Acts 10:9–32

⁹And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, ^aPeter went up on ^bthe housetop about ^cthe ¹sixth hour to pray.

¹⁰But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he ^afell into a trance

¹¹and ^*saw ^aheaven opened up, and ¹an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

¹²and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the ¹sky.

¹³And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Peter, ¹slaughter and eat!”

¹⁴But Peter said, “By no means, ^aLord, for ^bI have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.”

¹⁵Again a voice came to him a second time, “^aWhat God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.”

¹⁶And this happened three times and immediately the ¹object was taken up into heaven.

¹⁷Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in ¹mind as to what ^athe vision which he had seen might be, behold, ^bthe men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

¹⁸and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.

¹⁹And while Peter was reflecting on ^athe vision, ^bthe Spirit said to him, “Behold, ¹three men are looking for you.

²⁰“But rise up, go down and ^aaccompany them without taking issue at all, for I have sent them Myself.”

²¹And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?”

²²And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and ^aGod-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, ^bwas directed by a ^choly angel to summon you to his house and hear ^1da message from you.”

²³So he invited them in and gave them lodging.

Peter at Caesarea

And on the next day he rose up and went away with them, and ^asome of ^bthe brothers from ^cJoppa went with him.

²⁴And on the following day he entered ^aCaesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

²⁵And when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and ^1aworshiped him.

²⁶But Peter raised him up, saying, “^aStand up; I too am just a man.”

²⁷As he talked with him, he entered and ^*found ^amany people assembled.

²⁸And he said to them, “You yourselves know how ^aunlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet ^bGod has shown me that I should not call any man defiled or unclean.

²⁹“That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was summoned. So I ask for what reason you have summoned me.”

³⁰And Cornelius said, “^aFour days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during ^bthe ¹ninth hour; and behold, ^ca man stood before me in shining garments,

³¹and he ^*said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your ¹alms have been remembered before God.

³²‘Therefore send to ^aJoppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is lodging at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.’