Acts 10

1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

5 Now send men to Joppa to call for Simon who is called Peter.

6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth to him, bound at its four corners.

12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, and reptiles, as well as birds of the air.

13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

16 This happened three times, and again the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.

19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, men are looking for you.

20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

24 The following day they arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.

28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house fasting and praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea. He will speak to you when he arrives.’

33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything God has instructed you to tell us.”

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

1 ¶ There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],

2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:

6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

8 And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

9 ¶ On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

21 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?

22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

23 Then called he them in, and lodged [them]. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped [him].

26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

29 Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of [one] Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

34 ¶ Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

36 The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

37 That word, [I say], ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the Judge of quick and dead.

43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

1 Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band which is called the Guelph,

2 Godly and fearing God with all his house, and giving much alms to the people, and praying always to GOD.

3 And he saw in a vision, as it were, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

4 And he looked upon him, and was afraid, and said, Lord, what is it? And he said unto him, Thy prayer and thine alms are come up in remembrance before God.

5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter,

6 Which is lodged with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea; and he shall tell thee what thou shalt do.

7 And when the angel that talked with Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a godly soldier of them that waited upon him,

8 And he told them all, and sent them to Joppa.

9 And the next day, when they were in the way, and were come nigh unto the city, Peter went up into the high place to pray about the sixth hour.

10 And when he was hungry, he would have eaten. And when they had prepared for him, he was glad.

11 And he saw heaven opened, and a vessel descending unto him, as it were a large linen cloth, bound with four corners, and let down to the earth.

12 In them were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

13 And there came a voice unto him, saying, Arise, Peter, slay, and eat.

14 And Peter said, O no, Lord: for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.

15 And the voice said unto him again, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

16 And this was done three times: and the vessel was taken up again into heaven.

17 And when Peter had inquired within himself what the vision was that he had seen, behold, the men which were sent by Cornelius inquired of Simon's house, and stood at the door,

18 And called and inquired whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was there to lodging.

19 And when Peter had considered the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

20 But arise, go down, and go with them, and doubt nothing: for I have sent them.

21 Then Peter went down unto the men which were sent unto him by Cornelius, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the matter wherefore ye are here?

22 And they said: Cornelius the centurion, a devout and godly man, and of good report among all the people of the Jews, hath received a commandment of the holy angel, that he should require thee to come into his house, and hear words of thee.

23 Then he called them in, and lodged them. And the next day Peter went out with them; and certain brethren of Joppa went with him.

24 And the next day they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and called together his kinsmen and his friends.

25 And when Peter was come in, Cornelius went out to meet him, and fell at his feet, and worshipped him.

26 And Peter lifted him up, and said, Arise; I also am a man.

27 And when he had consulted with him, he went in, and found them many that were come together.

28 And he said unto them: Ye know how unusual a thing it is for a Jewish man to do, or to come to a stranger; but God hath shewed me not to call any man common or unclean.

29 Wherefore I refused not to come when I was called. Now therefore I ask you, why ye sent for me?

30 Cornelius said: I fasted four days until this hour, and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house. And, behold, a man stood before me in a bright garment.

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are remembered before God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call for a Simon, whose surname is Peter, which is lodged in the house of Simon the tanner by the sea; and he shall tell thee, when he cometh.

33 And I sent unto thee from that hour. And you have done well that you came. Now we are all here present before God, to hear all that is commanded you by God.

34 And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Now I know with a truth that God regardeth not the person,

35 But in all people, he that feareth him, and doeth righteousness, is acceptable unto him.

36 Ye know well the preaching which God sent unto the children of Israel, proclaiming peace through JESUS CHRIST (who is Lord over all),

37 Which was done throughout all the land of Judaea, beginning at Galilee, after the baptism which John preached:

38 As God anointed the same Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with him.

39 And we are witnesses of all that he did in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem. They have killed him, and hanged him on a tree.

40 The same God raised up the third day, and made him manifest,

41 not to all the people, but to us, the chosen witnesses of GOD, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead].

42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that he is ordained of GOD a judge of the quick and the dead.

43 Of whom all the prophets testify, that through his name all who believe in him shall receive forgiveness of sins.

44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell upon all them that heard the word.

45 And the believers of the circumcision, which were come with Peter, were astonished, because the gift of the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the Gentiles also.

46 For they heard that they spake with tongues, and glorified God. Then Peter answered:

47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost, as we also have?

48 And commanded to baptize them in the name of the LORD]. And they besought him to tarry there some days.