Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 10:24

24 Cì rì qǐshēn hé tāmen tóng qù , hái yǒu yuē pà de jǐ gè dìxiōng tóng zhe tā qù . yòu cì rì , tāmen jìnrù Gāisālíyà . gē ní liú yǐjing qǐng le tāde qīnshǔ mì yǒu , dĕnghòu tāmen .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 10:24 In-Context

22 Tāmen shuō , bǎifūzhǎng gē ní liú shì gè yì rén , jìngwèi shén , wéi Yóutaì tōng guó suǒ chēngzàn , tā mēng yī wèi shèng tiānshǐ zhǐshì , jiào tā qǐng nǐ dào tā jiā lǐ qù , tīng nǐde huà .

23 Bǐdé qǐng tāmen jìn qù , zhù le yī sù .

24 Cì rì qǐshēn hé tāmen tóng qù , hái yǒu yuē pà de jǐ gè dìxiōng tóng zhe tā qù . yòu cì rì , tāmen jìnrù Gāisālíyà . gē ní liú yǐjing qǐng le tāde qīnshǔ mì yǒu , dĕnghòu tāmen .

25 Bǐdé yī jìn qù , gē ní liú jiù yíngjiē tā , fǔfú zaì tā jiǎo qián baì tā .

26 Bǐdé què lá tā shuō , wǒ yĕ shì rén .