Bede : Behold, I am he whom you seek. What is the reason for which you have come? The Spirit told him that soldiers were present, and he was silent about why they had come, because to preserve the humility of the human mind, sometimes the Spirit of prophecy touches on part and does not touch on part. — Commentary on Acts John Chrysostom : "Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?" He saw a soldier, saw a man: it was not that he was afraid, on the contrary, having first confessed that he was the person whom they sought, then he asks for the cause of their coming; that it may not be supposed that the reason of his asking the cause, was, that he wished to hide himself: he asks it in order that if it be immediately urgent, he may also go forth with them, but if not, may receive them as guests. — Homily on Acts 22