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Why was it done three times? Possibly to emphasize it to Peter since he was having a hard time deciphering "what this vision which he had seen meant" (Acts 10:17), and/or to have it coincide with the number of men sent to take him, thereby helping him understand that their mission is of God.
- Clean and Unclean Animals
ACTS 10:12-15 12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals...
- Peter and Cornelius
ACTS 10:24-27 24 And the following day they entered...
- Simon The Tanner
By drawing Peter into the home of a gentile tanner - the...
- Clean and Unclean Animals
Jan 5, 2010 · But how did Paul first meet Peter and what was the purpose of this meeting? We only have Paul’s account of this, found in Galatians 1:18. 1 According to his recollection his first encounter with Peter happened in Jerusalem, three years after his dramatic conversion.
- Cornelius Has A Vision
- Peter Has A Vision
- Peter Speaks with Cornelius
- Gentiles Receive The Holy Spirit
10:1 Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2He was a devout man who feared God, as did everyone in his home. He gave many gifts to the poor among the people and always prayed to God. 3One day, about three in the afternoon, he had a vision and clearly saw an angel of God coming to him...
9 Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance 11 and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground....
24 The next day, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called his relatives and close friends together. 25 When Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him. 26But Peter made him get up, saying, “Stand up! I, too, am only a man.” 27 As Peter talked with him, he went in and fo...
44 While Peter was still making this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message. 45 Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles, too, 46 because they heard them speaking in foreign languages and praising God. Then Pet...
The contrast he draws between the comparatively long time apart from any contact with the apostles and the brief time with Peter highlights his independence. His message must have already been formulated by the end of those three years between his conversion and his first encounter with Peter.
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Jan 19, 2016 · While the messenger ( angelos) of God frightens Cornelius, a common aspect of divine visitation or appearance in the Bible, the message is entirely positive: God has heard the prayers and...
Despite this deep-seated taboo, Peter announces he has learned the lesson of the heavenly vision, which providentially converged with the arrival of Gentile messengers and the Spirit's instruction "Go with them, not making any distinctions" (10:9-19).
After breakfast Jesus speaks to Peter. Throughout this story Peter has been referred to as Simon Peter (vv. 2-3, 7b, 11) or simply as Peter (v. 7a), the name Jesus had given him (1:42; cf. Mk 3:16 par. Lk 6:14).
