Hechos 10:24

24 Al otro día entró en Cesarea. Cornelio los estaba esperando y había reunido a sus parientes y amigos íntimos.

Hechos 10:24 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:24

And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea
So that they were one day, and part of another, on their journey:

and Cornelius waited for them;
he had an eager desire to hear the word from Peter's mouth; and was longing and looking for the coming of him, with the men he sent for him; and he and his family were in a waiting posture, and ready to hear the word, when the apostle of Christ should come: it would be well if this was always the case of the hearers of the word, to assemble before their ministers come; and be waiting for them, and in full expectation of them, and ready to receive them, and the words of grace which drop from their lips:

and had called together his kinsmen and near friends;
or necessary ones: not only his relations according to the flesh, which might be in the Italian band, but his most familiar acquaintance, with whom he was in the strictest friendship; who may be called "necessary", as they are both by the Greeks and Romans, because they are often necessary for assistance and counsel: this shows the true grace of God in him, which wherever it is, puts a man on seeking after the spiritual and eternal welfare of all with whom he is concerned, and especially his relatives and friends.

Hechos 10:24 In-Context

22 Y ellos dijeron: A Cornelio el centurión, un hombre justo y temeroso de Dios, y que es muy estimado por toda la nación de los judíos, le fue ordenado por un santo ángel que te hiciera venir a su casa para oír tus palabras.

23 Entonces los invitó a entrar y los hospedó. Al día siguiente se levantó y fue con ellos, y algunos de los hermanos de Jope lo acompañaron.

24 Al otro día entró en Cesarea. Cornelio los estaba esperando y había reunido a sus parientes y amigos íntimos.

25 Y sucedió que cuando Pedro iba a entrar, Cornelio salió a recibirlo, y postrándose a sus pies, lo adoró.

26 Mas Pedro lo levantó, diciendo: Ponte de pie; yo también soy hombre.