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Agabus—Act_11:27-30 In the course of the transactions at Antioch which have lately engaged our attention, probably during the year of Barnabas and Saul’s joint labor there, certain “prophets” arrived from Jerusalem. One of these, named Agabus, impelled by the Spirit, stood up in the congregation of the believers, and declared “that there should be great … Continue reading ““790. AGABUS—ACTS 11:27-30””

Herod Agrippa—Act_12:1 The twelfth chapter of the Acts opens with an account of the hostile proceedings of “Herod the king” against the church at Jerusalem. Without information from other sources, we should be considerably perplexed to find Judea again a kingdom, when it was but lately we saw it a Roman province, governed by a … Continue reading ““791. HEROD AGRIPPA—ACTS 12:1””

Saul in Cilicia—Act_11:25-26 The course of the Apostolic history having brought us into the region to which Saul had retired, and introduced him again to our notice, we naturally become desirous to know where he had been and what he had been doing since we parted from him last. He then embarked at Caesarea for … Continue reading ““788. SAUL IN CILICIA—ACTS 11:25-26””

Antioch—Act_11:26 As the first city in which a church gathered directly from the Gentiles was founded, and as the spot where the illustrious name of “Christian” was first heard, Antioch has special claims to our regard, and has the right to be looked upon as the mother church of Gentile Christendom. If the map be … Continue reading ““789. ANTIOCH—ACTS 11:26””

A Mistake—Act_10:34-35 The Apostle Peter, near the close of his second Epistle, has a very interesting allusion to the Epistles of “our beloved brother Paul.” In them, he says, there “are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own … Continue reading ““786. A MISTAKE—ACTS 10:34-35””

Christians—Act_11:19-26 As the result of the persecution in which Saul had taken so active a part, we were told that “Therefore they [the converts] that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.” Note: Act_8:4. The sacred historian having now concluded his account of Saul’s conversion and of Peter’s proceedings, goes back to this point, … Continue reading ““787. CHRISTIANS—ACTS 11:19-26””

The Vision of Cornelius—Act_10:24-33 When Peter and his companions reached Caesarea, about the noon of the day after their departure from Joppa, they were at once conducted to the house of the centurion; which the apostle, instructed by the vision with which he had been favored, did not hesitate to enter, though it was a … Continue reading ““783. THE VISION OF CORNELIUS—ACTS 10:24-33””

Conversion of Cornelius—Act_10:34 to Act_11:18 When Cornelius had finished his recital, Peter, at some length, expressed the conviction, which he had been so slow to realize, and which it had needed a special communication from heaven to impress upon him, that the Gentiles were not any longer to be regarded as unclean, and that the … Continue reading ““784. CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS—ACTS 10:34-11:18””

Acts 10-12 : Forty-Sixth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Peter’s Vision—Act_10:9-23 After the great miracle of raising Tabitha from the dead, Peter did not return to Lydda, but remained at Joppa, his summons to which place had perhaps only slightly anticipated his intention of proceeding thither. It is probable that among the disciples at Joppa there were persons of good worldly standing and consideration, … Continue reading ““781. PETER’S VISION—ACTS 10:9-23””