Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 10]
from the being baptized as to these? Meyer: "The water is in this
animated language conceived as the element offering itself for
the baptism." {As well as we} (\h•s kai h•meis\). The argument
was conclusive. God had spoken. Note the query of the eunuch to
Philip (Ac 8:36).
10:48 {Commanded} (\prosetaxen\). First aorist active indicative.
Peter himself abstained from baptizing on this occasion (cf. Paul
in 1Co 1:14). Evidently it was done by the six Jewish brethren.
{Them to be baptized} (\autous baptisth•nai\). Accusative of
general reference with the first aorist passive infinitive. {In
the name of Jesus Christ} (\en t•i onomati I•sou Christou\). The
essential name in Christian baptism as in 2:38; 19:5. But these
passages give the authority for the act, not the formula that was
employed (Alvah Hovey in Hackett's _Commentary_. See also chapter
on the Baptismal Formula in my _The Christ of the Logia_).
"Golden days" (\aurei dies\, Bengel) were these for the whole
group.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Acts: Chapter 10)