So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."Cornelius is showing great faith here. First, he sends for a man, sight-unseen, who he has never heard of, to come to him, something he knows would be against the Law. He trusts that this message is from God, and that He will arrange the rest.
Second, he accepts this person, and asks him to speak on behalf of God. He doesn't know what he's going to say (it doesn't appear Peter knows either), or how it may affect him. All he knows is that he received a command from God, and he follows it without hesitation.
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