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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2220?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12478263 ] Mayuresh Nirhali commented on DERBY-2220: ----------------------------------------- Prashant, The patch has not made to the derby codebase yet. It will be reviewed and committed by one of the committers. As for the release, the community has not agreed on any release date for 10.3, but we are working towards a release sometime this summer. Also, there is no update release planned as of now on top of 10.2.2. As per derby's integration in glassfish is concerned, I believe that is completely handled by the glassfish team and driven by next major/minor/update release of glassfish. Although, there has not been a escalation associated with this particular issue, this really is a internal customer escalation. We would like to know about any time constraints you may have regarding availability of this fix in glassfish ?? We can work towards that! Thanks Mayuresh > Uncommitted transactions executed throught XAResource will held locks after the application terminates (or crashes during the transaction). > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-2220 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2220 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 10.3.0.0 > Environment: Solaris Nevada build 49, Sun's JDK1.6 > Reporter: Julius Stroffek > Assigned To: Julius Stroffek > Attachments: d2220_beta.diff, d2220_beta2.diff, d2220_try1.diff, d2220_try1.stat, d2220_try2.diff, d2220_try2.stat, d2220_try4.diff, d2220_try4.stat, XATranTest.java, xxx.sql > > > Using this piece of code derby will not release a table lock of 'dummy' table. > String query = "insert into dummy (field1) values ('" + Integer.toString(value) + "')"; > XAConnection xaConnection = createXAConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/TestDB", "", ""); > XAResource xaResource = xaConnection.getXAResource(); > conn = xaConnection.getConnection(); > > Xid xid = createXid(value); > xaResource.setTransactionTimeout(10); > xaResource.start(xid, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); > > Statement statement = conn.createStatement(); > statement.execute(query); > > // terminate the client application > // this will not release any locks > System.exit(0); -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Stac Dhòmnuill Chaim, or Stac Dhòmhnaill Chaim, is a fortified promontory located near Mangursta (or Mangersta, Scottish Gaelic: Mangarstadh) on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The stack and its surrounding site is listed and protected as a scheduled monument, one of about 8,000 sites currently protected in Scotland. The site of the stack is located at grid reference NB00223152. The site is named after Donald Cam Macaulay, the early 17th century hero of the Macaulays of Uig. The site was documented in the late 19th century, but today it is considered inaccessible. In 2003 and 2006, an archaeological team of rock climbers scaled the promontory and documented the site; finding in 2006 a piece of possibly Neolithic pottery.
Stac Dhomnuill Chaim when translated from Scottish Gaelic means "One-eyed Donald's stack". It is a promontory fort located near Mangursta on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (grid reference NB00223152). It is said to be the traditional refuge of the early 17th century Uig hero Donald Cam Macaulay, who was a chieftain of the Macaulays of Lewis. The 19th-century historian F W L Thomas stated that there were stories in Uig that recounted how Donald Cam's daughter, Anna Mhòr ("big Anne"), would carry water to her father upon her head because her hands were required to climb the treacherous path to the top.[2]
Description of the site[edit]
Stac Dhomnuill Chaim was documented in the late 19th century by the historian F W L Thomas who stated it was 100 feet (30 m) high and no more than 20 feet (6.1 m) long at the top. He described the promontory as almost cut off from the nearby shore by a very deep ravine, though it remained connected to the mainland by a rocky isthmus. The stack which is surrounded by the sea, was completely inaccessible except from the land side by a narrow path. According to Thomas this was guarded by 4 feet (1.2 m) to 5 feet (1.5 m) thick wall on the land side, in which there was a 2 feet (0.61 m) gap or gateway on the southern side. Upon the stack, Thomas described the remains of a cottage measuring 18.5 feet (5.6 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, with walls that are 4.5 feet (1.4 m) thick. Connected to the cottage were the remains of a sheep pen.[2]
In July 1969, the site was visited by a Field Investigator of the Ordnance Survey's Archaeology Division. By then the narrow path across the isthmus had deteriorated because of cliff falls and the site was considered to be inaccessible. The Investigator's observations from the opposite cliff concluded that the site seemed to appear as Thomas's plans had showed it in the late 19th century.[3] In 1992, Stac Dhomnuill Chaim was added to the list of scheduled monuments and in consequence was given legal protection under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[4] The area protected is irregular shaped, measuring a maximum of 200 metres (660 ft) northeast-southwest by 100 metres (330 ft) northwest-southeast.[5] There are about 8,000 scheduled sites protected within Scotland.[6] On the list the site is classified as "secular".[7]
In 2003, the site was visited by members of the Severe Terrain Archaeological Campaign (STAC).[1] At the time it was clear to the team that the coast was rapidly eroding the site. The building upon the site were also documented. The remains of structure A are of a circular, turf and stone building measuring to about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter. The structure adjoins the perimeter wall (structure C) on the north-east edge of the stack. The structure has no apparent entrance. Structure B is the remains of a sub-rectangular turf and stone building, measuring 5 metres (16 ft) by 10 metres (33 ft) externally and 2 metres (6.6 ft) by 6 metres (20 ft) internally. The building occupies the centre of the stack and is separated from structure A by a narrow gap, which would likely have been wider before the deterioration of the structures. Structure B also has no apparent entrance. Structure C is the perimeter wall which is constructed of turf and stone. It extends from the northern end of the stack, down to the eastern side, to its southern end. The wall is hard to define at the southern end, though it is possible that it encloses two terraces on the south end of the stack. At the southern end of the second terrace there are the faint remains of a possibly earlier wall. It is possible this wall could represent an earlier and longer phase of the perimeter wall. Later in 2006, the site was visited by a local descendant of Dhomhnuill Chaim in conjunction with the STAC. During this visit a large piece of pottery was discovered which has since been identified as early prehistoric and possibly Neolithic.[8]
See also[edit]
- History of the Western Isles
- Lewis
- Clan Macaulay of Lewis. the family and descendants of Donald Cam
- ^ a b Diane, Maclean (21 September 2005). "Archaeologists who have a head for heights". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b c Thomas, F. W. L. (1890). "On the Duns of the Outer Hebrides" (PDF). Archaeologia Scotica: Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 5: 395–396.
