Acts 10:19-20

Acts 10:19-20

[19] While  Peter  thought  on  the vision,  the Spirit  said  unto him,  Behold,  three  men  seek  [20] Arise  therefore,  and get thee down,  and  go  with  them,  doubting  nothing:  have sent  them. 

What does Acts 10:19-20 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Somehow the Holy Spirit convinced Peter that God wanted him to accompany the messengers to Cornelius" house.
". . . it is both exegetically and experientially difficult, if not impossible, to draw any sharp lines between "an angel of God [1]," the Holy Spirit [2], and the ascended Christ [3]." [1]
We could also add "God" ( Acts 10:28; cf. Acts 8:26; cf. Acts 8:29; cf. Acts 8:39; Acts 16:6-7; Romans 8:9-11; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
"A God-fearer had no objection to the society of Jews, but even a moderately orthodox Jew would not willingly enter the dwelling of a Gentile, God-fearer though he were." [5]
Peter was to feel free to enter the house of Cornelius since the centurion was not unclean. Perhaps as Peter "was reflecting" ( Acts 10:19) he remembered Jesus" teaching in which He terminated the clean unclean distinction (cf. Acts 10:29; Mark 7:19).