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Acts 11:15

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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

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ASV

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

KJV

And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

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This verse in Acts 11

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

But he is not content even with what was said above, and recalls also the saying of the Lord: "You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." Nothing new happened, he says, but only what He had foretold. But, they will say, there was no …

This site's exposition

the Holy Spirit fell upon them

Peter says the Holy Spirit fell on Cornelius's household just as on the Jewish believers at the beginning, at Pentecost in 2:1 to 4. He measures the household by that first outpouring and finds it the same.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

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 …

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 24 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And as I began to speak," etc. Then why did not this happen alone? Of superabundance this is wrought by God, that it might be shown that the beginning too was not from the Apostle. But had he set out of his own motion, without any of these things having taken place, they would have been very much hurt: so that from the beginning he disposes their minds in his favor.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And as I began to speak,...., That is, whilst he was speaking; the word "begin" with Luke, both, in his Gospel and in this history, is used not to denote the time or order of any action, but the thing itself; as in Luk 4:21 for otherwise it was towards the close, and not at the beginning of his discourse, that what follows happened: the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning; of our ministry, since the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ; meaning on the day of Pentecost, and that the Holy Ghost fell on Cornelius and those that were with him, in a like visible form, and in the same kind of gifts, as speaking with tongues, as on them.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The apostle supposes this, when he thus argues with the Galatians: Received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 2 . [2.] Peter was hereby put in mind of a saying of his Master's, when he was leaving them ( ch. i.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

And as I began to speak - Or, while I was speaking. The Holy Ghost ... - Act 10:44.

The words behind it

19 Greek words

Every 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.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 10:44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.13 worksActs 19:6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.7 worksDeuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.7 worksZechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.5 worksActs 2:2–12Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.4 worksActs 10:34–46Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,4 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.4 worksActs 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”2 worksMicah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.2 worksActs 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.1 worksEzekiel 11:5And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 4:31

    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

    it leads to

    • Acts 2:4

      And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 21:22

      If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

    • Isaiah 65:24

      Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

    • Acts 2:2

      Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

    • Acts 16:25–26

      About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

  • Through

    Acts 19:6

    And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

    it leads to

    • Acts 6:6

      They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    • Mark 16:17

      And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

    • 1 Timothy 5:22

      Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 11 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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