- ^ "Lewis, Mangursta, Stac Dhomnuill Chaim". RCAHMS. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Re: The Monument known as Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, fortifited promotory, Mangersta" (PDF). Historic Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, Mangersta, Lewis". Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ "What is a scheduled monument". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Search Results: 'Stac Dhomnuill Chaim', in 'All Councils', in 'All Categories'". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Stac Dhomhnuill Chaim, Lewis". archaeologyhebrides.com. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
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belfegor posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI was using DX9 long time. Before i could use depth/stencil buffer with render target that has smaller size without a problem. Now i get this error: D3D11 ERROR: ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetRenderTargets: The RenderTargetView at slot 0 is not compatable with the DepthStencilView. DepthStencilViews may only be used with RenderTargetViews if the effective dimensions of the Views are equal, as well as the Resource types, multisample count, and multisample quality. The RenderTargetView at slot 0 has (w:640,h:360,as:1), while the Resource is a Texture2D with (mc:1,mq:0). The DepthStencilView has (w:1280,h:720,as:1), while the Resource is a Texture2D with (mc:1,mq:0). D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_TEXTURECUBE factors into the Resource type, unless GetFeatureLevel() returns D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1 or greater. [ STATE_SETTING ERROR #388: OMSETRENDERTARGETS_INVALIDVIEW] I thought i could reuse same DS. Such a waste if i have to create DS for every RT that doesnt match in size.
belfegor replied to Anddos's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingCheck each point and grab the min/max, center is (min + max) * 0.5 Better yet approximate size so you don't need to recalculate every frame.
Use CreateTexture to create new texture then use GetSurfaceLvl to grab its surface then use UpdateSurface to copy to it from your surface, tho i don't understand why do you even load surface from file instead texture?
Maybe he wants to copy some surface to new texture?
belfegor replied to Dissipate's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI don't even use scaling (i don't need it at runtime for my project), as for translation and rotation i just compose into one matrix from vector and quaternion, and this is done only for "dynamic" objects since i have lot of static objects (where world is identity) so i can skip lots of unnecessary world*view*proj (so i have just one view*proj for all of those).
belfegor replied to Anddos's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingWhat is the problem? You have many examples within their sdk. Main part is : btCollisionWorld::ClosestRayResultCallback result(from, to); physicsWorld->rayTest( from, to, result ); ... // use result here
Thanks. I thought it was only relevant on old nvidia FX series, so it makes a difference on mobile devices too.
belfegor replied to Kamil9132's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingAs kauna said you need to normalize light vector and normal of the surface to get reasonable result from dot product (-1, 1) and then use saturate to get value (0, 1) so you can scale your diffuse color (0 - 100%) based on light/normal orientation, on top of that ambient color should be uniform from all directions so you might want to add it instead multiply, something like: float3 diffuseMap = txDiffuse.Sample(...); float3 LightDir = normalize(PosD); float3 Normal = normalize(In.Normal); float3 LighD = float3 (0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f); float3 LighA = float3 (0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f); float NdotL = saturate(dot(Normal, LightDir)); FinalColor.rgb = (NdotL * diffuseMap * LighD) + LighA;
Sorry to interrupt into your thread. I have one question, what is your reasoning for using half instead of float?
belfegor replied to Prot's topic in General and Gameplay Programming^ +1 Usually obj, 3ds, fbx... are used as "interchange" formats so you can easily transfer/edit across multiple programs since they are well known/supported for import/export, but for your project/game you want to use your own binary format structured in a way that holds only data relevant for your needs, you can even merge multiple models/textures/whatever files in one file to reduce disk I/O count and make it even faster on load.
belfegor replied to lucky6969b's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI created simple class for you that wrap whole thing in one place http://pastebin.com/SigypwK3 and then you can write simple shader to draw with: float4x4 WorldViewProjection; struct VERTEX { float3 Position : POSITION; float3 Color : COLOR; }; struct V2P { float4 Position : POSITION; float3 Color : COLOR; }; struct P2A { float4 Color : COLOR; }; void vs(in VERTEX IN, out V2P OUT) { OUT.Position = mul(float4(IN.Position.xyz, 1.0f), WorldViewProjection); OUT.Color = IN.Color; } void ps(in V2P IN, out P2A OUT) { OUT.Color = float4(IN.Color, 1.0f); } technique Tech { pass p0 { VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 vs(); PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 ps(); } }
belfegor replied to Meltac's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingThat seems fine, there must be something else wrong then.
belfegor replied to Meltac's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingYou cannot have 2 pixel shaders run simultaneously, you probably meant "helper" function. If you don't want to post whole shader at least show me the whole "pipeline" for uv coordinates (how it is calculated/obtained). I suspect at this because the rest of code is correct. It doesn't matter if you are in "post-processing stage", you must have vertex shader, even if you dont set it yourself it is possible that it is set for you behind scene/implicitly by their shader system.
belfegor replied to lucky6969b's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingYou need to debug further. How do you build your VB now? rcPolyMeshDetail might be like indexed mesh but you draw your debug mesh without indices so you need to be careful how to extract/fill correct data into it as no vertices are "shared" that way.
belfegor replied to lucky6969b's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI think i read somewhere that in "Debug" mode every variable is intialized with 0, "Release" gives you garbage values. What happend, the mesh is created with D3DXCreateMesh (which then you never use as i can see), but its verticess/indices are not yet assigned and you used them which is wrong! You need to extract that info from rcPolyMeshDetail and pass that to SetProps edit: remove * 3 in CreateVertexBuffer and CopyMemory edit2: //CopyMemory ( pData, (void*)&m_Vertices, sizeof(CPerfectVertex) * 3 * m_Vertices.size()); CopyMemory ( pData, (void*)&m_Vertices[0], sizeof(CPerfectVertex) * m_Vertices.size()); // notice [0], it is very different thing! edit3: You need to call SetStreamSource right before DrawPrimitive (unless this is the only thing you render which i doubt).


