Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:1-48
PART SECOND. THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION FROM JEWS TO GENTILES, Acts 8:5 to Acts 12:25. Through this Second Part of his history Luke traces in perfectly regular progress the successive steps by which Christianity emerges from her Jewish trammels into a free and universal Church. The Samaritans are first evangelized, and the eunuch is the first apostle to Africa. The Gentile apostle is next converted and put in preparation for his work. Peter, emerging from Jerusalem, is taught by the case of... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:1-33
III. GENTILE INDUCTION NEW CHRISTIAN CENTRE ANTIOCH, Acts 10:1 to Acts 11:30. 1. Cornelius’ Vision and Mission to Peter, Acts 10:1-33 . Luke now unfolds a new and positive advance in the secession of Christianity from Judaism. (See notes on Acts 4:1; Acts 6:8; Acts 6:13.) The martyrdom of Stephen had sealed the certainty of such a separation, and now head of the movement must be the leading Apostle Peter, under angelic guidance, at the Gentile capital, Cesarea. This was a vital question... read more