Day 33: Acts 10-12. The Mission Becomes Wider
There's a turning point in this chapter, and it begins with two men praying and seeing angels and having visions. First, there is Cornelius, a pious Gentile, who is praying at around three in the afternoon (one of the hours of prayer, by the way), when he sees an angel who tells him to go and summon a man named Simon (who he never met). This Simon will tell him Something. In the meantime, Peter is also praying. It is noon (another hour of prayer) and he sees a vision while he is on the roof. In the vision, he sees a sheet full of animals that are considered unclean by Jewish law. The voice in the vision says to Peter, "Get up! Kill and eat!" Peter refuses, but the voice persists. "Never consider unclean what God has made pure." Peter does receive a visitor, who invites him to Cornelius' home. He finds a surprising welcome when he gets there. There are many people waiting for him, waiting for the word that he will give him. ...