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Wyoming senior Kevin Bretting and Utah sophomore Adam Oliver earned the first Mountain West Conference Men's Diver and Swimmer of the Week honors, while Wyoming swept the women's side with sophomore Aimee Stinson earning swimming plaudits and junior Brittany Wainwright receiving diving honors.
For the Cowboys, Bretting, a Loveland, Colo., native, won the three-meter dive at the Early Bird Invite, while placing third in the one-meter event. He collected a score of 322.00 in the three-meter and 268.65 in the one-meter dive, receiving NCAA Zone qualifying marks in both the prelims and finals in the three-meter dive. Bretting's 323.30 three-meter score in the prelims was a personal best, ranking third in the Wyoming record books.
Stinson collected wins in both the 500 freestyle (5:07.10) and the 1650 freestyle (17:48.13), winning the 500 by more than a second and the 1650 by an 11-second margin. Her 1:55.24 clocking in the 200 freestyle earned the Colorado Springs, Colo., native second place in that event. She then anchored the 400 medley relay to a winning time of 3:58.08 and swam on the second-place 400 freestyle relay (3:36.06). She also helped the 800 freestyle relay to a third-place finish with a time of 7:54.32, while her 200 freestyle relay team finished third with a 1:55.24 showing.
Wainwright led the Cowgirl divers at the Early Bird Invite last Friday, winning the three-meter dive with a score of 278.80 - 23 points better than her closest competitor. The Evanston (Wyo.) High School alum then finished second in the one-meter event Saturday, posting a 249.20 mark.
Finally, Oliver, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, was on the winning 3x100 backstroke and 3x500 freestyle relays at the Beehive Relays last Friday. Two days later in a duel meet at Denver, he went on to win the 1,000 and 500 freestyle events for the Utes with times of 9:47.88 and 4:46.46, respectively.


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A group in NSW's southwest ignored a man who'd fallen off the back of their ute but they stopped to pick up alcohol that also fell out of the vehicle, police say.
The 31-year-old man, from Rochester in Victoria, died after striking his head on the road when he fell from the vehicle as it turned from Maude Road into Nap Nap Road at the town of Maude, in the early hours of this morning.
The man was one of several passengers in the rear of the ute at the time.
The ute's driver and other passengers did nothing to help him.
But they did stop to pick up cartons of alcohol, which had also fallen from the vehicle, before driving off, police told reporters in Sydney.
A short time after the ute incident, people in another vehicle tried to help the injured man but emergency services workers could not revive him.
The fatality took the NSW holiday road toll to four.
Police want to speak to the people who were travelling in the ute, which has Victorian registration plates QMK 277, dog cages on the rear tray and a spotlight on the roof.
"The registered owner {wasn't necessarily} driving the vehicle, and that's why, if there was anyone at the Maude Hotel and may have seen these people getting into the vehicle, or anyone with an association with this vehicle on this particular evening, to please contact police," NSW Traffic Services commander Joe Cassar told reporters.
It is not known how well the deceased man knew the other passengers in the vehicle, Mr Cassar said.
"He may well have met them at the hotel, just before leaving."
The incident showed a clear disregard for passenger safety, the road rules or the police's message to drivers during the Easter weekend "to be aware of the people who you have in the car, to drive safely, not to consume alcohol and drive to the conditions".
Mr Cassar said he did not know if the dead man's relatives had been contacted.
Group ignored man who died after ute fall: police
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> netting?
Netting is a technique for weaving nets (as the name implies) originally
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Chicken wings. Pretty obvious.
Corn on the cob. Yep, that one, too.
Hamburger/cheeseburger. Of course!
Steak. Nah.
Hot dog on a bun. Sure.
Spaghetti. My 3 year old says yes.
Pork chop. Why the hell not?! Dammit, am I the only one here? Over the weekend I grilled up about 4lbs of marinated pork chops;
Splash of sesame oil
Sliced garlic; about 2 cloves
Soy sauce, ~1/3 cup
Few pinches of sea salt
Few pinches of sugar
Few pinches of onion powder
Good splashing of Tabasco Greeen, ~10 shakes
Fresh ground pepper
So the friends and neighbors are over and I get the "look" when I go caveman on my pork chop. "Um....what?" followed by giggles. There's no way this is odd or considered impolite. No...way. This is how I grew up eating pork chops. Ok...I AM a New Yorker raised by West Virginians....I get that. But man....how can you get all that finger lickin' goodness off the bone with a knife and fork? Or bone lickin' goodness for that matter.
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Sep 21, 2010 at 10:19 UTC
And what's wrong with going caveman. Fingers were invented long before knives and forks!
Sep 21, 2010 at 10:29 UTC
We grew up eating pork chops with our hands, except my older brother, who, if the tines would have been sharp enough, would have eaten raw carrots with a fork.
On another note, the men at my church had "steak night" every Sunday night. The only rule was no utensils. So in light of that rule, I would have to say that yes, steak is a finger food.
Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 UTC
Never considered chops a finger food but I might be changing my mind. At least when there's no one around to chastize me.
Recipe sounds great.
Sep 22, 2010 at 9:21 UTC
Anything but soup though that's debatable.
Hell we all discovered at the age of 3 that fingers were far more efficient at removing pudding from the cup why stop?
Sep 22, 2010 at 9:21 UTC
Cubed chops + Toothpicks = finger food.
Sep 22, 2010 at 9:24 UTC
Being from Arkansas, anything with a bone is eaten by hand. A pork chop is just like a really fatty rib. There are some BBQ restaurants that don't have utensils. When you have a piece of toast or bread, you don't need a fork.
