Deeds (Act) of Apostles 10:1-30

¹A man was in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the company of knights, that is said of Italy; (There was a man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, who was a centurion, or the leader, of a group of soldiers, called the Italian Company;)

²a religious man, and dreading the Lord, with all his household; doing many alms to the people, and praying (to) the Lord (for)evermore. (a religious man, who had fearful reverence for the Lord, with all his family; giving many gifts to the Jewish people, and always praying to the Lord.)

³This saw in a vision openly, as in the ninth hour of the day, or (at) noon, an angel of God entering in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

⁴And he beheld him, and was adread (or and was afraid), and said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms-deeds have ascended up into mind, in(to) the sight of the Lord.

⁵And now send thou men into Joppa, and call one Simon, that is named Peter.

⁶This is harboured at a man, Simon, (a) currier, or (a) tanner, whose house is beside the sea. This shall say to thee, what it behooveth thee to do.

⁷And when the angel that spake to him, was gone away or had gone away, he called two men of his house, and a knight that dreaded the Lord (or and a soldier who had fearful reverence for the Lord), which were at his bidding or that obeyed to him.

⁸And when he had told to them all these things, he sent them into Joppa.

⁹And on the day (pur)suing, while they made journey, and nighed to the city, Peter went up into the highest place of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. (And on the following day, while they journeyed, and approached the city, Peter went up to the highest place of the house to pray, at about noon.)

¹⁰And when he was hungered, he would have eaten. But while they made ready, a ravishing of the spirit, or an excess of soul, felled on him;

¹¹and he saw heaven opened, and a vessel coming down, as a great sheet with four corners or with four cords, to be let down from heaven into earth (or to be let down from heaven onto the earth),

¹²in which were all (the) four-footed beasts, and (the) creeping things of the earth, and (the) volatiles of (the) heaven(s), either of the air, (or and the birds of the air).

¹³And a voice was made to him, Rise thou, Peter, and slay, and eat.

¹⁴And Peter said, Lord, forbid it, for I never eat any common thing, and unclean (or unclean).

¹⁵And again the second time the voice was made to him, That thing that God hath cleansed, say thou not unclean.

¹⁶And this thing was done by thrice; and anon the vessel was received again into heaven (or and then at once the vessel was taken up again into heaven).

¹⁷And while that Peter doubted within himself, what the vision was that he saw, lo! the men, that were sent from Cornelius, sought the house of Simon, and stood at the gate.

¹⁸And when they had called, they asked if Simon, that is named Peter, had there harbour. (And they called out, and asked if Simon, who was called Peter, was harboured there.)

¹⁹And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Lo! three men seek thee.

²⁰Therefore rise thou, and go down, and go with them, and doubt thou nothing, for I sent them.

²¹And Peter came down to the men, and said, Lo! I am (he), whom ye seek; what is the cause, for which ye be come? or for which ye have come?

²²And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a just man, and dreading God, and having good witnessing of all the folk of Jews, took answer of an holy angel, to call thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. (And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a righteous man, and revering God, and receiving good testimony from all the Jewish people, received a word from a holy angel, to call thee to his house, and to hear some words from thee.)

²³Therefore he led them in, and received (them) in harbour; and that night they dwelled with him. And in the day (pur)suing he rose (or And on the following day he rose up), and went forth with them; and some of the brethren followed him from Joppa or and some of (the) brethren from Joppa followed him, (so) that they be witnesses to Peter.

²⁴And the tother day (or And the next day), he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius abode them, with his cousins, and necessary friends, that were called together.

²⁵And it was done, when Peter was come in or when Peter had entered, Cornelius came meeting him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped (or and honoured) him.

²⁶But Peter raised him (up), and said, Arise thou, also I myself am a man, as thou.

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

²⁸And he said to them, Ye know, how abominable it is to a Jew, to be joined either to come to an alien (or to a foreigner); but God showed to me, that no man say a man common, either unclean (or unclean).

²⁹For which thing I came, when I was called, without doubting. Therefore I ask you, for what cause have ye called me?

³⁰And Cornelius said, Today, four days into this hour or From the fourth day passed till to this hour, I was praying and fasting in the ninth hour in mine house. And lo! a man stood before me in a white cloth (or a man stood before me in a white cloak),