Acts 10

¹Now a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius was a centurion of the cohort that is called Italian,

²devout and fearing God with all his household, doing many alms to the people and praying to God through all.

³He saw clearly in a vision, as it was about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God having come to him and having said to him, “Cornelius!”

⁴And having looked intently at him, and having become afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

⁵And now send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is called Peter.

⁶He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner whose house is by the sea.”

⁷And when the angel speaking to him went away, having called two of the servants and a devout soldier of those attending him,

⁸and having related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹Now on the next day, in their journeying and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

¹⁰And he became hungry and desired to eat. But in their preparing, a trance fell upon him,

¹¹and he sees heaven opening and a certain vessel as a great sheet descending, being let down upon the earth by four corners,

¹²in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth and birds of heaven.

¹³And a voice came to him: “Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat!”

¹⁴But Peter said, “In no way, Lord! For never have I eaten anything common or unclean.”

¹⁵And a voice came again to him for the second time: “What God has cleansed, you do not call common.”

¹⁶Now this took place for three times, and immediately the vessel was taken up into heaven.

¹⁷And while Peter was perplexed in himself as to what the vision that he had seen might be, behold, the men having been sent from Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate.

¹⁸And having called out, they were asking if Simon who is called Peter is lodged here.

¹⁹And of Peter thinking over the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you.

²⁰But having risen, go down and proceed with them, doubting nothing, because I have sent them.”

²¹And Peter, having gone down to the men, said, “Behold, I am whom you seek; what is the cause for which you are here?”

²²And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God—and being well testified to by all the nation of the Jews—was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

²³Therefore, having called them in, he lodged them. And on the next day, having risen up, he went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

²⁴And on the next day, he entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

²⁵And as Peter was entering, Cornelius, having met him, having fallen at his feet, worshiped him.

²⁶But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Rise up, I myself am also a man.”

²⁷And talking with him, he entered, and he finds many having gathered together.

²⁸And he was saying to them, “You know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to unite himself or to come near to a foreigner. But God showed to me not to call a man common or unclean.

²⁹Therefore also without objection I came, having been summoned. I ask, therefore for what reason did you summon me?”

³⁰And Cornelius was saying, “Four days ago until this hour, the ninth hour, I was praying in my house; and behold, a man in bright apparel stood before me,

³¹and he said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer was heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.

³²Therefore send to Joppa and call for Simon, who is called Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner by the sea.’

³³Therefore I sent to you at once, and you did well, having come. Now, therefore, we are all present before God to hear all the things having been commanded you by the Lord.”

³⁴And Peter, having opened the mouth, said, “Of a truth I understand that God is not One who shows partiality,

³⁵but in every nation the one fearing Him and working righteousness is acceptable to Him,

³⁶the word that He sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming the gospel, peace by Jesus Christ—this One is Lord of all.

³⁷You yourselves know the declaration having come through all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John proclaimed:

³⁸Jesus from Nazareth—how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power—who went about doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

³⁹And we are witnesses of all that He did—both in the region of the Jews and in Jerusalem—whom they also put to death, having hanged Him on a tree.

⁴⁰This One God raised up on the third day and gave Him to become manifest,

⁴¹not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen beforehand by God, to us who ate and drank with Him after His rising out from the dead.

⁴²And He instructed us to proclaim to the people and to testify fully that He is the One having been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

⁴³To this One all the prophets testify that everyone believing in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

⁴⁴Peter still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those hearing the word.

⁴⁵And the believers from the circumcision, as many as had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit has been poured out even on the Gentiles.

⁴⁶For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

⁴⁷“Is anyone able to withhold the water to baptize these who have received the Holy Spirit just as we also have?”

⁴⁸And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain some days.