Sep 23, 2010 at 6:50 UTC
Anything on a bone usually needs to be picked up, at least to get the last bit of meat.
Prawns/shrimps etc are also finger food, how else are you supposed to remove the skin (and don't say buy frozen)! You can't beat the taste of fresh seafood.
Sep 23, 2010 at 7:39 UTC
Fresh seafood....absolutely. You can't beat fresh but I still don't shy away from frozen. I like to add scallops to a lot of dishes I make, pasta, noodle soup and other various noodle dishes. The smaller scallops are great for tossing a handful or two into whatever you're making. Same with small shrimp. Toss a couple handfuls into a good Alfredo....mmmmm.
Sep 23, 2010 at 8:55 UTC
Being from Arkansas, anything with a bone is eaten by hand. A pork chop is just like a really fatty rib. There are some BBQ restaurants that don't have utensils. When you have a piece of toast or bread, you don't need a fork.
I can go with the Arkansas thing. If there is anything we can grab on it we don't need a fork.
Sep 29, 2010 at 11:34 UTC
I say that everything is finger food if you can pick it up with your hands just fine. I love eating with my hands! But yes, I do get the feeling sometimes that I am barbaric when I'm around non-family company, so I try to eat politely around others.
I do think the spaghetti is questionable because of the sauce, but your porkchops are a mos def! And I'd eat that with rice, also with my hands. :)
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Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany during World War II and one of modern history's most hated and notorious figures. During World War II he was used as a symbol for all that the Allies were fighting against and became the main antagonist of countless wartime propaganda cartoons, some of the most famous being of the cartoons now known collectively as Looney Tunes.
Unlike Disney, who tended to take a more "mock" documentary of Nazism, the Looney Tunes cartoons were more blatant in their contempt for Hitler and he was a wild, exaggerated yet genuinely reviled character in every short that featured him.
Adolf Hitler has appeared in twelve Looney Tunes cartoons to date. In each of these, he appears in a caricature form and typically faces one of the Looney Tunes characters (the most prominent ones being Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck).
- Bosko's Picture Show (first appearance) (cameo) (1933)
- Nutty News (1942)
- The Ducktators (caricatured as a duck) (1942)
- Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (caricatured as a fox) (1942)
- The Fifth-Column Mouse (caricatured as a cat) (1943)
- Tokio Jokio (1943)
- Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943)
- Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
- Daffy - The Commando (1943)
- Plane Daffy (1944)
- Russian Rhapsody (1944)
- Herr Meets Hare (last appearance) (1945)


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Cornelius's Vision
Acts 10:1-8
Thirty miles north of Joppa was another coastal city, Caesarea, which had been built as a showcase of luxury and furnished with a splendid harbor by Herod the Great.1 In the days of the early church it served as the Roman capital of Judea. There lived Cornelius, a centurion in the Roman army. A centurion was so named because he was the officer in charge of a fighting unit called a century (from Latin centum, which means hundred), which contained about one hundred soldiers. The actual number varied greatly, but in the early imperial period, a typical century was eighty men strong.2
Delving Deeper
Centurions in the New Testament
Cornelius was a member of the Italian "band," better translated "cohort," designating the unit of 600 warriors forming a tenth part of a Roman legion.3 A whole legion, therefore, when fully manned, numbered about 6000 warriors.
The centurion was the backbone of the Roman army. Exercising personal supervision of all men under his command, he was chiefly responsible for good morale in the ranks. On the battlefield, he made many decisions that might turn the outcome to victory or defeat. As a class of soldier, centurions had a reputation for being unusually capable and dependable.4
All those mentioned in the New Testament appear in a good light.
- When Jesus was scorned by many in His own nation, a Roman centurion in Galilee sent Jesus messengers asking that He would heal a beloved servant near death. The officer stated that there was no need for Jesus to come to the house personally, for he was confident that Jesus could do the miracle just by saying the word. Jesus said of him, "I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel" (Matt. 8:5–13; Luke 7:2–10).
- The centurion in command of the detail that carried out Jesus' crucifixion was so moved by Jesus' demeanor and by the signs accompanying His death that he "feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God" (Matt. 27:54). Also, "he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man" (Luke 23:47). In his response he showed himself to be far more discerning than the religious leaders who also witnessed the Crucifixion.
- The centurion assigned to scourge Paul after he was arrested in Jerusalem held back when he heard that Paul was a Roman citizen. He then went to his commander and warned him against doing an injustice (Acts 22:25–26).
- The centurion with custody over Paul when he journeyed to Rome for trial was evidently sympathetic to the apostle, for he never kept him under close guard, instead allowing him to say and do virtually whatever he wanted (Acts 27:1–28:16).
- Finally, of course, the first gentile convert was a centurion.
It is an interesting question why the New Testament is so kind to officers of the army that held the Jewish nation in servitude. Perhaps they picture the kind of convert that Jesus was seeking in the gentile world. He was looking for all those in every nation who would be willing to serve as faithful and conscientious soldiers of the Lord.
Cornelius was a gentile, not a Jew. Yet Scripture describes him as a devout man, faithful in good works and in a life of prayer. How did it happen that a gentile with a background in the heathen religion of Rome came to worship the true God? Cornelius was not alone. In his day, the Jewish religion attracted many followers. There were synagogues throughout the Roman world, and in many the congregation was a mixture of Jews and gentiles. Among the gentiles were some known as proselytes because they had gone through all the rituals necessary to be considered full-fledged Jews. But most were not. Yet by separating themselves from paganism and keeping the moral law of God, they had achieved the status of being called God-fearers.5 Later, whenever Paul went to a new city, he preached first to the Jews, the proselytes, and the God-fearers in the synagogue. From those who believed he formed the nucleus of a new church.
Pondering a Question
If, as we will see, Jews avoided all contact with gentiles, why were gentiles allowed to attend the synagogue?
