Acts 10:30–43

³⁰Cornelius said, “It was about this time three days ago that I was praying^m 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.”

Peter’s Speech

^34*Peter began to speak: “I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis. ³⁵Those who worship him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to. ³⁶You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. ³⁷You know of the great event that took place throughout the land of Israel, beginning in Galilee after John preached his message of baptism. ³⁸You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him. ³⁹We are witnesses of everything that he did in the land of Israel and in Jerusalem. Then they put him to death by nailing him to a cross. ⁴⁰But God raised him from death three days later and caused him to appear, ⁴¹not to everyone, but only to the witnesses that God had already chosen, that is, to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from death. ⁴²And he commanded us to preach the gospel to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God has appointed judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name.”