Read Acts 10.1-8. In 10.1-11.18: God gives repentance to the gentiles. In 10.1: Caesarea, a coastal 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; 25.1, 4, 6, 13 ). A centurion led 100 soldiers with in 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 Luke 2.25; Acts 2.5; 8.2; 22.12), fear 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 19.17) 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 could ever have been anything but ritually unclean does not seem to be the problem. Comments or Questions..
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