To him give all the prophets witness Cp. Isaiah 49:6, "I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Also Joel 2:32, "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered." So that under the Law the redemption of the Gentiles was seen afar off. The way in which St Peter uses the Jewish Scriptures to enforce his arguments is an evidence that Cornelius and his household were familiar with those writings.

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