Acts 10:1-33.
Acts 10:1-33 (Good News Translation)
1There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, who was a captain in the
Roman army regiment called
"The Italian Regiment."
2He was a religious man; he and his whole family worshiped God.
He also did much to help the Jewish poor people and was constantly praying
to God.
3It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision,
in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him,
"Cornelius!"
4He stared at the angel in fear and said,
"What is it, sir?"
The angel answered,
God is pleased with your prayers and works of charity, and is
ready to answer you.
5And now send some men to Joppa for a certain man whose full
name is Simon Peter.
6He is a guest in the home of a tanner of leather named Simon,
who lives by the sea.
7Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his
house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal
attendants.
8He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
9The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa,
Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.
10He became hungry and wanted something to eat; while the food
was being prepared, he had a vision.
11He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked
like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.
12In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
13A voice said to him,
"Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"
14But Peter said,
"Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually
unclean or defiled."
15The voice spoke to him again,
"Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."
16This happened three times, and then the thing was taken back
up into heaven.
17While Peter was wondering about the meaning of this vision,
the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was, and they
were now standing in front of the gate.
18They called out and asked,
"Is there a guest here by the name of Simon Peter?"
19Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant,
when the Spirit said,
Listen! Three
men are here looking for you.
20So get ready and go down, and do not hesitate to go with
them, for I have sent them.
21So Peter went down and said to the men,
"I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?"
22"Captain Cornelius sent us," they answered.
"He is a good man who worships God and is highly respected by
all the Jewish people. An angel of God told him to invite you to his
house, so that he could hear what you have to say."
23Peter invited the men in and had them spend the night there.
The next day he got ready and went with them; and some of the
believers from Joppa went along with him.
24The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was
waiting for him, together with relatives and close friends that he had
invited.
25As Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, fell at his
feet, and bowed down before him.
26But Peter made him rise.
"Stand up," he said,
"I myself am only a man."
27Peter kept on talking to Cornelius as he went into the house,
where he found many people gathered.
28He said to them,
You yourselves know very well that a Jew is not allowed by his
religion to visit or associate with Gentiles. But God has shown me that I
must not consider any person ritually unclean or defiled.
29And so when you sent for me, I came without any objection. I
ask you, then, why did you send for me?
30Cornelius said,
It was about this time three days ago that I was praying
in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man
dressed in shining clothes stood in front of me
31and said:
Cornelius! God has heard your prayer and has taken notice of
your works of charity.
32Send someone to Joppa for a man whose full name is Simon
Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner of leather, who lives
by the sea.
33And so I sent for you at once, and you have been good enough
to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God, waiting to hear
anything that the Lord has instructed you to say.
1There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, who was a captain in the
Roman army regiment called
"The Italian Regiment."
2He was a religious man; he and his whole family worshiped God.
He also did much to help the Jewish poor people and was constantly praying
to God.
3It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision,
in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him,
"Cornelius!"
4He stared at the angel in fear and said,
"What is it, sir?"
The angel answered,
God is pleased with your prayers and works of charity, and is
ready to answer you.
5And now send some men to Joppa for a certain man whose full
name is Simon Peter.
6He is a guest in the home of a tanner of leather named Simon,
who lives by the sea.
7Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his
house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal
attendants.
8He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
9The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa,
Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.
10He became hungry and wanted something to eat; while the food
was being prepared, he had a vision.
11He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked
like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.
12In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
13A voice said to him,
"Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"
14But Peter said,
"Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually
unclean or defiled."
15The voice spoke to him again,
"Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."
16This happened three times, and then the thing was taken back
up into heaven.
17While Peter was wondering about the meaning of this vision,
the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was, and they
were now standing in front of the gate.
18They called out and asked,
"Is there a guest here by the name of Simon Peter?"
19Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant,
when the Spirit said,
Listen! Three
men are here looking for you.
20So get ready and go down, and do not hesitate to go with
them, for I have sent them.
21So Peter went down and said to the men,
"I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?"
22"Captain Cornelius sent us," they answered.
"He is a good man who worships God and is highly respected by
all the Jewish people. An angel of God told him to invite you to his
house, so that he could hear what you have to say."
23Peter invited the men in and had them spend the night there.
The next day he got ready and went with them; and some of the
believers from Joppa went along with him.
24The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was
waiting for him, together with relatives and close friends that he had
invited.
25As Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, fell at his
feet, and bowed down before him.
26But Peter made him rise.
"Stand up," he said,
"I myself am only a man."
27Peter kept on talking to Cornelius as he went into the house,
where he found many people gathered.
28He said to them,
You yourselves know very well that a Jew is not allowed by his
religion to visit or associate with Gentiles. But God has shown me that I
must not consider any person ritually unclean or defiled.
29And so when you sent for me, I came without any objection. I
ask you, then, why did you send for me?
30Cornelius said,
It was about this time three days ago that I was praying
in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man
dressed in shining clothes stood in front of me
31and said:
Cornelius! God has heard your prayer and has taken notice of
your works of charity.
32Send someone to Joppa for a man whose full name is Simon
Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner of leather, who lives
by the sea.
33And so I sent for you at once, and you have been good enough
to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God, waiting to hear
anything that the Lord has instructed you to say.
God bless you.
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