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Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)
Acts 10:3
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
saw: Job 4:15, Job 4:16, Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:21
about: Acts 10:30, Acts 3:1, Matthew 27:46, Luke 23:44-46
an: Acts 5:19, Acts 11:13, Acts 12:7-11, Acts 27:23, Luke 1:11, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:11, Luke 2:13, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:14
Cornelius: Acts 9:4, Exodus 33:17, Isaiah 45:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 46:2 - in the visions Exodus 3:4 - Moses Psalms 55:17 - Evening Ezekiel 1:1 - I saw Daniel 10:12 - and I Matthew 18:10 - their Matthew 20:5 - sixth Mark 15:34 - at Luke 15:10 - there Luke 24:5 - they John 20:16 - Mary Acts 1:10 - two Acts 9:10 - and to Acts 12:9 - wist not Acts 16:9 - a vision
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He saw in a vision evidently,.... He was not in a dream, or in a trance, but he was thoroughly awake, and his eyes open, and was himself; it was not in the night, but in clear day:
about the ninth hour of the day; or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was the hour of prayer, Acts 3:1 in which exercise he was now engaged, Acts 10:30 at this time he saw
an angel of God coming to him; into the room where he was at prayer:
and saying unto him, Cornelius; he called him by his name, to let him know that he knew him, as angels are very knowing spirits; and to express his affection and friendship to him, and that he was a messenger, not of bad, but of good news to him; as well as to engage his attention to him; for he might be so intent at his devotion, that had he not called him by name, he would not have minded him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He saw in a vision - See the notes on Acts 9:10.
Evidently - Openly; manifestly.
About the ninth hour - About 3 o’clock p. m. This was the usual hour of evening worship among the Jews.
An angel of God - See the notes on Matthew 1:20. Compare Hebrews 1:14. This angel was sent to signify to Cornelius that his alms were accepted by God as an evidence of his piety, and to direct him to send for Peter to instruct him in the way of salvation. The importance of the occasion - the introduction of the gospel to a Gentile, and hence, to the entire Gentile world - was probably the chief reason why an angel was commissioned to visit the Roman centurion. Compare Acts 16:9-10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 10:3. He saw in a vision evidently — The text is as plain as it can be, that an angel of God did appear to Cornelius. This was in a vision, i.e. a supernatural representation; and it was φανερως, manifestly, evidently made; and at such a time too as precluded the possibility of his being asleep; for it was about the ninth hour of the day, answering to our three o'clock in the afternoon, (Acts 3:1; Acts 3:1,) the time of public prayer, according to the custom of the Jews, and while Peter was engaged in that sacred duty. The angelic appearance to Cornelius was something similar to that made to Daniel, Daniel 9:20-23, and that especially to Zachariah, the father of John Baptist, Luke 1:11, &c.
