Atti 15:8

8 E Iddio, che conosce i cuori, ha reso loro testimonianza, dando loro lo Spirito Santo, come ancora a noi.

Atti 15:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:8

And God which knoweth the hearts
Of all men; he being omniscient, the searcher of the hearts, and the trier of the reins of the children of men, knew with what sincerity Cornelius sent for Peter; and with what vehement desire and longing expectation he and his family and friends waited for his coming; and with what earnestness, diligence, and affection they attended to what he said:

bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto
us;
God bore a testimony, and showed his well pleasedness in the whole of this affair, by bestowing upon them not only the regenerating and sanctifying grace of the Spirit; but his extraordinary gifts, such as speaking with divers tongues, even in like manner as these were bestowed on the apostles themselves, on the day of Pentecost, though they were uncircumcised persons; for the drift of Peter's oration is to show, that circumcision was not necessary to salvation.

Atti 15:8 In-Context

6 Allora gli apostoli e gli anziani si raunarono, per provvedere a questo fatto.

7 Ed essendosi mossa una gran disputazione, Pietro si levò in piè, e disse loro: Fratelli, voi sapete che già da’ primi tempi Iddio elesse fra noi me, acciocchè per la mia bocca i Gentili udissero la parola dell’evangelo, e credessero.

8 E Iddio, che conosce i cuori, ha reso loro testimonianza, dando loro lo Spirito Santo, come ancora a noi.

9 E non ha fatta alcuna differenza tra noi e loro; avendo purificati i cuori loro per la fede.

10 Ora dunque, perchè tentate Iddio, mettendo un giogo sopra il collo de’ discepoli, il qual nè i padri nostri, nè noi, non abbiam potuto portare?