Acts 10:15-30

¹⁵And a voice spoke again the second time to him, “That which God has made clean, you must not make common.”

¹⁶And this happened three times, and again the vessel was taken up into heaven.

¹⁷Now as Peter was very perplexed within himself as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having found by inquiry the house of Simon, stood at the gateway.

¹⁸And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there.

¹⁹Now while Peter pondered about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, men are seeking you.

²⁰Arise therefore, go down and go with them, without wavering; for I have sent them.”

²¹And Peter, going down to the men, said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”

²²And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and fearing God, having a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was given a revelation by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear a message from you.”

²³Therefore he invited them in and received them as guests. Now on the next day Peter went forth with them, and some brothers from Joppa went with him.

²⁴And on the next day they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

²⁵Now when it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

²⁶But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am just a man.”

²⁷And talking with him he went in, and found many having gathered,

²⁸and he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a Gentile; and yet God has shown to me that I should call no man common or unclean;

²⁹therefore also without objecting, I came when I was sent for. I ask, then, for what reason have you sent for me?”

³⁰So Cornelius said, “From the fourth day until this hour I was fasting, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in shining clothing,