How did Peter and the other believing Jews come to Cornelius's house?
Peter and six other believing Jews came by sovereign intervention, making their way up to Caesarea to the house of the Roman army officer Cornelius. Peter entered despite hesitation, recognizing God was forcing the issue, and joined Cornelius, his relatives, and friends who had gathered to hear God's commanded message.
Les explains that Peter and six other believing Jews had, by sovereign intervention, made their way up to Caesarea to the house of a Roman army officer, along with all his relatives and friends. Peter had not eaten anything common or unclean because he was still a law-keeping Jew. At Cornelius's threshold he was almost shaking, but knowing God was forcing the issue, he went in. Peter acknowledged it was unlawful for a Jew to keep company with someone of another nation, then Cornelius rehearsed all that had happened to him. Peter gained confidence that God was indeed going to deal with this Gentile, even though it was hard to comprehend that God was doing something totally different.