Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 15:7

7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago, God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe:

They argued on both sides, and considered what might be said for either opinion; some of them that met here, seem at first to have been for the retaining of the circumcision; for we know but in part, and from the collision of adverse parties, such sparks fly out, that many a man hath lighted his candle at them.

From the beginning of our having received our commission to Preach, as Mat. 28.19. or more particularly, from the time of Cornelius's conversion, Chap. 10.22. and 11.12. which is thought to have been about fourteen or fifteen years before that Peter Preached Christ, by the command of God, unto the Gentiles.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.2[illegible: 1 letter] ▪