מעשי השליחים 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The Jerusalem church's response to Peter's account of Cornelius's household — 'then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life' — marks a decisive theological breakthrough in the narrative of Acts. The verb 'granted' (edoken) makes repentance a divine gift rather than a human achievement, consistent with Pauline soteriology and the Lukan theme of God's initiative. The episode resolves the crisis introduced by Peter's vision in Acts 10, validating table fellowship with Gentiles against the prevailing boundary markers of Jewish identity. The verse anticipates the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) and stands as one of the clearest narrative statements that the inclusion of Gentiles is God's own doing, not a human innovation.
תרגומים נוספים
And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.
And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
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