Peter & the Gentiles
Sabbath School Study Outline August 29, 2015 Larry R Evans, Teacher Introduction “Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.’” (Acts 10:34-35 ) This is a key verse in our study today but before we get to it, let’s remind ourselves of the setting first: · Before Peter was brought to Cornelius in Caesarea he was staying in Joppa with a man called Simon. Does the city of Joppa sound familiar? It was the port city where the prophet Jonah boarded a ship to flee from his mission assignment hundreds of years earlier (Jonah 1:3). His mission? To go to the self-acknowledged wicked city of Nineveh and appeal for repentance. · Peter was staying in the home of a “tanner”. Tanners had low social status. The tanning process took animal hides and treated them with animal and human waste. No wonder they live