Acts 11:11

11 "Just then three men showed up at the house where I was staying, sent from Caesarea to get me.

Acts 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:11

And behold, immediately
The moment the vision was over;

there were three men already come unto the house where I was;
they stood before the gate, as in ( Acts 10:17 ) and as the Syriac and Ethiopic here have it, and were inquiring for Peter, whether he lodged there; and these men were

sent from Caesarea unto me;
the Syriac version adds, "by Cornelius": now this incident being just at the close of the above vision, served greatly to explain it to the apostle, and encouraged him to do what he had done; and besides which, he had also the express order of the Spirit, for his going with them to Cornelius's house, as follows.

Acts 11:11 In-Context

9 The voice spoke again: 'If God says it's okay, it's okay.'
10 This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the sky.
11 "Just then three men showed up at the house where I was staying, sent from Caesarea to get me.
12 The Spirit told me to go with them, no questions asked. So I went with them, I and six friends, to the man who had sent for me.
13 He told us how he had seen an angel right in his own house, real as his next-door neighbor, saying, 'Send to Joppa and get Simon, the one they call Peter.
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