"And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold,. am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? And they said, Cornelius. centurion,. righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by. holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee"Well reported of by all the nation of the Jews" There was. centurion like this that Jesus had encountered (Luke 7:2). "This may have been said to help encourage Peter to make the visit, for Cornelius is the kind of man that even devout Jews will find respected" (Reese p. 389). "Hear words from thee" Words by which he would be saved (Acts 11:13).

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