When did the Holy Spirit fall on the Gentiles at Cornelius's house?
The Holy Spirit fell on the Gentiles at Cornelius’s house while Peter was still preaching, before he finished and before he said anything about repentance or baptism. The Spirit came down uninvited, without an aisle, repentance, or baptism, showing the seven Jews present that these Gentiles had believed.
Les explains that this refers back to Acts chapter 10, the house of Cornelius. Peter and six other Jewish believers went up to that Gentile home of the Roman officer Cornelius, and while Peter hadn’t even finished preaching—hadn’t yet said a word about repenting and being baptized—the Holy Spirit came down. The Spirit signified to those seven Jews that these Gentiles had become believers. It happened without an invitation, without walking an aisle, without repenting, without baptizing; Peter was stopped in his tracks, and these men evidenced salvation by faith, and faith alone, not yet Paul’s gospel, only that Jesus was the Christ.
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
More Questions
Were the people in Cornelius's house when the Holy Spirit fell mostly Gentiles or Jews?
When the Holy Spirit fell in Cornelius's house, everyone there was a Gentile except for the few Jewish men who had accompanied Peter from Joppa.
Why did the Holy Spirit fall on the Gentiles in Acts 10?
God made the Holy Spirit fall on the believing Gentiles in Acts 10 to prove to Peter and the six other Jewish men with him that He was doing something totally new: saving Gentiles.