Atti 10:8

8 e raccontata loro ogni cosa, li mandò a Ioppe.

Atti 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:8

And when he had declared all these things unto them
Which he had heard and seen in the vision, and of which he gave them a particular account; partly to engage them the more cheerfully to go on the errand, and partly that they might be able to give a distinct relation of it to Peter, that so he might be moved the more to comply with the request, and come along with them:

he sent them to Joppa;
perhaps not that evening, since it was at the ninth hour, or three o'clock in the afternoon, when Cornelius had the vision; and some time must be taken up in discourse with the angel, and afterwards in sending for his servants, and relating the affair to them, and giving them their proper instructions. So that it may be they did not set out till early the next morning, as seems from the following verse.

Atti 10:8 In-Context

6 Egli alberga da un certo Simone coiaio, che ha la casa presso al mare.

7 E come l’angelo che gli parlava se ne fu partito, Cornelio chiamò due dei suoi domestici, e un soldato pio di quelli che si tenean del continuo presso di lui;

8 e raccontata loro ogni cosa, li mandò a Ioppe.

9 Or il giorno seguente, mentre quelli erano in viaggio e si avvicinavano alla città, Pietro salì sul terrazzo della casa, verso l’ora sesta, per pregare.

10 E avvenne ch’ebbe fame e desiderava prender cibo; e come gliene preparavano, fu rapito in estasi;