Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad. Glad, not only that
the gospel was offered to them, but that in sacred writings of the
Jews, it was declared that the Gentiles should have the gospel. They,
too, had always been embraced in God's plan of redemption.
As many as were ordained to eternal life. This passage has been used
as a proof text for the extreme Calvinism that makes God arbitrarily
select some for salvation and reject others, Wesley, on the other hand,
says:
``The original word rendered "ordained" is not once used in the
Scriptures to express eternal predestination of any kind. The
sense if that those, and those only, now ordained, now
believed. Not that God rejected the rest; it was his will
that they also should be saved, but they thrust salvation
from them. Nor were those who then believed "forced" to
believe. Grace was offered to them and they did not thrust it
away.'
It is God's ordination that those of humble, teachable, honest hearts,
seeking the truth and life, shall come to life when it is offered, and
such accepted the gospel on this occasion.
Believed. As Dean Howson says: "Made a public profession of
their faith".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 13:48
2 Thessalonians 3:1
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