To gain the right of association with Jews, gentiles had to take certain steps to remove the worst forms of their uncleanness. The class known as God-fearers were not full proselytes with nearly the same status as Jews by birth, but adherents to Judaism of a lesser degree, known as proselytes of the gate.6 In William Ramsey's judgment they submitted to all those provisions in the law of Moses applicable to "strangers" in the land; that is, to people of foreign extraction who came to live in the land of Israel.7 The law forbade strangers to offer sacrifices of worship at any place other than at the house of the Lord (Lev. 17:8–9), to eat blood (Lev. 17:10), and to commit sexual immorality of any kind (Lev. 18: v. 26 specifically extending the prohibition to strangers). Later, in our discussion of Acts 15, we will show that the obligations which the council at Jerusalem imposed on gentile converts to Christianity were essentially the same.
What place did God-fearers have in the synagogue? Alfred Edersheim argued that a typical synagogue was laid out to mirror the Temple itself. At the Temple, women were excluded from the inner court, known as the Court of Israelites. They could advance no further inward than the Court of Women on the east side. Edersheim inferred that because a synagogue must have been similar in arrangement, the women were required to sit in a section reserved for them at the rear.8 Some other scholars have suggested moreover that the women used a separate door, making their entrance to a rear gallery as soon as they arrived but remaining inside after the service until all the men had departed from the building.9
The evidence for Edersheim's reconstruction of Jewish practice at ancient synagogues is meager, however.10 But if he is right, we can take his reasoning a step further and discover the place of gentiles at a synagogue, for at the Temple they were allowed to enter no further than the outer court, known as the Court of Gentiles, which was on the outer rim of the Temple complex. At a typical synagogue, it is therefore possible that gentiles were relegated to a place even farther from the front, perhaps in a sequestered portion at the back of the main room, and that they were the last to leave after a service.
Cornelius was a God-fearer so outstanding in his piety that God chose him to be the first gentile convert to Christianity. An angelic messenger from God appeared to him one day while he was praying. His natural reaction was to be afraid, but the angel calmed his fears by assuring him that God was pleased with all his prayers and good deeds. The angel implied that God was now ready to bless him, but to obtain the blessing, he had to follow instructions. First, he had to send men to Joppa for the purpose of fetching Simon Peter, who was staying with Simon the tanner. Then when Peter came, Cornelius had to follow whatever directions Peter gave.
Pondering a Question
Why did the angel refrain from rebuking Cornelius when Cornelius called him "Lord"?
The term is the Greek word kurios, which merely signifies someone with power or authority.11 It need not refer narrowly to God. Cornelius, as a Roman officer, was accustomed to treating his superiors with great deference. He had learned that his own commander-in-chief, the Roman emperor, should be viewed as no less than divine. Therefore, when he saw a being so lofty that his garments shimmered with heavenly glory, he did not hesitate to pay him the highest token of respect that he could devise on the spur of the moment. He called the angel "Lord." The angel understood that Cornelius was not identifying him as God, so he accepted the honor. In fact, as we learn from the message that Cornelius sent Peter, the centurion knew full well that the visitor was an angel (Acts 10:22). Viewing the angel as a superior was good for the centurion, because it assured his diligent obedience to the commands that the angel spoke as God's mouthpiece.
Pondering a Question
Who was the angel?
He is not named, but on several other occasions the angel who delivered God's message to a human being was Gabriel. He came to Daniel (Dan. 8:15–16; 9:21), Zechariah (Luke 1:19), and Mary (Luke 1:26–27). In every other record of an angelic visitation, Scripture declines to tell us the angel's name, leaving the possibility that we are reading about another mission of Gabriel. Gabriel's unique role in man's experience suggests that he bears the heavenly office of divine messenger. Thus, in all likelihood he was the angel who appeared to Cornelius.
Pondering a Question
In what form did the angel appear?
Cornelius saw a being standing before him who appeared to be a man in bright clothing (Acts 10:30). If we examine all the Scriptural accounts of angels appearing to men, we find that without exception, at least in all cases where they are described, they assumed human form (Gen. 18:1–22; 19:1–22; Num. 22:22–35; 1 Chron. 21:15–30; Dan. 8:15; 9:21; 10:16, 18; Zech. 1:7–11; 2:3–4; Matt. 28:3; Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4; John 20:12). Sometimes, like the angel that Cornelius saw, they wore white clothing with a brilliant luster (Matt. 28:3; Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4; John 20:12). Sometimes they displayed their glory, letting their faces shine with dazzling radiance (Matt. 28:3). Sometimes they kept themselves indistinguishable from ordinary men (Gen. 18:1–22; 19:1–22; Heb. 13:1).
We have, however, included a few Old Testament stories about "the angel of the Lord" (Num. 22:22–35; 1 Chron. 21:15–30), a term that may refer to the preincarnate Christ.
As a good soldier, Cornelius hastened to carry out his orders to the letter. Immediately, he called three trusted servants, two from his household and one from the army. The soldier, doubtless the one who was appointed leader of the group, was a devout gentile, and perhaps the others were as well. After they all reported to their master, he sent them off to find Peter.
Peter's Vision
Acts 10:9-16
While Cornelius's men were walking to Joppa, Peter was having a quiet day at Simon's house.
Delving Deeper
Tanning as a trade
Simon was a tanner: that is, a leatherworker.12 For two reasons, the Jewish people regarded this trade as disreputable and disgusting.
