This article examines how Greco-Roman ethnoracial views inform our understanding of Peter and Cornelius’s encounter in Acts 10:28–48. By drawing from the Gentile perception of Jewish misanthropy mentioned by Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus, we find that Peter was harboring a resistance to preach the gospel to the Caesareans. By rereading the narrative from this perspective, visions and Spirit baptism within Acts 10 become divine events that challenge the reluctance to preach the gospel and associate with foreigners.

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精神与外国人有什么关系？

本文探讨了希腊罗马人的种族观点如何使我们对使徒行传10：28-48中彼得和科尼利厄斯的遭遇有了更深入的了解。通过从西西里和塔西图斯的狄奥多罗斯（Diodorus）提到的犹太人对犹太人节育的外邦人理解中，我们发现彼得对传福音给剖腹产具有抵抗力。通过从这一角度重新解读叙事，使徒行传十章中的异象和圣灵洗礼成为了神圣的事件，挑战了不愿传福音和与外国人交往的念头。