Acts 10:24
The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
17Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.
18They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.
19While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you.
20But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
21So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”
22They said,“Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”
23So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
25So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
26But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
28He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
29Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”
30Cornelius replied,“Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me
31and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
32Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
33Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”
1Peter Visits Cornelius Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
2He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
3About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him,“Cornelius.”
4Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.
5Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.
6This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,
8and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
11At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.
12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
13He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,
3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”
4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,
44The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
45The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
16Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.
27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
29Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.
4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.
11He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
38Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him,“Come to us without delay.”
39So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
32Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
10After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.
34The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.
12When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,
8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.