Acts 10:29

29 Therefore--and without raising any objection--I came [when I] was sent for. So I ask for what reason you sent for me."

Acts 10:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:29

Therefore came I unto you, without gainsaying
Readily and cheerfully, without objecting to it, or saying one word against it, or making any excuse to put it off:

as soon as I was sent for:
he immediately consented to go, as soon as ever the messengers from Cornelius acquainted him with their message, being previously directed so to do by the Spirit of God; though he did not set out with them till the next day, it being more suitable and convenient:

I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
this he said, not as ignorant of the true cause, for he had inquired of the messengers, who had informed him of the reason of it; but he was willing to have it from the mouth of Cornelius himself; not only for further confirmation's sake, but for order sake, to lead him on regularly to what he had to say.

Acts 10:29 In-Context

27 And [as he] conversed with him, he went in and found many [people] gathered.

28 And he said to them, "You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a foreigner. And to me God has shown [that] I should call no man common or unclean.

29 Therefore--and without raising any objection--I came [when I] was sent for. So I ask for what reason you sent for me."

30 And Cornelius said, "{Four days ago at this hour}, [the] ninth, I was praying in my house. And behold, a man in shining clothing stood before me

31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charitable deeds have been remembered before God.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was sent for") which is understood as temporal