Actes 10:24

24 Le jour suivant ils entrèrent à Césarée. Or, Corneille les attendait avec ses parents et ses plus intimes amis qu'il avait réunis.

Actes 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.

Actes 10:24 In-Context

22 Ils dirent: Corneille, centurion, homme juste et craignant Dieu, et à qui toute la nation des Juifs rend témoignage, a été averti par un saint ange, de te faire venir dans sa maison, pour entendre ce que tu lui diras.

23 Pierre les ayant donc fait entrer, les logea; et le lendemain il s'en alla avec eux, et quelques-uns des frères de Joppe l'accompagnèrent.

24 Le jour suivant ils entrèrent à Césarée. Or, Corneille les attendait avec ses parents et ses plus intimes amis qu'il avait réunis.

25 Et comme Pierre entrait, Corneille alla au-devant de lui, et se jetant à ses pieds, l'adora.

26 Mais Pierre le releva, en disant: Lève-toi; moi-même aussi je suis un homme.