29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
29 So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"
29 So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me."
29 So the minute I was sent for, I came, no questions asked. But now I'd like to know why you sent for me."
29 Therefore I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. I ask, then, for what reason have you sent for me?"
29 So I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me why you sent for me."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 10:29
Commentary on Acts 10:19-33
(Read Acts 10:19-33)
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.