- The process of turning animal hides into serviceable leather involved use of dog manure and chemicals such as lime that filled the air with a strong offensive odor.13 The smell was so bad that a tanner was forced to set up his workshop outside of town.14 If the wife of a tanner found that she could not live with the stench, her suffering was considered grounds for divorce.15
- A tanner's work required that he surround himself with the bodies and skins of dead animals. To touch a clean animal slaughtered or hunted down by man did not make a person unclean (Lev. 18:10–16), but it was defiling to touch the carcase of a clean animal that died of itself (Lev. 11:39; 17:15–16). To touch the carcase of an unclean animal, however it died, also made a person unclean (Lev. 11:8, 11, 24–28, 31).16 Since it was hard for a tanner to make a good living if he altogether rejected skins from unclean carcasses (after all, one raw material for good leather is pigskin, and pigs were unclean), he was probably in a perpetual state of uncleanness. No wonder the Jews thought tanning an unclean business.17
The tanner's house was outside Joppa along the coast of the Mediterranean. Toward noon (the sixth hour by Jewish reckoning) Peter went up to the housetop to pray. In an ancient Jewish house, the roof was much like the porch in a modern house. It was a good place to get away from others and enjoy the breezes.
Delving Deeper
A house by the sea
Scripture's mention of the incidental fact that Simon lived by the sea would likely have prompted an ancient reader to nod his head and say to himself, "Of course." Not only would the saltwater have been useful in Simon's work, but the sea breeze by day and the land breeze by night helped to freshen the atmosphere in the tanner's house. These are the prevailing breezes at any coastal site due to the difference in air pressure over land and water.
Why would Peter have consented to stay in such a place? As an old fisherman, he probably welcomed a chance to look out at the vast waters of the Mediterranean and watch the boats plying back and forth outside Joppa's harbor, doubtless with some fishing boats among them. Going up to the roof would not only have afforded the view he desired, but also given relief from the smells below.
After spending some time with the Lord, Peter became hungry and called for food. While he sat waiting for the servants to prepare it, he fell into a "trance"—that is, God took control of his mind while he was awake.
Peter saw a strange vision. A large sheet appeared in the sky and descended before his eyes. It looked as though the sheet was suspended from cords tied to its four corners. Riding on the sheet was a whole zoo of animals. Among them were birds, mammals, and "creeping things"—a reference to reptiles and insects. When this strange cargo stopped before Peter, he heard a voice, saying, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
Peter had no doubt that the animals were real, and such a command to a man waiting for his dinner was entirely reasonable. But Peter saw that all the animals were unclean. The law of Moses allowed the nation of Israel to eat meat, but only from certain animals. Many animals were labeled unfit for consumption. These included pigs, rabbits, camels, anything with paws like a cat or bear, birds of prey, snakes, insects (except locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers), and a host of others.
Delving Deeper
Unclean animals downstairs
It is no accident that Scripture tells us where Peter was when he saw the vision. Perhaps the visit to Simon's workshop had raised in Peter's mind the question of whether Old Testament restrictions against unclean animals were still in force under the new covenant. He could see the remains of dead animals all around, maybe some he had always loathed. As he pondered whether he could under any circumstances eat these untouchables, his first reaction was probably a decisive, no. The vision later given to him on the roof was therefore a stiff challenge to his own deep-seated preferences.
As a good Jew who had always kept the law, Peter refused to obey, even though he recognized the voice as the Lord's. Perhaps it was Jesus speaking in a voice similar to His earthly voice, very familiar to Peter. Peter protested, "Not so, Lord: for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean." The Lord rebuked him, saying, "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common." Again the voice commanded him to eat, again he refused, and again the voice rebuked him. The same dialogue occurred yet a third time before the sheet rose up and disappeared into heaven.
Pondering a Question
From whom have we obtained this story?
The only possible source is Peter himself. Luke informs us that Peter reported the whole incident just a short while later to the whole church in Jerusalem (Acts 11:5–10). Notice that his account neither hides nor justifies his disobedient response to the Lord's command. He is telling us the truth, even though it places him in a very bad light. It would not be an exaggeration to say that what he said was stupid, almost blasphemous. Imagine telling the Lord, "Not so."
But the candor of this account should not surprise us. The Gospels are full of stories that show Peter acting foolishly. When Jesus walked on the water, Peter tried the same feat but, when the sight of waves undermined his faith, he fell in (Matt. 14:25–31; Mark 6:45–51; John 6:16–21). In the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter inflicted one minor casualty in a swashbuckling but ineffectual attempt to defend Jesus with a sword. He tried to split Malchus's head, but cut off his ear instead (Matt. 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:50; John 18:10). During the Transfiguration, Peter blurted out stupid irrelevancies (Matt. 17:4; Mark 9:6; Luke 9:33). When Jesus on one occasion desired to know who touched His garment, Peter rebuked Him by pointing out that He was surrounded by people (Luke 8:45). Worst of all, while standing outside the house where Jesus was on trial before the religious authorities, Peter thrice denied being Jesus' follower (Matt. 26:69–75).
Why is the picture of Peter so often unfavorable, sometimes even comical? We can be sure that no other leaders of the early church would, on their own initiative, have circulated stories that seemed to belittle the chief apostle. They knew that for believers to respect and follow him was in the best interests of the church. The account of Peter's vision on Simon's roof, coming obviously from Peter, gives us strong reason to suspect that he was the one who encouraged the telling and retelling of all the other unflattering stories about himself. He must have been a man of humble mind who did not hide his grievous sins in the past, who readily confessed his lesser faults as well (as James advises us to do; Jas. 5:16), and who could even laugh at all the bygone moments when he was simply absurd. Probably both in private discussions and in public sermons, he rehearsed his own failures as a way of teaching others that nobody, including the chief apostle, is exempt from the need to grow and learn. Seeing that he was once immature and unwise encouraged them not to be overly distressed about their own lapses into foolishness. They were not hopeless cases who had forfeited God's love. By pressing on, they, like Peter, could still be greatly used by God.
Pondering a Question
Why did the Lord not chasten Peter for arguing with Him?
The Lord was patient because Peter's objection was based on conscience, and his conscience in this matter was shaped by his understanding of God's law. Within the limits of his own thinking, Peter was trying to do right. Still, his refusal to obey may be faulted for lack of humility and good sense.
Pondering a Question
What was the meaning of the vision?
