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Acts 11:17
Acts 11:17
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did in receiving Cornelius and his friends into the church, from the
censure he lay under for it among the brethren, and their acquiescence…Acts 11 — OverviewActs 11 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeActs 11:1, Peter, being accused for going in to the Gentiles, Acts 11:5, makes his defence; Acts 11:18, which is accepted; Acts 11:19, The gospel being spread in Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, Barnabas is sent to…Acts 11:1-18Acts 11:1-18 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe preaching of the gospel to Cornelius was a thing which we poor
sinners of the Gentiles have reason to reflect upon with a great deal
of joy and thankfulness; for it was the bringing of light to us who sat…Acts 11:1-18Acts 11:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryRectification and enlargement.
It was not to be expected that so great an innovation as that of free communion with a Gentile would pass unchallenged in Jerusalem. Nor did it escape the criticism and condemnation of…Acts 11:1-18Acts 11:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe spirit of sect and the spirit of the gospel.
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