Neville Goddard on Acts 10:44-46 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 10 in context

Scripture Focus

44While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Acts 10:44-46

Biblical Context

Peter spoke, and the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard. The Jewish believers were astonished that Gentiles also received the gift, for they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.

Neville's Inner Vision

The scene is not about geography; it is about inner states. As Peter spoke, the Spirit fell on all who heard the word—on Gentiles as well as Jews—because the one presence, the I AM, does not discriminate. The astonishment of those circumcised believers reveals only a stale belief that the divine favor belongs to a chosen few; yet the tongues that came forth and their magnifying God are the inner proof that the divine life is already present everywhere in consciousness. In Neville's law, this outpouring is your own imagination made visible: the moment you declare, in feeling and assumption, 'The Spirit is poured out upon me now,' you are admitting that the Kingdom of God is within and active now. Do not seek it in distant events; revise your state until your inner atmosphere becomes the responsive miracle. The gift is not a prize given to others; it is your awareness that you are one with God, and your words, thoughts, and feelings reflect that.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: 'The Spirit is poured out on me now.' Sit in quiet, feel the I AM presence, and magnify God in your own words—let the inner sense of unity 'speak' through you as if it were already true.