Acts 10:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier[a] from his staff, 8 explained everything to them, and sent them to Joppa.
The Vision of Peter. 9 [b]The next day, while they were on their way and nearing the city, Peter went up to the roof terrace to pray at about noontime.[c]
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- 10:7 A devout soldier: by using this adjective, Luke probably intends to classify him as a “God-fearer” (see note on Acts 8:26–40).
- 10:9–16 The vision is intended to prepare Peter to share the food of Cornelius’ household without qualms of conscience (Acts 10:48). The necessity of such instructions to Peter reveals that at first not even the apostles fully grasped the implications of Jesus’ teaching on the law. In Acts, the initial insight belongs to Stephen.
- 10:9 At about noontime: literally, “about the sixth hour.”
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