Thursday, July 13: “Long-delayed Obedience”
- Fr. Gary Thurman
- Jul 13, 2023
- 1 min read
Acts 10: 23, 24a: “So [Peter] invited [the men of Cornelius] in and gave them lodging. And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him. On the following day he entered Caesarea.”
It took Cornelius’ men about six hours to travel the thirty miles or so from Caesarea to Joppa. That’s a normal walking pace. Cornelius was a centurion; couldn’t he have gotten them horses? Peter was even slower. It took him and his entourage an entire day to make the trip from Joppa to Caesarea. Well, considering this whole episode took place probably ten years after the Day of Pentecost, what was one more day for the initial presentation of the Gospel to the Gentiles
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