1 Now a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius [was] a centurion of [the] cohort that is called Italian, VP
2 devout and fearing God with all his house, doing many alms to the people and imploring God through all. VP
3 He saw clearly in a vision, as it was about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God having come in to him and having said to him, “Cornelius!” VP
4 And having looked intently at him, and having become afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. VP
5 And now send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is called Peter. VP
6 He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner whose house is by [the] sea.” VP
7 And when the angel speaking to him went away, having called two of the servants and a devout soldier of those continually attending him, VP
8 and having related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa. VP
9 Now on the next day, [in] their journeying and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. VP
10 And he became very hungry and was wanting to eat. But [in] their preparing, a trance fell upon him, VP
11 and he sees heaven opening and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet, being let down upon the earth by four corners, VP
12 in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth and birds of the sky. VP
13 And a voice came to him: “Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat!” VP
14 But Peter said, “In no way, Lord, because I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” VP
15 And a voice [came] again to him for the second time: “What God has cleansed, you do not call common.” VP
16 Now this happened for three times, and immediately the vessel was taken up into heaven. VP
17 And while Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he had seen might be, behold, the men having been sent by Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate. VP
18 And having called out, they were asking if Simon who [is] called Peter lodges here. VP
19 And of Peter pondering about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you. VP
20 But having risen, go down and proceed with them, doubting nothing, because I have sent them.” VP
21 And Peter, having gone down to the men, said, “Behold, I am whom you⁺ seek; what [is] the cause for which you⁺ are present?” VP
22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God—and being well testified to by all the nation of the Jews—was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to hear sayings from you.” VP
23 Therefore, having called them in, he lodged [them]. And on the next day, having risen up, he went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him. VP
24 And on the next day, he entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends. VP
25 And as Peter was entering, Cornelius, having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, worshiped [him]. VP
26 But Peter raised him up, saying, “Rise up, I myself am also a man.” VP
27 And talking with him, he entered, and he finds many having come together. VP
28 And he was saying to them, “You⁺ know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to join himself or to come near to a foreigner. But God showed to me not to call a man common or unclean. VP
29 Therefore also without objection I came, having been summoned. I ask, therefore for what reason did you⁺ summon me?” VP
30 And Cornelius was saying, “Four days ago until this hour, the ninth hour, I was praying in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel, VP
31 and he says, ‘Cornelius, your prayer was heard, and your alms have been remembered before God. VP
32 Therefore send to Joppa and call for Simon, who is called Peter; he lodges in [the] house of Simon, a tanner by [the] sea.’ VP
33 At once, therefore, I sent to you, and you did well, having come. Now, therefore, we are all present before God to hear all the things having been commanded you by the Lord.” VP
34 And Peter, having opened the mouth, said, “Of a truth I understand that God is not One who shows partiality, VP
35 but in every nation the [one] fearing Him and working righteousness is acceptable to Him, VP
36 the word that He sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming the gospel, peace through Jesus Christ—this [One] is Lord of all. VP
37 You⁺ yourselves know the word having come through all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John proclaimed: VP
38 Jesus from Nazareth—how God anointed Him with [the] Holy Spirit and with power—who went through doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. VP
39 And we [are] witnesses of all that He did—both in the region of the Jews and in Jerusalem—whom they also put to death, having hanged [Him] on a tree. VP
40 This [One] God raised up on the third day and gave Him to become manifest, VP
41 not to all the people, but to [the] witnesses having been chosen beforehand by God, to us who ate and drank with Him after His rising out from [the] dead. VP
42 And He charged us to proclaim to the people and to testify fully that He is the [One] having been appointed by God [as] Judge of [the] living and [the] dead. VP
43 To this [One] all the prophets testify [that] everyone believing in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.” VP
44 Peter still speaking these sayings, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those hearing the word. VP
45 And the believers from [the] circumcision, as many as had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit has been poured out even on the Gentiles. VP
46 For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, VP
47 “Is anyone able to withhold the water to baptize these who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [have]?” VP
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain some days. VP