if the same story appears
in some fashion
three different times
we should probably consider
that it is a
very important story
acts 10
narrates the original event
peter will refer to that event
one more time
in acts 15
acts 11 is the defense when peter gets summoned
(not merely called or invited)
to appear before the council
of church leaders
in jerusalem
they are apparently
bent out of shape
over peter’s eating with gentiles
so what does peter do but
tell the story
more specifically
tell the story of what God did
right down to
the Holy Spirit tripping out
on cornelius and his household
after all
you have to figure some of them
had been at pentecost
there was silence
and then there was praise
that what God had done for them
God had now done for gentiles too
sadly though
I can’t shake the feeling
that even through the silence
and then the praise
some of those council members
were still trying to figure out
a way to get peter in trouble
for eating with gentiles
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