τοῦ κυρίου for τοῦ θεοῦ with אABCE. Vulg. ‘Domino.’

33. ἀκοῦσαι πάντα τὰ προστεταγμένα σοι ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, to hear all things that are commanded thee of the Lord. Cornelius infers that as he had been instructed to send for Peter, so Peter had God’s command for his conduct and speech. By ‘hear’ the centurion meant also ‘to obey.’ To one so directed from heaven the words of the Apostle would be divine orders. We learn also (Acts 11:14) that the message which Peter would bring had been described to him as one ‘whereby he and all his house might be saved.’ To hear then was to do.

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