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1 There was a cer­tain man in Cae­sarea called Cor­nelius, a cen­tu­ri­on of the band called the Ital­ian band, 2 A de­vout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the peo­ple, and prayed to God al­way. 3 He saw in a vi­sion ev­i­dent­ly about the ninth hour of the day an an­gel of God com­ing in to him, and say­ing unto him, Cor­nelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memo­ri­al be­fore God. 5 And now send men to Jop­pa, and call for one Si­mon, whose sur­name is Pe­ter: 6 He lod­geth with one Si­mon a tan­ner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou ought­est to do. 7 And when the an­gel which spake unto Cor­nelius was de­part­ed, he called two of his house­hold ser­vants, and a de­vout sol­dier of them that wait­ed on him con­tin­u­al­ly; 8 And when he had de­clared all these things unto them, he sent them to Jop­pa. 9 On the mor­row, as they went on their jour­ney, and drew nigh unto the city, Pe­ter went up upon the house­top to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he be­came very hun­gry, and would have eat­en: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heav­en opened, and a cer­tain ves­sel de­scend­ing unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four cor­ners, and let down to the earth: 12 Where­in were all man­ner of four­foot­ed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creep­ing things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Pe­ter; kill, and eat. 14 But Pe­ter said, Not so, Lord; for I have nev­er eat­en any thing that is com­mon or un­clean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the sec­ond time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou com­mon. 16 This was done thrice: and the ves­sel was re­ceived up again into heav­en. 17 Now while Pe­ter doubt­ed in him­self what this vi­sion which he had seen should mean, be­hold, the men which were sent from Cor­nelius had made en­quiry for Simon's house, and stood be­fore the gate, 18 And called, and asked whether Si­mon, which was sur­named Pe­ter, were lodged there. 19 While Pe­ter thought on the vi­sion, the Spir­it said unto him, Be­hold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise there­fore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubt­ing noth­ing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Pe­ter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cor­nelius; and said, Be­hold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause where­fore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cor­nelius the cen­tu­ri­on, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good re­port among all the na­tion of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy an­gel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the mor­row Pe­ter went away with them, and cer­tain brethren from Jop­pa ac­com­pa­nied him. 24 And the mor­row af­ter they en­tered into Cae­sarea. And Cor­nelius wait­ed for them, and had called to­geth­er his kins­men and near friends. 25 And as Pe­ter was com­ing in, Cor­nelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and wor­shipped him. 26 But Pe­ter took him up, say­ing, Stand up; I my­self also am a man. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come to­geth­er. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an un­law­ful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep com­pa­ny, or come unto one of an­oth­er na­tion; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man com­mon or un­clean. 29 There­fore came I un­to you with­out gain­say­ing, as soon as I was sent for: I ask there­fore for what in­tent ye have sent for me? 30 And Cor­nelius said, Four days ago I was fast­ing un­til this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, be­hold, a man stood be­fore me in bright cloth­ing, 31 And said, Cor­nelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in re­mem­brance in the sight of God. 32 Send there­fore to Jop­pa, and call hith­er Si­mon, whose sur­name is Pe­ter; he is lodged in the house of one Si­mon a tan­ner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Im­me­di­ate­ly there­fore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now there­fore are we all here pre­sent be­fore God, to hear all things that are com­mand­ed thee of God. 34 Then Pe­ter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I per­ceive that God is no re­specter of per­sons: 35 But in ev­ery na­tion he that feareth him, and wor­keth righ­teous­ness, is ac­cept­ed with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the chil­dren of Is­rael, preach­ing peace by Je­sus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was pub­lished through­out all Ju­daea, and be­gan from Galilee, af­ter the bap­tism which John preached; 38 How God anoint­ed Je­sus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with pow­er: who went about do­ing good, and heal­ing all that were op­pressed of the dev­il; for God was with him. 39 And we are wit­ness­es of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him open­ly; 41 Not to all the peo­ple, but unto wit­ness­es cho­sen be­fore of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him af­ter he rose from the dead. 42 And he com­mand­ed us to preach unto the peo­ple, and to tes­ti­fy that it is he which was or­dained of God ­to be the Judge of quick and dead. 43 To him give all the prophets wit­ness, that through his name whoso­ev­er be­lieveth in him shall re­ceive re­mis­sion of sins. 44 While Pe­ter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the cir­cum­ci­sion which be­lieved were as­ton­ished, as many as came with Pe­ter, be­cause that on the Gen­tiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and mag­ni­fy God. Then an­swered Pe­ter, 47 Can any man for­bid wa­ter, that these should not be bap­tized, which have re­ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he com­mand­ed them to be bap­tized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tar­ry cer­tain days.