18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
18 They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.
18 and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.
18 They called in, asking if there was a Simon, also called Peter, staying there.
18 And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there.
18 they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 10:18
Commentary on Acts 10:9-18
(Read Acts 10:9-18)
The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.