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10:38
Luke 4:1819
10:39
Luke 24:48
10:4041
John 21:1213
10:42
Matt 28:19
2 Cor 5:10
10:43
Isa 53:11
Jer 31:34
10:44
Acts 11:15; 15:8
10:46
Mark 16:17
Acts 2:4; 19:6
m glo-ssa (1100)
Acts
19:6
10:47
Acts 8:36; 11:17
10:48
Acts 2:38; 19:5
11:3
Acts 10:28
Gal 2:12
began preaching his message of baptism.
38 And you know that God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power. Then Jesus went around doing good
and healing all who were oppressed by the
devil, for God was with him.
39 “And we apostles are witnesses of all he
did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They
put him to death by hanging him on a cross,*
40 but God raised him to life on the third day.
Then God allowed him to appear, 41 not to
the general public,* but to us whom God had
chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We
were those who ate and drank with him after
he rose from the dead. 42 And he ordered us
to preach everywhere and to testify that
Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the
judge of all—the living and the dead. 43 He is
the one all the prophets testified about, say
ing that everyone who believes in him will
have their sins forgiven through his name.”
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit
44 Even as Peter was saying these things, the
Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening
to the message. 45 The Jewish believers* who
came with Peter were amazed that the gift of
the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the
Gentiles, too. 46 For they heard them speak
ing in other m tongues* and praising God.
Then Peter asked, 47 “Can anyone object
to their being baptized, now that they have
received the Holy Spirit just as we did?” 48 So
he gave orders for them to be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ. Afterward Cornelius
asked him to stay with them for several days.
Peter Explains His Actions
Soon the news reached the apostles
and other believers* in Judea that
the Gentiles had received the word of God.
2 But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem,
the Jewish believers* criticized him. 3 “You
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10:39 Greek on a tree. 10:41 Greek the people. 10:45 Greek The faithful ones of the circumcision. 10:46 Or in other
languages. 11:1 Greek brothers. 11:2 Greek those of the circumcision.
The Good News Message
Acts 10:3443
Matt 4:2324; 24:14
Mark 1:1, 1415
Luke 4:1821
Acts 2:1440;
3:1226; 8:2540;
13:1641; 16:31;
17:1631; 20:21
Rom 1:15, 1517;
10:1517; 16:2527
1 Cor 1:18; 15:38
2 Cor 4:37
Eph 1:13; 2:418
2 Thes 2:1314
2 Tim 1:910; 2:813
Heb 4:116
1 Pet 1:312
Rev 14:67
The apostles proclaimed the Good News message in a definite sequence, with the following ele
ments: (1) the OT promises have been fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(2) God has exalted Jesus by resurrecting him to be the head of the new Israel as the divinely
appointed Messiah. (3) The apostles were witnesses of God’s work in Jesus Christ, both as eyewit
nesses of his public ministry and resurrection (13:31) and as his chosen advocates (1:22; 2:32;
3:15; 4:33; 5:32; 10:3943). (4) The proper response to this Good News is repentance and faith
(2:38; 3:19; 13:39, 48; 17:30, 34; 20:21; 26:20). (5) The Holy Spirit is promised to those who
accept this offer of God’s forgiveness and salvation from sin through Jesus Christ.
This basic message was repeatedly preached to many people, both Jews and Gentiles,
throughout the Mediterranean world (note 1:8; 9:15; 28:31). It is echoed in the sermons of
2:147, 3:126, 4:137, 5:142, 8:140, 10:148, and 13:152. The same themes characterize
Paul’s preaching (e.g., 1 Cor 15:39).
All people are summoned to repentance from sin and faith in the saving power of Jesus
(Acts 4:12; 13:38; 16:31)—through his death we can be “declared right with God” (13:39).
Because the message is crucial to people’s destiny, those who proclaim it are warned not to
change it (13:4042; see Heb 2:3).
such as Paul and Barnabas carried on this
powerful preaching and teaching in the
name of Jesus Christ (9:15; 14:13; 26:16).
10:43 Based on what they had seen
and heard (10:3942), the apostles could
proclaim that Jesus of Nazareth was
indeed the one all the prophets testified
about. The whole plan of the Scriptures
is profoundly centered in Christ (see
Luke 24:2527, 4447; John 5:39). • The
major point of their message was that
everyone who believes in him will have
their sins forgiven through his name (see
Luke 24:47).
10:4448 On the day of Pentecost, Peter
told the assembly that if they would
PROPHETS OF ISRAEL
repent, turn to God, and be baptized in
the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of
sins, they would receive “the gift of the
Holy Spirit” (2:38; cp. 19:17). As Corne
lius and his household listened to Peter’s
message, the Holy Spirit fell upon them,
too, and they were baptized (see “Bap
tism,” 2:38, 41). They received the Holy
Spirit just as the Jews did, so clearly God
had shown no partiality (10:3435). This
event parallels the day of Pentecost in
Jerusalem (2:147) and marks the spread
of the Holy Spirit’s power to Gentiles
(1:8; 2:39).
10:48 Cornelius asked Peter to stay with
them for several days, perhaps because
GOSPELS & ACTS
of his need for instruction in the
Christian way.
11:118 Jews traditionally kept them
selves separate and did not eat or
associate socially with Gentiles (10:28;
22:2122; see John 4:9, 27; 18:28; Gal
2:1214). Therefore, when the Jewish
believers in Jerusalem learned that Gentiles had received the word of God, they
criticized Peter’s unconventional actions
and wanted an explanation, which Peter
provided.
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