And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
The servants mention Cornelius' righteousness not to flatter him but to make Peter willing to enter his house; they stress his approval among the Jews to show he worships the true God of Abraham, not some idle fantasy. Yet their strongest appeal is this: God Himself commanded this through His angel, so Cornelius is called not by a mortal man but by the Lord.
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Peter mused on the vision, perplexed, until the Spirit explained it to him directly. Those who would understand Scripture must meditate on it; when we are lost, we look to God for direction. The Spirit whispered it into his mind as a divine afflatus, just as God once spoke to Samuel.
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Commenting on Acts 10:19-33
Cornelius was just before God through Christ's righteousness imputed to him, and he feared the true God of Israel, worshipping Him both inwardly and outwardly. His good report among the Jews was remarkable indeed, for them to speak well of an uncircumcised Gentile. But the servants' chief point: God Himself sent the angel with this order, so Cornelius did not presume on his own.
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