Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 10:36

36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ He is Lord of all.

The word of reconciliation betwixt God and man, not onely betwixt God and the Iews, but betwixt him and the Gentiles also; he had sent unto Israel by his Prophets formerly, Isaiah 57.19. God is said to create peace to him that is afar off; the Gentile, as well as to him that is near, the Iew, Psal. 72.7, 8. Isaiah 49.6. and that Salvation was not limited to the Iews onely, might be known unto them by the e[illegible: 2 letters]mples of Melchisedech, Iob, and Naaman, who did no ways belong unto them; but this was now more manifest: God Preaching this peace betwixt himself, and all Nations indifferently by Christ, 1. In his own person Preaching this, Matth. 8.11, 12. and telling them that by his death he would draw all men unto him, Iohn 12.32. 2dly. This peace is Preached to be had by Christ, or onely through Christ; by the Angels themselves, Luke 2.14. And 3dly, by all the Apostles and Ministers of the Gospel, Eph. 2.13, 14. speaking to the Gentiles, St. Paul says, Ye who were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ; and it was their constant Doctrine, that there was no name under Heaven by which men could be saved, but the name of Christ, Chap 4.12. and that it was all one whether they were Greeks or Iews, &c. but Christ is all, and in all, Colos. 3.11. so that in this Doctrine, there is an exact harmony betwixt the Old and Ne[illegible: 1 letter] Testament, the Prophets, and the Apostles.

Christ is Lord, not of the Iews or one people onely; but of the Gentiles, all Nations also, as Mat. 28.19, 20. Rom. 3.29.