Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 10:7

"And when the angel that spake unto him was departed, he called two of his household-servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;" — Acts 10:7 (ASV)

Cornelius’s response was immediate. Calling two of his household servants and one of his soldiers and telling them what had occurred and what he had been told to do, he sent them to Joppa to bring back Peter. The servants were probably two of those already mentioned in v.2 as part of Cornelius’s household; and the soldier is identified as being also “devout,” one to whom the full characterization of v.2 (also vv.22 and 35) also applied.