ACTS 11:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.”
'He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.'—the promise of household salvation (sōthēsetai sy kai pas ho oikos sou) echoes Old Testament covenant language where covenants include the household. The message (logos) is the gospel; its power is salvific. The universality ('you and your household') suggests salvation as familial, corporate reality, not merely individual.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:14
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth. Acts 11:8 Do you mark? I did my part, says he: I said, that I have never eaten anything common or unclean: with reference to this that they said, You went in, and ate with them. But this he does not say to Cornelius: for there was no need to mention it to him. But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not thou common. And this was done three…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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