Acts 10:5

5 Here's what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter.

Acts 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:5

And now send men to Joppa
Which lay near to Caesarea;

and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
the angel was not sent to instruct Cornelius himself, but to direct him to an apostle of Christ, and minister of the Gospel, who should do it; for not angels, but men, are employed in the ministry of the word, which is the ordinary means of spiritual knowledge, and of increasing it. So the eunuch was instructed by Philip, and Saul by Ananias; which shows the excellency and usefulness of the Gospel ministry and ministers, and what dignity is put upon them, what use should be made of them, and in what esteem they should be had.

Acts 10:5 In-Context

3 He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer. One day about three o'clock in the afternoon he had a vision. An angel of God, as real as his next-door neighbor, came in and said, "Cornelius."

4 Cornelius stared hard, wondering if he was seeing things. Then he said, "What do you want, sir?"

5 Here's what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter.

6 He is staying with Simon the Tanner, whose house is down by the sea."

7 As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two servants and one particularly devout soldier from the guard.