he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
The preaching of the gospel to Cornelius was a thing which we poor sinners of the Gentiles have reason to reflect upon with a great deal of joy and thankfulness; for it was the bringing of light to us who sat in darkness.
Commenting on Acts 11:1-18
And as I began to speak,...., That is, whilst he was speaking; the word "begin" with Luke, both, in his Gospel and in this history, is used not to denote the time or order of any action, but the thing itself; as in Luk 4:21 for otherwise it was towards the close, and not at the beginning of his discourse, that what follows happened: the...
Verse 14. And all thy house. Thy family. This is a circumstance which is omitted in the account in . It is said, however, in , that Cornelius feared God with all his house. And it is evident, from , that the family also received the ordinance of baptism, and was received into the church. (c) "tell thee words"