1 Now
2 devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God
3 About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”
4 And he stared at him and became terrified
5 And now, send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is also called Peter.
6 This man is staying as a guest with a certain Simon, a tanner,
7 And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him,
8 and
9 And the next day,
10 And he became hungry and wanted to eat. But
11 And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,
12 in which were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of the sky.
13 And a voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!”
14 But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!”
15 And the voice
16 And this happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
17 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed within himself
18 And they called out
19 And
20 But get up, go down, and go with them—not hesitating at all, because I have sent them.”
21 So Peter went down to the men
22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man—and well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews—was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear words from you.”
23 So he invited them in
24 And on the next day he entered into Caesarea.
25 So it happened that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at
26 But Peter helped him up, saying, “Get up! I myself am also a man!”
27 And
28 And he said to them, “You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a foreigner. And to me God has shown
29 Therefore—and without raising any objection—I came
30 And Cornelius said, “
31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charitable deeds have been remembered before God.
32 Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon who is also called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner,
33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you
34 So Peter opened
35 but in every nation the one who fears him and who does what is right is acceptable to him.
37 you know the thing that happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism that John proclaimed:
38 Jesus of Nazareth—how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
39 And we
40 God raised this one up on the third day and granted
41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen beforehand by God
42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify solemnly that this one is the one appointed
43 To this one all the prophets testify,
45 And those believers from the circumcision who had accompanied Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter said,
47 “Surely no one can withhold the water for these
48 So he ordered