“And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.”
He told them all that had happened and sent them to Joppa.—Cornelius's transparency (telling the household all that transpired) models faithful obedience and invites community participation in the divine plan. The delegation's mission is entirely dependent on Cornelius's transmission of the angel's word; human speech becomes the vehicle of divine direction.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:8
And the same, says he, is lodging with one Simon a tanner, who has his house by the seaside. Acts 10:6 Do you mark how the Apostles, for love of solitude and quiet, affected the retired quarters of the cities? With one Simon a tanner: how then if it chanced that there was another? Behold, there is another token, his dwelling by the seaside. All three tokens could not possibly coincide (elsewhere). He does not tell him for what purpose, that he may not take off the intense…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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