Acts 10:27

27 and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

Acts 10:27 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:27

And as he talked with him
About the excessive respect he showed him, and his own infirmity and frailty, and unworthiness, as a creature:

he went in;
to Cornelius's house, at the door, and through the porch, to some interior room and apartment in it:

and found many that were come together;
besides his family, many of his relations and intimate friends, whom he had got together on this occasion, that they might receive some advantage, as well as himself.

Acts 10:27 In-Context

25 and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, did bow before [him];

26 and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

27 and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

28 And he said unto them, `Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

29 therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'