Acts 11:14
in Acts 11He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
KJV
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
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This verse in Acts 11
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThou and all thy house shall be saved - This is an additional circumstance: before, it was said, Act 10:6, Peter shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do; and, in Act 10:33, who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. But, in Peter’s relation, the matter is more explicitly declared, he shall tell thee words whereby thou and thy house shall be saved. He shall announce to you all the doctrine of salvation.
This site's exposition
three men sent to me
on Acts 11:11-14
Just then three men sent from Caesarea stopped at the house where Peter was staying, the vision's meaning arriving in the same hour. Six brothers went with him, witnesses Peter now needs before the church.
This site's exposition
you and all your household will be saved
The message Peter would convey was for the whole household, family, servants and all who lived under one head. Cornelius had gathered relatives and close friends at 10:24. Whole households are saved again with Lydia at 16:15 and the jailer at 16:31.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved." And he does not mention the words spoken by the Angel to Cornelius, "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God," that he may not disgust them; but what says he? "He shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved:" with good reason this is added. Also he says nothing of the man's fitness. "The Spirit," he might say, "having sent me, God having commanded, on the one part having summoned me through the Angel, on the other urging me on, and solving my doubt about the things, what was I to do?" He says none of these things, however: but makes his strong point of what happened last, which even in itself was an incontrovertible argument.
Peter showed in his defense that he had by no means been the cause, but God everywhere. For he said, he himself set me in the excess of mind, he himself pointed out the sheet, and I indeed even contradicted; again the same he himself …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Saved - With the full Christian salvation, in this world and the world to come.
This day is salvation come to this house, " Luke xix. Hitherto salvation was of the Jews ( John iv. 22 ), but now salvation is brought to the Gentiles as much as ever it was with the Jews; the promises, privileges, and means of it are conveyed to all nations as amply and fully, to all intents and purposes, as ever it had been appropriated to the Jewish nation.
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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Observe, "salvation" is here made to hang upon "words," that is, the Gospel message concerning Christ. But on the "salvation" of Cornelius, see on Ac 10:34, 35.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And all thy house - Thy family. This is a circumstance which his omitted in the account in Acts 10: It is said, however, in Act 10:2, that Cornelius feared God with all his house. It is evident from Act 10:48 that the family also received the ordinance of baptism, and was received into the church.
The words behind it
14 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| λαλήσει | lalesei | will speak | G2980 → | 294 times |
| ῥήματα | rhemata | declarations | G4487 → | 68 times |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → | 700 times |
| σὲ | se | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| οἷς | hois | which | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| σωθήσῃ | sothese | will be saved | G4982 → | 105 times |
| σὺ | su | you yourself | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πᾶς | pas | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οἶκός | oikos | household | G3624 → | 112 times |
| σου. | sou | of you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
ὃςwho
hosG3739 →1405 times
λαλήσειwill speak
laleseiG2980 →294 times
ῥήματαdeclarations
rhemataG4487 →68 times
πρὸςto
prosG4314 →700 times
σὲyou
seG4771 →2973 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
οἷςwhich
hoisG3739 →1405 times
σωθήσῃwill be saved
sotheseG4982 →105 times
σὺyou yourself
suG4771 →2973 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πᾶςall
pasG3956 →1235 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
οἶκόςhousehold
oikosG3624 →112 times
σου.of you.
souG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 10:2He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
it leads to
- Matthew 7:7–8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Acts 10:4
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Acts 10:22
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in…
- Matthew 7:7–8
Through
Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- Acts 16:33
At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- Luke 24:29
But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
- Genesis 19:3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- 1 Corinthians 1:13–16
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
- Hebrews 13:2
Where this verse is studied
About Acts
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 24; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts.