Acts 10:24

On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

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WEBBE

On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

BSB

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

KJV

And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

ASV

And on the morrow they entered into Cæsarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.

BBE

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

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Καὶ Kai and G2532 τῇ tēa On the G3588 δὲ de now G1161 ἐπαύριον epaurion next day G1887 εἰσῆλθεν eisēlthen he entered G1525 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 Καισάρειαν Kaisareian Caesarea G2542 ὁ ho (the) G3588 δὲ de and G1161 Κορνήλιος Kornēlios Cornelius G2883 ἦν ēn was G1510 προσδοκῶν prosdokōn expecting G4328 αὐτοὺς autous them G846 συγκαλεσάμενος sugkalesamenos having called together G4779 τοὺς tous the G3588 συγγενεῖς sungeneis relatives G4773 αὐτοῦ autou of him G846 καὶ kai and G2532 τοὺς tous (the) G3588 ἀναγκαίους anagkaious close G316 φίλους philous friends G5384

The early church

"And the morrow after, they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends." It was right that his kinsmen and friends should be gathered to him. The man was a person of note, and it was in a city of note that he then was.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts
"He called them in, and lodged them." Good, that first he gives the men friendly treatment, after the fatigue of their journey, and makes them at home with him; "and on the morrow," sets out with them. And certain accompany him: this too as Providence ordered it, that they should be witnesses afterwards when Peter would need to justify himself. "And Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends." This is the part of a friend, this the part of a devout man, that where such blessings are concerned, he takes care that his near friends shall be made partakers of all. Of course his "near" friends, those in whom he had ever full confidence; fearing, with such an interest at stake, to entrust the matter to others. In my opinion, it was by Cornelius himself that both friends and kinsmen had been brought to a better mind.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 19–33

When we see our call clear to any service, we should not be perplexed with doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from Peter. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. It ought to be both given and taken as kindness and respect to our kindred and friends, to invite them to join us in religious exercises. Cornelius declared the direction God gave him to send for Peter. We are right in our aims in attending a gospel ministry, when we do it with regard to the Divine appointment requiring us to make use of that ordinance. How seldom ministers are called to speak to such companies, however small, in which it may be said that they are all present in the sight of God, to hear all things that are commanded of God! But these were ready to hear what Peter was commanded of God to say.

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Cornelius Caesarea

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Caesarea

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.