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Acts 10 narrates a significant change in Peter’s own life but also a massive shift in the trajectory of the church’s mission in its earliest days. For Luke, this moment is significant well beyond Peter’s life. This story is a powerful symbol of a promise enunciated from the beginning of Luke’s gospel and throughout Acts, … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Eric Barreto”

How does the resurrection change things? One scholar states that Acts tells the story of the early church carrying forward “divinely initiated social change” that results from their witness to the resurrected Lord.1 Peter’s speech in Acts 10:34-43 witnesses to no mere social change; it witnesses to a tectonic shift that disrupts the landscape. Peter expresses … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Kyle Fever”

This particular text has been chosen for Baptism of our Lord Sunday because it refers both to John’s baptismal mission and to God’s anointing of Jesus with the Holy Spirit as part of a kerygmatic speech by Peter. On the surface nothing too controversial leaps out of the text to assault the contemporary hearer’s theological … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Richard Carlson”

The lectionary passage Acts 10:34-43 features the sermon that Simon Peter gave in the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, in the city of Caesarea Maritima.  The broader context is important to understand Peter’s homily but lacking from the lectionary passage; therefore, I will summarize it here and present the main characters before addressing the … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Christian A. Eberhart”

The first Easter drastically changed how Christians understand God’s activity in the world. Today’s first reading features a similar paradigm shift in Christians’ understanding, regarding how wide-reaching God’s favor truly is. I. The literary context: Acts 10:1-11:18 Our reading occurs within the larger narrative episode surrounding Cornelius (10:1-11:18), which Beverly Gaventa calls “the climactic moment … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Troy Troftgruben”

Nothing about Easter is routine or predictable.1 The same can be said about preaching the Easter story. When we view Christ’s resurrection with an understanding that God continues to be concerned with our world, then our situations lead us to perceive that event with new significance. Because our lives and our encounters with God continually … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Commentary by Matt Skinner”

The Success of the Apostolic Mission The lessons from Acts for the Sundays of Easter continue their witness to the power of the Spirit and the Resurrection of Christ Jesus. For summary comments on perspectives and themes of Luke-Acts that provide background and setting for this lesson, see the introductory comments on the lesson from … Continue reading “Acts 9:36-43 Commentary by James Boyce”

In Acts, the gospel is relentlessly expansive. That the gospel would reach the corners of the world is certainly promised in Acts 1:8 but is not a new chapter in God’s involvement with the world from Luke’s perspective. In fact, the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke melodically imagine the good news reaching … Continue reading “Acts 9:36-43 Commentary by Eric Barreto”

This passage begins with the words, “in Joppa there was a certain female disciple (mathetria) by the name of Tabitha, which being translated (into Greek) also means Dorcas. Her life was full good (agathos) works (erga) and necessities for the poor (eleemosunon), which she herself provided” (Acts 9:36, my translation). Cornelius, the Roman centurion, also … Continue reading “Acts 9:36-43 Commentary by Mitzi J. Smith”

God orchestrated a meeting between Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch on the Gaza road west of Jerusalem (8:26), and Jesus met Saul outside of Jerusalem as he approached Damascus (9:3). Neither Saul nor the Ethiopian Eunuch met or was introduced to Jesus in Jerusalem or in the Temple precincts. God meets, calls, and transforms people … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-19 Commentary by Mitzi J. Smith”