Acts 10:6-35

⁶this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

⁷And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

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

⁹And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

¹⁰and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

¹¹and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

¹²in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

¹³and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

¹⁴And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

¹⁵and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

¹⁶and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

¹⁷And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁸and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

¹⁹And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

²⁰but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'

²¹and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'

²²And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

²³Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

²⁴and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

²⁵and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at his feet, did bow before him;

²⁶and Peter raised him, saying, 'Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

²⁷and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

²⁸And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

²⁹therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

³⁰And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and at the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³¹and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

³²send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;

³³at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

³⁴And Peter having opened his mouth, said, 'Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

³⁵but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;