Acts 11:13

Acts 11:13. How he had seen an angel. The Greek distinctly requires that this should be ‘ the angel.' This is not the case in Acts 10:22. Probably the mention of this angel was a conspicuous part of the story as it reached the ears of the apostles at Jerusalem; and to their minds it must have appeared a very grave part of the whole subject. This mode of making a revelation was in accordance with many parts of Hebrew history, and with their own experience after the Resurrection and at the Ascension. If an angel had appeared to ‘this man,' this at least raised a serious question demanding very careful attention.

In his house. If the angel, too, appeared in his very house, this rendered the case much stronger. Not only did it make the risk of illusion less probable, but it seemed to give a kind of sacredness to that house, the entering of which by Peter they had so severely blamed. See Acts 10:30.

Which stood. This had been emphatically stated by Cornelius to Peter. See Acts 10:30.

Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter. See notes above on Acts 10:5; Acts 10:32. It seems as if these words rang in Peter's ears.