- Bible
- Acts
- Chapter 10
- Verse 42
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
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Gill's Exposition
And he commanded us, to preach unto the people,.... Not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; to all nations, to the whole world, and every creature; for the apostle seems to refer to the commission…
Barnes' Notes
And he commanded us ... - ; Mat 28:19-20; Mar 16:15-16. And to testify - To bear witness. That it is he ... - See the notes on Joh 5:22-27. Compare the references in the margin. Of quick - The living.…
Adam Clarke
And he commanded us to preach - By thus assuring them that Jesus Christ was appointed to judge the world, he at once showed them the necessity of subjection to him, that they might stand in the day of…
We have here Peter's sermon preached to Cornelius and his friends: that is, an abstract or summary of it; for we have reason to think that he did with many other words testify and exhort to this…
Cambridge Bible
And he commanded us to preach unto the people This was among the commandments alluded to Act 1:2. Compare the charge given by Christ, Mat 28:19, where the wide commission "Go ye, teach all nations,"…
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