Hechos 10:3

3 Un día, como a las tres de la tarde,^[a] tuvo una visión. Vio claramente a un ángel de Dios que se le acercaba y le decía:—¡Cornelio!

Hechos 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:3

He saw in a vision evidently
He was not in a dream, or in a trance, but he was thoroughly awake, and his eyes open, and was himself; it was not in the night, but in clear day:

about the ninth hour of the day;
or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was the hour of prayer, ( Acts 3:1 ) in which exercise he was now engaged, ( Acts 10:30 ) at this time he saw

an angel of God coming to him;
into the room where he was at prayer:

and saying unto him, Cornelius;
he called him by his name, to let him know that he knew him, as angels are very knowing spirits; and to express his affection and friendship to him, and that he was a messenger, not of bad, but of good news to him; as well as to engage his attention to him; for he might be so intent at his devotion, that had he not called him by name, he would not have minded him.

Hechos 10:3 In-Context

1 Vivía en Cesarea un centurión llamado Cornelio, del regimiento conocido como el Italiano.

2 Él y toda su familia eran devotos y temerosos de Dios. Realizaba muchas obras de beneficencia para el pueblo de Israel y oraba a Dios constantemente.

3 Un día, como a las tres de la tarde, tuvo una visión. Vio claramente a un ángel de Dios que se le acercaba y le decía:—¡Cornelio!

4 —¿Qué quieres, Señor? —le preguntó Cornelio, mirándolo fijamente y con mucho miedo.—Dios ha recibido tus oraciones y tus obras de beneficencia como una ofrenda —le contestó el ángel—.

5 Envía de inmediato a algunos hombres a Jope para que hagan venir a un tal Simón, apodado Pedro.

Footnotes

• [a] "las tres de la tarde" . Lit. "la hora novena" ; también en v. 30.