ACTS 10:46 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,”
For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said, 'Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water, can they?'—the glossolalia ('speaking in tongues,' lalein glossais) is Pentecostal sign-gift demonstrating Spirit-reception; it is public and audible testimony. The 'praising God' (megalynein ton theon) shows the Spirit's effect: magnifying, exalting the Lord. Peter's rhetorical question (expecting negative answer) asserts that water baptism must follow Spirit-baptism; the Spirit has already cleansed them.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:46
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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