Acts 10:24-48: No One Off the List

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Jul 7, 2026

Rev. Peter Burfeind, Lutheran pastor and theological commentator, joins the conversation. He traces Peter crossing cultural lines to preach Jesus to Gentiles. They explore the Spirit falling on a whole household, links to Pentecost, and why baptism and proclamation open the door to all peoples. The conversation raises practical questions about tradition, exclusion, and who we write off from the gospel.

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INSIGHT

Peter Breaks His Private List

Acts 10 shows Peter publicly renounce his private 'list' of people he considered unclean.
Peter proclaims God has shown him he must not call any person unclean, then preaches Jesus and the Spirit falls on a Gentile household.

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Pentecost Frames The Gospel For All Nations

The Acts 2 Pentecost miracle frames Acts 10: God intends the gospel for all nations, not a sacred ethnic subset.
Peter's sheet-vision ties 'koinos' (common) and 'koine' (common language) to show the gospel transcends sacred/ethnic boundaries.

ANECDOTE

Food Shock Explains Cultural Recoil

Phil Booe uses a visceral food example to explain Jewish dietary recoil: imagine being told it's now OK to eat hissing cockroaches.
The shock illustrates why Jews had strong, ingrained reactions toward Gentiles that Peter had to overcome.

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Peter crosses a threshold no faithful Jew of his day would cross: he walks into a Gentile's house and opens with a confession, that God has shown him he must not call any person unclean. Then he preaches Jesus, crucified and raised and appointed judge of the living and the dead, and as that word goes out the Holy Spirit falls on the whole household, before Peter can even finish. It is Christ preached who opens the door to the nations, and the Spirit who seals it, poured out on Gentiles the same as on the Jews at Pentecost.

The Rev. Peter Burfeind, pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Union City, MI and Agnus Dei Lutheran Church in Marshall, MI, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Acts 10:24-48.

To learn more about Our Savior and Agnus Dei Lutheran Churches, visit facebook.com/oursaviorunioncity and agnusdeimarshall.com.

The book of Acts picks up where the Gospels leave off. Jesus has risen. He has ascended. And now what? Acts answers that question. Luke tells the story of how the Holy Spirit built the Church from a handful of frightened disciples in Jerusalem into a movement that reached Rome itself. Along the way, you get Pentecost, the first sermons, the first martyrs, the conversion of Paul, the first church councils, shipwrecks, riots, and the persistent, stubborn work of God through Word and Sacrament even when His people didn't have a plan. If you've ever wondered how we got from Easter morning to the Church you sit in today, this is the book. Tune in for this new series on Thy Strong Word with Pastor Phil Booe and guest pastors as we open up the Book of Acts.

Thy Strong Word, hosted by Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Luverne, MN, reveals the light of our salvation in Christ through study of God’s Word, breaking our darkness with His redeeming light. Each weekday, two pastors fix our eyes on Jesus by considering Holy Scripture, verse by verse, in order to be strengthened in the Word and be equipped to faithfully serve in our daily vocations. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected].