Read Acts 10.1-8. In 10.1-11.18: God gives repentance to the gentiles. In 10.1: Caesarea, a costal city built by Herod the Great as a Roman port, is a thoroughfare in Acts (8.40; 9.30; 12.19; 18.22; 21.8, 16. 23.23, 33; 25.1, 4, 6, 13). A centurion led 100 soldiers with a cohort of about 600. See also Jesus and the centurion in Lk 7.1-10.. In verse 2: Being devout (10.7; see also Lk 2.25; Acts 2.5; 8.2; 22.12), fearing God (10.22, 35; 13.26; see also 13.43, 50; 16.14; 17.4, 17; 18.7) giving alms (see comment on 9.36) and praying (2.42-46) all marked him as righteous according to the law, although he was a gentile. In verses 3-4: Three o'clock was the ninth hour of the day, the hour of prayer (3.1). Like Saul and Ananias (9.3,10), Peter and Cornelius have a double vision of a heavenly messenger appearing in two places (10.3, 11-13). The centurion calls the angel Lord addressing an authority (compare "the Lord Jesus" in 9.17). In verses 5-6: The name, Simon Peter (Lk 5.8; 6.14), and the place are again specific (see comment on 9.11). Whether the house of a tanner could ever have been anything but ritually unclean does not seem to be a problem. Comments or Questions..
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment