17 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate. 18 And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there. 19 While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you. 20 Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.” 21 Then Peter went down to the men who had been sent to him from Cornelius, and said, “Yes, I am he whom you seek. For what reason have you come?” 22 And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.” 23 Then he invited them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
Commentary
Vs. 17-18 17 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate. 18 And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there.
Though the visions implications are self-evident, Peter was still pondering within himself what the vision meant. Now while he was doing so behold the men sent from Cornelius had arrived at Simon the tanners house and were making inquiry about Peter, and so they stood there at the gate, asking if Simon Peter was lodging there.
Vs. 19-20 19 While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you. 20 Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
Now Peter was still on the rooftop when all of this was taking place and so the Spirit, that is God’s Holy Spirit said to him, … “Behold, three men are seeking you. 20 Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.” Vs. 19-20
Vs. 21 Then Peter went down to the men who had been sent to him from Cornelius, and said, “Yes, I am he whom you seek. For what reason have you come?”
Peter then having just been Divinely instructed by the Spirit about these men arriving to him, and to go with them doubting nothing, now goes down from the roof and to the gate where the men are standing and seeing them, he says to them, “Yes, I am he whom you seek. For what reason have you come?”
Vs. 23-23 22 And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.” 23 Then he invited them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
The men now tell Peter that they have been sent to him from “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews,” and that he was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon Peter to his house, to hear words from him. Peter then seeing that this thing is of God now invites them in, (this then is a first for Peter to invite Gentiles to come and dine with him and even stay with him), for with the day being already half spent they lodged with him overnight before they all depart the next morning to go to Caesarea, and thus come to Cornelius with Words from God, as the Spirit told Peter to do.
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