Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
Peter saw the vision yet did not see it until the Spirit became his interpreter, a mirror of our own dullness. We lag so far behind him that many explanations hardly suffice us. But mark this: he pondered the vision earnestly once he came to himself, a sign of godly reverence. The Lord opens to those who knock. We deserve to profit poorly from Scripture when we are so cold and careless in seeking understanding.
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Peter clung to Jewish prejudice against Gentiles, thinking association with them brought ceremonial pollution. Scripture had plainly spoken of the Gentiles entering the church, Christ Himself had ordered it, yet Peter could not see it until God broke his bigotry with a vision.
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Commenting on Acts 10:9-18
Peter doubted what the vision meant, the sheet, the beasts, the command to kill and eat, and what God's cleansing signified. He turned it over in his mind with genuine uncertainty, until Providence intervened: the very men sent by Cornelius arrived and stood at the gate, and that arrival became the key that unlocked the whole vision.
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