Acts 10:34-35

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Acts 10:34-35

DISCOURSE: 1766SALVATION OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALLActs 10:34-35. Then 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 accepted with him.GOD’s purpose of love towards the Gentile world had been made known even from the time that God separated Abraham and his posterity as a peculiar people unto himself. The call of Abraham in an uncircumcised state, and the justifying of him by faith... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Acts 10:35

righteousness (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

In the first chapter of Acts, Jesus said to His disciples, "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" ( Acts 1:8 ).Jesus had commanded His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. So the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for all men, regardless of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 10:1-48

Acts 10:1 . Cornelius, a centurion. The person to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel is described by name, Cornelius. By his occupation, a soldier. By his religion, a proselyte or converted gentile. Of these there were two sorts; some were proselytes of the covenant, that is, such gentiles as submitted themselves to circumcision, and the whole Mosaical pedagogy. These were counted as jews, and freely conversed with as such. Others were called proselytes of the gate; these were not... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 10:1-48

Acts 10:1-48There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion.Peter’s visionThe record of the advance of the young Church gives in quick succession three typical conversions: first, that of the eunuch, a foreigner, but a proselyte to the Jewish faith; secondly, that of Saul, born and bred a Jew; thirdly, this of Cornelius, a Gentile seeker after God. Within the range of these experiences the whole world was compassed. The highest apostolic sanction for an unfettered gospel was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 10:30-48

Acts 10:30-48And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting.Peter at CaesareaWe welcome his revelation that the grace of God has so boundless a reach; that in His government men are accountable not for knowledge which they have not, but for what they have. It suggests certain practical lessons like the following:I. It is our privilege to exercise a wide charity toward religions which differ from our own. We have the authority of Scripture for recognising the truth wherever found. No one of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 10:34-35

Acts 10:34-35Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.God the rewarder of them that diligently seek HimI. To show by what marks we shall know whether we ourselves, and others, are sincere in the fear of God.1. The first mark of sincerity in the concerns of religion is having carefully endeavoured to find our duty. For if we take a matter of this importance upon trust, and leave custom and fashion to choose our opinions, we must confess that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 10:34

34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: Ver. 34. No respecter of persons ] That is, of their outward state and condition, as country, sex, wealth, wisdom, &c. Outward things neither help nor hurt, please nor displease God, but as they are in a good or bad man; as a cipher by itself is nothing, but a figure being set before it, it increaseth the sum. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 10:35

35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. Ver. 35. He that feareth him and worketh righteousness ] This is the whole duty of man, asEcclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 12:13 . His duobus membris comprehenditur totius vitae integritas. (Calvin.) read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 10:34

opened: Acts 8:35, Matthew 5:2, Ephesians 6:19, Ephesians 6:20 Of a: Deuteronomy 10:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 34:19, Psalms 82:1, Psalms 82:2, Matthew 22:16, Luke 20:21, Romans 2:11, Galatians 2:6, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:11, Colossians 3:25, James 2:4, James 2:9, 1 Peter 1:17 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:17 - shall not 2 Samuel 14:14 - neither Isaiah 56:3 - the son Matthew 16:19 - give Luke 21:3 - Of John 16:7 - I tell Acts 10:28 - but Acts 11:1 - the Gentiles Acts 11:9... read more

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