Atos 10:3

3 Certo dia, por volta das três horas da tarde^[a] ele teve uma visão. Viu claramente um anjo de Deus que se aproximava dele e dizia: “Cornélio!”

Atos 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.

Atos 10:3 In-Context

1 Havia em Cesareia um homem chamado Cornélio, centurião do regimento conhecido como Italiano.

2 Ele e toda a sua família eram religiosos e tementes, a Deus; dava muitas esmolas ao povo e orava continuamente a Deus.

3 Certo dia, por volta das três horas da tarde ele teve uma visão. Viu claramente um anjo de Deus que se aproximava dele e dizia: “Cornélio!”

4 Atemorizado, Cornélio olhou para ele e perguntou: “Que é, Senhor?”O anjo respondeu: “Suas orações e esmolas subiram como oferta memorial diante de Deus.

5 Agora, mande alguns homens a Jope para trazerem um certo Simão, também conhecido como Pedro,

Footnotes

• [a] Grego: "da hora nona; " também no versículo 30.