“And when he had looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thy alms are come up as a memorial before God.” Commentary: This Roman Centurion a gentile by the name of Cornelius got a message from God to send for Peter. Cornelius sent forth three of his soldiers to fetch Peter. Peter was also in prayer and received a vision of a sheet let down from heaven with all kinds of unclean animals in it! The Lord told Peter to eat but Peter rejected it because of all the Jewish dietary laws! The Lord responded by saying what I call not unclean is clean! Then in verse 34 Peter replied ; ‘Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.” God had to show Peter that he created all things and all people of all races and all genders! So Peter had to be shown his racial prejudice of the gentiles was a sin! Notice however that it was through prayer of both Cornelius and Peter that this error was corrected! If we will look to God our prejudices will be identified and corrected by a loving God! Only God can change the heart of man and no legislation or any government can do this! The change has to be made from the inside out not from the outside in! Only God can do this! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com