The description of Cornelius is very avid ” devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly”. He was generous, feared God and helped those in need. Because of this, “his prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God”. So, he calls for two servants to go to the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.
On Peters end he saw a vision/trance:
he was hungry as he fell into trance: He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat. “He replied that he had not eaten anything unclean (cleansed by deeds). As peter wondered about the vision, men sent by Cornellius house arrived at his home. They asked Simon the tanner, if there was a guest called Simon Peter in his resident, of which he said yes.
They came personally to Simon peter, so he could go as peter understood what the vision meant; the spirit said listen 3 men are looking for me, so get ready to go down and do not hesitate to go with them. Peter answered, as I do. I am the man you are looking for, they said Cornelius sent them.
Peter invited the men in and invited the men in and told them to spend the night as Simon got ready with some Jewish believers who went with him from Joppa, they arrived Caesarea, Peter went in and said stand up, I myself I am only a man. Sometimes, it is important remember that we are only men. it’s that simple.
3 things Peter realized:
Even if he didn’t understand he went when the call was made.
the call for peter took 3 days he arrived, and thus he was SHOWN he should not call anything clean he must not consider anyone ritually unclean or defiled.
God treats everyone on the same basis. No matter the race they belong to thus even to the gentiles. Acts 10: 3
He narrated the gospel which Cornelius knew, how his Jesus came on earth, “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, 40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. “
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues[b] and praising God.
It’s funny that as the words were spoken by peter the spirit of God fell on those who heard him. What great anointing must have rest on Peter.