He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
Cornelius was the first Gentile deliberately brought into the gospel, a mystery even to the apostles. Mark that he was both great and good, two characters seldom united; yet when they meet, goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness far more serviceable to the world.
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Commenting on Acts 10:1-8
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, &c. Simon the tanner was his host; this man very probably was a good man, and one that lodged strangers; of his trade; see Gill on Act 9:43. whose house is by the sea side; Joppa was a sea port, Ch2 2:16 Jon 1:3 hence we read of , "the sea of Joppa" (x); and also of...
Verse 6. He lodgeth.He remains as a guest at his house. See . By the sea side. Joppa was a seaport on the Mediterranean. Tanneries are erected on the margin of streams, or of any body of water, to convey away the filth produced in the operation of dressing skins. (f) "Simon a tanner" (g) "what thou oughtest"