Actes 10:7

7 Quand l'ange qui parlait à Corneille, se fut retiré, celui-ci appela deux de ses domestiques et un soldat pieux, de ceux qui se tenaient près de lui,

Actes 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:7

And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed,
&c.] For when be had delivered his message, he either disappeared, or withdrew, and immediately Cornelius showed himself ready to obey the heavenly vision: for

he called two of his household servants;
who were not of the band of soldiers under him, but were servants in his family, and such as feared God with him;

and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually:
besides his household servants, there were soldiers that continually attended him, and among these there was one at least that was a devout and religious man; and him he called out from among the rest, and to him with the two household servants he communicated the vision: these three persons being religious, were very proper ones to be informed of this matter, and to be sent on the errand they were; and three might be particularly pitched upon, being a sufficient number to attest to Peter what they had from the mouth of their master, for by the mouth of two or three witnesses is everything established; and partly for the honour of Peter, and to show a proper respect to him, he would not send a single person, who could have told the story, and done the errand as well as three, but this would not have looked respectful enough.

Actes 10:7 In-Context

5 Envoie donc présentement des gens à Joppe, et fais venir Simon, qui est surnommé Pierre.

6 Il est logé chez un certain Simon, corroyeur, qui a sa maison près de la mer; c'est lui qui te dira ce qu'il faut que tu fasses.

7 Quand l'ange qui parlait à Corneille, se fut retiré, celui-ci appela deux de ses domestiques et un soldat pieux, de ceux qui se tenaient près de lui,

8 Et leur ayant tout raconté, il les envoya à Joppe.

9 Le lendemain, comme ils étaient en chemin, et qu'ils approchaient de la ville, Pierre monta sur le haut de la maison, à la sixième heure, environ, pour prier.