Acts 10:27

And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. AND AS HE TALKED ('TALKED FAMILIARLY') WITH HIM, [ sunomiloon (G4926)] in emphatic contrast with the abject position toward Peter which Cornelius had just before assumed. HE WENT IN, AND FOUND MANY THAT WERE COME TOGETHER - a noble opportunity for the apostle, of which he was not slow to avail himself. Peter, Introduced to the Assembled Company, Asks Formally what He is Sent for-The Reply of Cornelius (10:28-33)...

19-33 When we see our call clear to any service, we should not be perplexed with doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from Peter. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. It ought to be both given and taken as kindness and respect to our kindred and friends, to invite them to join us in religious exercises. Cornelius declared the direction God gave him to send for Peter. We are right in our aims in attending a gospel ministry, when we do it with regard to the Divine appointment requiring us to make use of that ordinance. How seldom ministers are called to speak to such companies, however small, in which it may be said that they are all present in the sight of God, to hear all things that are commanded of God! But these were ready to hear what Peter was...

Verse Acts 10:27. _AND AS HE TALKED WITH HIM_] Cornelius had met Peter at some short distance from his house, and they conversed together till they went in....

AND AS HE TALKED WITH HIM - He probably met him at the door, or at a small distance from the house. It was an expression of joy thus to go out to meet him....

EXPOSITION ACTS 10:1 Now _there was _(two last words in italics) for _there was _(in roman), A.V. and T.R.; _Cornelius by name _for _called Cornelius, _A.V. A glance at the map will show that Caesarea (see note to Acts 9:30) was but a short distance, some thirty miles, from Joppa. It was doubtless with a view to Peter's momentous errand to Caesarea that Luke recorded his previous visit to Lydda and his residence at Joppa, consequent upon the restoring of Dorcas to life: the _origines _of Gentile Christianity being the prime object of the Acts (see Introduction to the Acts). THE ITALIAN BAND; or, _cohort _(σπείρα). The σπείρα, or cohort, was used in two _senses. _When spoken of strictly Roman troops, it meant the ten

AND AS HE TALKED WITH HIM,.... About the excessive respect he showed him, and his own infirmity and frailty, and unworthiness, as a creature: HE WENT IN; to Cornelius's house, at the door, and through the porch, to some interior room and apartment in it: AND FOUND MANY THAT WERE COME TOGETHER; besides his family, many of his relations and intimate friends, whom he had got together on this occasion, that they might receive some advantage, as well as himself....

ACTS 10:26-29 Instead of avna,sthqi in ver. Acts 10:26 D reads ti, poiei/j* (compare Acts 7:26 ti, poiei/te* D, and Acts 14:15); both expressions are conflated in itp syrhmg, and itp2 adds _deum adora_ (compare tw|/ qew|/ prosku,nhson, Revelation 19:10...

CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Cornelius of Caesarea and his Preparation (Acts 10:1)._ 2. The Trance-vision of Peter (Acts 10:9). 3. Peter with Cornelius at Caesarea (Acts 10:17). 4. Peter Preaching to the Gentiles (Acts 10:34). 5. The Interrupted Message (Acts 10:44). The ending of the preceding chapter tells us that Peter tarried in Joppa in the house of Simon the tanner. Was he breaking with his Jewish law and customs? Tanning as a trade was considered unclean by the Jews. In...

ACTS 10. THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS. This incident is parallel to the conversion of the Ethiopian by Philip; both show the extension of the Gospel beyond the Jews, and prepare for the story of the Pauline mission. On the opening vision _cf. Acts 8:26_, Acts 16:9; Galatians 2:2. See also p. 767. ACTS 10:19. Peter on the roof would hear their voices calling for him. He did not need the Spirit to tell him their errand, only to help him to make the decision. Acts 10:20. nothing doubting: _ cf._...

A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...