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Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Wise and Trusting Leadership
Commentators note that Cornelius didn't just give an order; he 'rehearsed all things.' He explained the divine vision to his men for two key reasons: to encourage them by showing the command was from God, and to equip them to persuade Peter. This demonstrates wise leadership and the trust he had in his devout household.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when, etc. "It has been remarked that from Joppa Jonah was sent to preach to the Gentiles at Nineveh; and that from the same place Pet…
Rehearsed (εξηγησαμενος). See on Lu 24:35. All the details about the vision. The soldier was "devout" like Cornelius and would pro…
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 ha…
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16th Century
Protestant
Since Cornelius explains the whole matter to the soldier and his servants, this serves to further encourage them to heed the commandment, which the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he had declared all these things to them Which he had heard and seen in the vision, and of which he gave th…
Until now, none had been baptized into the Christian church except Jews, Samaritans, and those converts who had been circumcised and observed the c…
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