Acts 10:31

And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. AND SAID, CORNELIUS, THY PRAYER IS HEARD, AND THINE ALMS ARE HAD IN REMEMBRANCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD....

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 31. _THY PRAYER IS HEARD_] Acts 10:4, Acts 10:4. Cornelius _prayed, fasted_, and gave _alms_. It was in this _way_ he looked for salvation; not to _purchase_ it: a thought of this kind does not appear to have entered into his mind; but these were the _means_ he used to get his soul brought to the knowledge of the truth. The reader must recollect that in the case of Cornelius there was no _open vision_; he used the light and power which God had already given; and behold how mightily God increased his gifts! He that _hath_, i.e., that uses what he has, shall receive; and no man can expect any increase of light or life, who does not improve the grace already given....

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 SAID, CORNELIUS, THY PRAYER IS HEARD,.... What he was now particularly making to God, as well as others he had before put up to him: AND THINE ALMS ARE HAD IN REMEMBRANCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD; Acts 10:4....

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)...

IS. was. ARE HAD IN, &C. = were remembered. IN THE SIGHT OF. The same as "before", verses: Acts 10:10; Acts 10:4; Acts 10:30; Acts 10:33....

ARRIVAL OF PETER. CORNELIUS EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS SENT FOR HIM...