ACTS 10:45 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.—the Jewish believers' astonishment (existēmi, 'were shocked') mirrors Peter's own surprise at the sheet-vision. The phrase 'even on the Gentiles' (kai epi ta ethnē) emphasizes the boundary-crossing: Gentiles receive the very 'gift of the Holy Spirit' that came at Pentecost. There is no distinction, no lower tier of grace.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:45
Observe God's providential management. He does not suffer the speech to be finished, nor the baptism to take place upon a command of Peter, but, when He has made it evident how admirable their state of mind is, and a beginning is made of the work of teaching, and they have believed that assuredly baptism is the remission of sins, then immediately comes the Spirit upon them. Now this is done by God's so disposing it as to provide for Peter a mighty ground of justification. And…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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