Act 10:17. Ἐν ἑαυτῷ, within himself) It is by implication indicated, that Peter was now no longer in a state of trance. Comp. ch. Act 12:11 (Peter, after his deliverance from prison, “Now I know of a surety that the Lord,” etc.).-διηπόρει, doubted, was perplexed) The apostles were not without care for knowledge.-ἰδοὺ, behold) Often the things which encounter the godly from within and without at the one time mutually reveal one another [shed light one upon the other]. The things which thus meet and concur together are wisely to be weighed in the mind.-διερωτήσαντες) having by inquiry reached, or found out.-Σίμωνος, of Simon) The names indicated by the angel were a matter of surprise both to the inquirers and to the people of Joppa.