Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he commanded them to be baptized—not doing it with his own hands, as neither did Paul, save on rare occasions (I Corinthians 1:14-17; compare Acts 2:38; John 4:2).
prayed . . . him to tarry certain days—"golden days" [BENGEL], spent, doubtless, in refreshing Christian fellowship, and in imparting and receiving fuller teaching on the several topics of the apostle's discourse.
Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water . . . which have received the Holy Ghost, etc.—Mark, he does not say, They have received the Spirit, what need have they for water? but, Having the living discipleship imparted to them and visibly stamped upon them, what objection can there be to admitting them, by the seal of baptism, into the full fellowship of the Church?
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 10:48:
Acts 9:17-19
1 Corinthians 1:14
Galatians 2:12
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