ACTS 10:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.”
While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Simon, three men are looking for you.'—the Spirit's word to Peter (pneuma legei) comes while Peter is cognitively processing the vision; the Spirit externally directs what Peter's mind cannot yet integrate. The address 'Simon' (his Jewish/pre-resurrection name) and the notification of 'three men' shows the Spirit's specificity. The number three echoes the trinitarian divine sign.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:19
called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodging there. Acts 10:18 As it was a mean looking house, they asked below, they inquired of the neighbors. And while Peter thought, the Spirit said to him, Arise, get you down, and go, nothing doubting, for I have sent them. (v. 19, 20.) And he does not say, For to this end did the vision appear unto you; but,
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