ACC ~ Acts 10 v30 - 33

OVERVIEW:

All grace flows from the cross, and inasmuch as Cornelius symbolizes the nations, so too does the time of his prayer show the efficacy of Christ’s intercessory prayer upon the cross (BEDE). This message of salvation, however, comes through men and women in time, so in receiving God’s messengers, we receive God (CHRYSOSTOM).

10:30 | A Man in Bright Clothing

HE PERSEVERED IN PRAYER. BEDE: In the Greek, and in some Latin manuscripts, it is written thus: “Three days ago at this very hour I was fasting and worshiping from the sixth hour to the ninth, and behold, a man,” and so forth. And it was very fitting that his prayer was heard, since he persevered in the earnestness of his prayer for three hours, extending it from the sixth hour to the ninth—the time at which the Lord himself, whom he entreated, was praying, with his hands stretched out upon the cross, for the salvation of the whole world. COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 10.30.

10:33 | Present in the Sight of God

LISTEN TO GOD’S SERVANTS. CHRYSOSTOM: But Cornelius says, “We are present before God to hear all things that are commanded you of the Lord”; not “before man” but “before God.” This is the way one ought to attend to God’s servants. Do you see his awakened mind? Do you see how worthy he was of all these things? HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 23.