{Was waiting} ((886e) prosdok(936e)). Periphrastic imperfect
active, in eager expectation and hope, directing the mind
(doka(935c)) towards (pros) anything. Old and common verb. {Near}
(anagkaious). Only instance in the N.T. of this sense of
anagkaios from anagk(885c), necessity, what one cannot do without,
necessary ( 1Co 12:22 ), duty ( Ac 13:46 ), or blood relations as
here. The ancient Greek writers combined these two words
(suggeneis, kinsmen, anagkaious, necessary friends) as here.
It was a homogeneous group of Gentiles close to Cornelius and
predisposed to hear Peter favourably.