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Acts, Chapter 10 - Cornelius’s Vision
Acts, Chapter 10 - Cornelius’s Vision
10 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
- We left Chapter 9 when Peter raise Dorcas from the dead and many people believed
- now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius
o a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort
o this means he was in charge of 100 soldiers
§ This means he was a man of authority from a foreign land (like Jesus)
- A devout man and one who feared God with all his household
o A devout man (means he was to devoted to God and doing what his right)
o And one who feared God (means He had great respect and fear of God to the point which he would not want to disappoint God)
o With all his household (this means he was the spiritual leader of his family)
- And gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually
o Gave many alms (help & money especially to those in need)
o To the Jewish people (God promises special blessings on those who bless the Jews; God also sent Jesus to the Jews first)
o And prayed to God continually (talking to God always; this is what we should do)
- Notice the attributes:
o A man of authority from a foreign land
o A devout man
o And one who feared God with all his household (a spiritual leader)
o And gave many alms to the Jews (helped the Jews in need)
o And prayed to God continually
o These all the same attributes as Jesus!
3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4 And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, “What is it, Lord?”
- The ninth hour is very curious
o It was the same time of the afternoon prayer for the Jews
o but Cornelius wasn’t Jewish_
o That is the same time when Jesus died
- He clearly saw in a vision an angel of God
o the 9th hour is 3:00pm; it must not be a dream
o it something called a vision; something like watching a movie from heaven
o angels are messengers from God
- He had just come in and said to him “Cornelius!”
o This angel knew his name and spoke his name only at first
o That is all it took to get the correct reply
§ Notice his response seems to imply it is the Lord speaking
And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God. 5 Now dispatch some men to Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; 6 he is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the sea.” 7 When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants, 8 and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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