Acts 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In a vision; not in a dream or rapture, but sensibly and plainly. About the ninth hour; their ninth hour was with us about three o clock in the afternoon; being the ordinary time for the evening sacrifice; and, by consequence, their time of prayer, Acts 3:1. And this devout man doth not seek God's face in vain; Cornelius had been faithful in a little, and God would give him much; rather than he should want further instruction, who had improved what he had already, God here sends an angel, and soon after an apostle unto him.