Lectionary Preaching Workbook
COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONS
Lesson 1: Acts 11:1-18 (C)
Peter here explains to his Jewish friends and admirers why he now believes the teachings of Jesus are for the Gentiles as well as the Jews. After reporting some rather elaborate visions and his trip to the home of Cornelius, he explains that these visions clearly led him to this belief. His friends then accepted his explanation, and we find here the early stages of the universalizing of the Christian faith.