ACTS 11:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.”
'As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.'—Peter's declaration establishes equivalence: the Spirit's falling on Gentiles matches the Spirit's falling on Jewish believers at Pentecost (the 'beginning'). The parallelism (hōsper kai eph' hēmas en archē) is explicit; there is no tiered salvation, no Spirit reserved for Jews.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:15
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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