Afterward, Peter considered the vision, but failed to understand it right away. Its meaning became clear only after he received the summons from Cornelius. The vision expressed God's desire to break down a barrier that was hindering Jewish Christians from reaching the gentile world.
This barrier was the Jewish attitude toward gentiles. A good Jew thought gentiles were disgusting, and he went out of his way to avoid them. He never entered one of their houses.18 He viewed as unclean even the sod and the air connected with their land.19 The body of a gentile was, from the standpoint of ritual purity, also unclean, as well as anything he "lies, sits, or rides on."20 Many foods including milk, bread, and oil were defiled in Jewish eyes if they or their containers had passed through gentile hands.21 With such an attitude, Jewish Christians found it hard to fulfill the Great Commission, commanding them to share the gospel with the whole world. Many could not imagine that God really wanted them to bring gentiles into the church. To overcome Jewish prejudice against other races, God gave Peter a vision showing that the time had come to stop treating gentiles like unclean animals.
Delving Deeper
Dual purpose in the vision
In Peter's vision, God expressed Himself symbolically, using animals to represent people, because He was simultaneously canceling restrictions against both. He was declaring that gentiles should not be treated as unclean, and also He was nullifying the dietary laws in the Old Testament. Putting these laws aside was necessary to enable the church to reach gentiles. An evangelist or missionary cannot be fussy about the food he eats. If he wishes to show love for the people he is seeking to win for Christ, he must be willing to join with them for a meal and accept their food without qualms. If the food customary in some cultures does not seem healthy or appetizing, eating it is a small sacrifice for the sake of winning souls.
God could terminate the dietary laws because they were provisional, not absolute—appropriate as a public health measure under certain circumstances but unrelated to any moral necessity. There is nothing inherently wrong with eating pork, for example. God probably forbade it as well as meats derived from horses, bears, foxes, rats, and lions because any of these might contain larvae that, in a human being, cause the disease known as trichinosis.22 Yet to eat a food once labeled unclean is not necessarily incompatible with love, which is the true grounds of all righteousness.
Acts 10:17-20
As Peter pondered the vision, the messengers from Cornelius reached Simon's gate. They announced their presence by calling out a greeting. Then when someone responded, probably by coming from the house to find out their purpose, they asked whether a man named Simon Peter was lodging within. Peter himself did not hear the voices outside, but the Spirit alerted him to the arrival of visitors. He told Peter to go down and meet them. They would summon him to another place, and he should go, confident that God had sent them.
Going to Caesarea
Acts 10:21-24
When Peter came to the men at the gate, he asked their purpose. The messengers identified themselves as messengers from Cornelius, a Roman centurion, but they quickly made it clear that Cornelius was no ordinary gentile. He was a God-fearer highly respected by the Jews. They did not say why he was held in high esteem, but perhaps, like the centurion who summoned Jesus to heal his servant, he had made generous donations to the local synagogue (Luke 7:2–10), or perhaps he was known as an officer who restrained his men from abusing Jewish people. To explain why they had come, the messengers said that an angel had commanded their master to call for Peter and hear his message.
Peter raised no objection, although he put off any travel until the next day. He bade the men to stay with him until the time came for departure. Here was the first sign of Peter's change of heart toward gentiles. Evidently with Simon's permission, he welcomed gentiles to share his lodgings.
On the next day, Peter accompanied the messengers back to Caesarea. Several believers from Joppa came along to observe. At Cornelius's house, Peter found that the centurion had assembled a large company, including many of his relatives and close friends.
Getting Practical
Model of good leadership
The story of Cornelius makes it clear that he did not view his faith as a strictly private matter. Just as we should, he endeavored to persuade his family, friends, and acquaintances to follow God.
In his bold testimony, he exemplified a good leader, for he understood that within his realm of responsibility, he should not only direct the practical affairs of home and squadron, but also serve as a spiritual guide.
Jew Meeting Gentile
Acts 10:25-33
Cornelius himself met Peter at the door and threw himself at his feet, intending to worship him. But Peter immediately corrected the error. Insisting that he was only a man, Peter helped Cornelius to his feet.
Pondering a Question
Why did Cornelius try to worship Peter?
"Worshipped" is the usual word for tribute directed to God.23 Here is a conundrum. Why would a God-fearer well tutored in Jewish monotheism seek to worship a being that, in every visible attribute, was clearly just a man? The mystery deepens when we consider that Cornelius recognized the glorified being who came to him earlier as less than divine. We can only speculate, but perhaps the centurion had already heard something about what the early church believed—especially, that God had become a man and that this man was the way of salvation. The angel told Cornelius that Peter would make salvation available to Cornelius and all his house (Acts 11:14). The news might have left Cornelius in some perplexity as to the nature of this man Peter. He might have wondered whether Peter was another divine savior in human form.
Peter went further into the house and found a large gathering of people. Imagine how awkward Peter felt when, for the first time in his life, he entered the home of a gentile. Feeling that his remarkable departure from Jewish custom required an explanation, he said that his own outlook on gentiles had changed. God showed him that it was wrong to consider any man unclean. In essence, he was admitting that he had formerly harbored a sinful distaste for gentiles.
Getting Practical
The right approach when witnessing
It was appropriate that Peter should preface the gospel with confession of his own sin. A secondary purpose (perhaps of Peter, but certainly of the Spirit guiding his words) was to underscore Peter's denial of divinity, but the main purpose was to set an example of repentance, which the gospel would also require of his hearers.
It is never wise when witnessing to present ourselves as holier-than-thou. We reach the heart of a lost person by presenting ourselves as one sinner helping another.
Peter asked why Cornelius had sent for him. Cornelius replied by reviewing the words of the angel. The answer to Peter's question was that the angel commanded Cornelius to summon Peter. Cornelius then asked Peter to share whatever message God had given him.
