ACTS 10:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,”
Cornelius answered: 'Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me'—Cornelius's narration begins with temporal precision ('three days ago,' echoing resurrection language) and the prayer hour (3 PM, the temple sacrifice hour). The 'man in shining clothes' (anēr...lampros) echoes resurrection appearances; the angel bears resurrection's light. Cornelius testifies to what he saw and heard, laying groundwork for Peter's proclamation.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:30
no human being, says he — common or unclean. Acts 10:29 Wherefore also — that they may not think the affair a breach of the law on his part, nor (Cornelius) suppose that because he was in a station of command therfore he had complied, but that they may ascribe all to God —wherefore also I came without gainsaying as soon as I was sent for: (though) not only to keep company, but even to come unto (him) was not permitted. I ask therefore, for what intent you have sent for me.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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