about 30 years, and takes us up to about a. Acts 10 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. And peter preaches unto him jesus, as the savior of the world, and the judge of quick and dead, acts 10. Caesarea was a predominately roman city on the shores of the mediterranean in judea. The temple in this book called acts was the third temple. Introduction chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9. Pentecost ii it is no longer a jewish thing a summary of chapter 10. Acts 10 commentary william barclays daily study bible.
Acts 10 bible commentary matthew henry concise christianity. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition uniformly affirmed that luke composed this book as well as the gospel of luke. This chapter describes gods flinging open the door of his church to. Study the bible online using commentary on acts 10 and more. This would indicate it was matthew, mark, luke, or john. Commentary on the book of acts of the apostles by matthew. Chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10.
Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. Peter further testifies to the resurrections historical authenticity by saying that during the postresurrection period. But this passage in the book of acts, chapter 10 goes much deeper than this, and teaches us so much about ritual purity, how one becomes defiled, what it means to be holy and so much more. Previous index next acts of the apostles chapter ten objectives in studying this chapter 1 to study the conversion of cornelius and his household, the first gentiles to obey the gospel 2 to note the need for religious and devout people to be saved, despite their good works 3 to ascertain the purpose of the holy spirit falling upon the gentiles, based on the context summary up to.
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