Peter's Message
Acts 10:34-43
Peter began by marveling at God's perfect justice. The Jews held themselves to be superior to other peoples, but God does not accept a man just because he is a Jew. Nor does He reject a man just because he is a gentile. As Peter said, "God is no respecter of persons." In other words, when God judges a man, He gives no weight to such externals as race, national origin, wealth, power, and appearance. He looks only on the heart. Peter was reaffirming a principle often stated in the Old Testament (Deut. 10:17; 2 Chron. 19:7; Job 34:19) and stated again in Peter's own first epistle (1 Pet. 1:17).
Peter then used surprising language to describe how a man gains acceptance with God. He said that the requirements are to fear God and work righteousness.
Pondering a Question
Did Peter mean that we are saved by our works?
No. Peter was explaining why God singled out Cornelius for the privilege of hearing the gospel. By his devotion and good works, Cornelius showed that he wanted to be right with God. His good works in themselves did not save him. Rather, they showed that he wanted to be saved. He was a true seeker after God, and Scripture promises that anyone who seeks God with his whole heart will surely find Him (Jer. 29:13; Matt. 7:7). Cornelius's seeking was itself evidence of grace operating in his life, both to prepare him for the moment when he heard the gospel and to assure that he would hear and receive it gladly.
There is a larger meaning here, however. Peter was also explaining why God was sending the gospel to the whole world. He does not wish salvation to be a privilege restricted to Jews. Rather, He desires to give life forever to anyone, in any nation, who meets the requirements of fearing Him and living righteously. Both may be seen as the results of salvation.
Yet although Cornelius and perhaps other gentiles listening to Peter had won a measure of acceptance with God, they were lacking a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. To be saved, they needed to put their faith in Jesus. Therefore, Peter started his sermon by demonstrating that Jesus deserved their faith.
The facts about Jesus' life and death were already well known to Peter's audience, as they were to everyone in Palestine. Peter said of Jesus' message, "That word, I say, ye know." Yet Peter stated some of these facts anyway. As he summarized the life and ministry of Jesus, he emphasized that Jesus was not just a famous man whose ministry was the talk of the whole country. He was the Christ promised by the prophets. More than that, He was the Lord of all.
Then Peter stressed the strange contrast between Jesus' life and Jesus' death. His life was devoted to doing good. Through the power of God's Spirit, He cast out demons from those under the power of Satan. Yet the life of this good man came to what end? He was taken by the authorities and hung on a tree. In the words Peter chose to describe crucifixion, he emphasized that Jesus' manner of death was especially disgraceful. Paul, paraphrasing the law of Moses (Deut. 21:23), said, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree" (Gal. 3:13).
But the injustice in Jesus' death did not stand. God overturned it by raising up Jesus on the third day after His burial. Jesus then showed Himself to His disciples and appointed them to be witnesses everywhere of His resurrection. Peter himself had no doubt that he saw the risen Christ. What he saw was no ghost, for they ate and drank together.
Briefly, Peter spoke of God's direction for his own life. The risen Christ charged Peter and the other apostles to go about preaching. Their message—the message that Cornelius and his loved ones wanted to hear—was simple:
- God will not overlook sin. If a sinner fails to obtain God's forgiveness, he will someday stand in judgment and receive the just penalty. The Judge of all men will be Jesus.
- Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament. Therefore, He must be the Savior from sin that God promised to send into the world.
- The one way of salvation is to believe in Jesus. Whoever believes in Him will receive remission (forgiveness) of sin and gain everlasting life.
Descent of the Spirit
Acts 10:44-48
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit descended upon his hearers. The proof of the Spirit's coming was that the gentiles began to speak in tongues. Again, these were actual human languages, for the Jewish observers from the church in Joppa could pick out enough familiar words to understand that the speakers were praising and magnifying God. The observers were amazed. They never expected God to give the Spirit to unclean gentiles as well as to Jews.
Peter's mind was no longer clouded with Jewish pride. He realized that if God baptized the gentiles with the Spirit, he could not refuse to baptize them with water. Without delay, they were baptized in the name of the Lord. Afterward, in response to their pleas for further teaching, Peter remained several more days.
Cornelius and his loved ones were the first gentile converts to Christianity. At the first moment of believing in Christ, the Holy Spirit came to indwell them. He did not delay His coming until they especially prayed for Him, or until they went through some ritual. Likewise today, the coming of the Spirit is simultaneous with salvation.
The year of Cornelius's conversion was probably in the late 30s (see Appendix 1).
Getting Practical
Rising above social prejudice
The prejudice that kept Jews from witnessing to gentiles was obviously foolish. But do we have any similar prejudices? Do we exclude anyone from the gospel because he triggers our dislike? The prejudice common in churches today is of two kinds.
- We may fail to reach people beneath our level in society. We are clean; they are dirty. We are well dressed; they are ragged. We live in nice houses; they live in shacks. But James warns against disdain for the poor (Jas. 2:1-4).
- We may draw back from foreigners because the gap in culture and language seems too hard to bridge. But to deny anyone the truth because he has a strange name and speaks broken English is a direct violation of the Great Commission, which says that the gospel is for the whole world (Matt. 28:18-20).


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Apple-Blueberry Pie
READY IN: 1hr 35mins
Recipe by Courtly
Frozen blueberries can be used in this pie in place of the fresh berries. Partially thaw the frozen berries before adding them to the filling. From Pillsbury.
Top Review by designgirl
This pie was amazing! I used frozen blueberries and it worked great.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- 4 cups sliced peeled baking apples (4 medium)
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oven to 425. Prepare pie crust as directed on package for one-crust filled pie using 9 inch pie pan.
- In large bowl, combine all filling ingredients; mix well. Set aside.
- Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In medium bowl, combine all topping ingredients; mix with fork until crumbly. Spoon fruit into crust-lined pan. Spoon topping evenly over fruit.
- Bake at 425 for 50-70 minutes or until apples are tender and edges are bubbly. Cover entire pie loosely with foil after 20 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool 2 hours. Serve warm or cold.