When did Peter visit Cornelius's house in Acts 10?
According to the chronology given, Peter visited Cornelius's house in Acts chapter 10 in A.D. 38. This occurred one year after Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus, which followed Stephen's martyrdom by one year, placing the event in that sequence.
Les explains that according to the latest chronology, Christ was crucified in A.D. 29, and Pentecost came 50 days after His resurrection, also in A.D. 29. Seven years later, Stephen was martyred in Acts chapter 7. One year after Stephen's martyrdom, Saul was converted on the road to Damascus. Then a year after Saul's conversion, Peter went to the house of Cornelius in Acts chapter 10, or A.D. 38. The context continues that in A.D. 40, three years after Paul's conversion in 37, Paul and Peter met in Jerusalem for a short period, about two weeks. Paul then went to Tarsus, ended up at Antioch, began missionary journeys, and later the Jerusalem council of Acts chapter 15, also in Galatians chapter 2, took place in A.D. 51.
Where was Peter when tongues happened the next time, and why did he go there?
Peter was in the house of Cornelius, a Gentile Roman, in Acts chapter 10 when the miraculous tongues happened again. God forced him to go there contrary to his own desires, showing a distinct divine purpose: salvation was now going out to the Gentile world.
What did Peter preach at Cornelius's house instead of the cross for salvation?
Peter preached Jesus of Nazareth—crucified, raised, and alive—and that salvation was through His Name, not through the work of the cross. He cited all the prophets as witness that through His Name, the Messiah and Son of God, people could be saved, because he did not yet know Paul’s gospel.
More Questions
Why did Peter go to the house of Cornelius?
Peter went to Cornelius's house because God forced him to go, contrary to Peter's own desires.
How did Peter end up going to Cornelius's house in Caesarea?
God orchestrated Peter's meeting with Cornelius: Cornelius was prompted by God to send for Peter, and Peter, who was 80-90 miles away in Joppa, was brought to Cornelius's house by God's urging and miraculous working.