Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
Who shall tell thee words, whereby, х en (G1722) hois (G3739)] - or 'wherein.' i:e., in the 'reception of which,'
Thou and all thy house shall be saved. The historian's own statement of this (Acts 10:6) is much more general than what he here puts into the mouth of Peter. So also the report of it by the deputies of Cornelius (Acts 10:22), and by Cornelius himself (Acts 10:32). But as Peter tarried with Cornelius certain days, during which they doubtless talked over this wonderful scene, perhaps this fuller and richer form of what the angel said to Cornelius was communicated to Peter; or Peter may have expressed what certainly the angel designed in bidding him send for Peter. Let the reader observe here, that 'salvation' is made to hang upon 'words'-that is, the Gospel message concerning Christ. The "house" or 'household' of Cornelius is here associated with himself in the promised salvation, because he feared God "with all his house" (Acts 11:2). But see the note at Luke 19:9, and Remark 4 at the end of that section.