18And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
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And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: …
And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-18)Cornelius had received positive orders from heaven to send for Peter, whom otherwise he had not heard of, or at least not heeded; but here is another difficulty that lies in the way of bringing them together—the question is whether Peter will come to Cornelius when he is sent for; not as if he thought it below him to come at a beck, or as if he were afraid to preach his doctrine to a polite man as…
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