John Gill's Exposition on Acts 11:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And as I began to speak, etc.], 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 (<420421>Luke 4:21 20:9 <440101>Acts 1:1) for otherwise it was towards the close, and not at the beginning of his discourse, that what follows happened: the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning; of our ministry, since the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ; meaning on the day of Pentecost, and that the Holy Ghost fell on Cornelius and those that were with him, in a like visible form, and in the same kind of gifts, as speaking with tongues, as on them.

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