Acts 10:22

22. They said The use of repetitions in this narrative is after the style of the most antique simplicity, found in the Old Testament and in the poems of Homer. But it indicates also that Luke (probably now at Jerusalem; see note on Acts 13:1) was most fully informed of the facts, and that he esteemed the whole narrative to be of the most impressive importance, being the first great divine assurance that the Gentile, unbound by Jewish shackles, should be admitted by holy baptism into the kingdom of God.

Good report among… the Jews This is a stroke of eulogy not given in Acts 10:2. Speaking to a Jew, the messengers wisely quote the favourable report of all Jews in their master’s behalf. It is a good messenger who enters into the spirit of his orders and of his sender.