Acts 10 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Cornelius Calls for Peter

Act 10:1In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer[fn] named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.

Act 10:2He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.

Act 10:3

Act 10:3One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said.

Act 10:4

Act 10:4Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel.
And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering!

Act 10:5

Act 10:5Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.

Act 10:6

Act 10:6He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”

Act 10:7

Act 10:7As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants.

Act 10:8

Act 10:8He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.

Peter Visits Cornelius

Act 10:9

Act 10:9The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon,

Act 10:10

Act 10:10and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

Act 10:11

Act 10:11He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

Act 10:12

Act 10:12In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.

Act 10:13

Act 10:13Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”

Act 10:14

Act 10:14“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.[fn]”

Act 10:15

Act 10:15But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”

Act 10:16

Act 10:16The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.

Act 10:17

Act 10:17Peter was very perplexed. What could the vision mean? Just then the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house. Standing outside the gate,

Act 10:18

Act 10:18they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.

Act 10:19

Act 10:19Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you.

Act 10:20

Act 10:20Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”

Act 10:21

Act 10:21So Peter went down and said, “I’m the man you are looking for. Why have you come?”

Act 10:22

Act 10:22They said, “We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God-fearing man, well respected by all the Jews. A holy angel instructed him to summon you to his house so that he can hear your message.”

Act 10:23

Act 10:23So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

Act 10:24

Act 10:24They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Act 10:25

Act 10:25As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.

Act 10:26

Act 10:26But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!”

Act 10:27

Act 10:27So they talked together and went inside, where many others were assembled.

Act 10:28

Act 10:28Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

Act 10:29

Act 10:29So I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me why you sent for me.”

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Act 10:30Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man in dazzling clothes was standing in front of me.

Act 10:31

Act 10:31He told me, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by God!

Act 10:32

Act 10:32Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.’

Act 10:33

Act 10:33So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here, waiting before God to hear the message the Lord has given you.”

The Gentiles Hear the Good News

Act 10:34

Act 10:34Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.

Act 10:35

Act 10:35In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.

Act 10:36

Act 10:36This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

Act 10:37

Act 10:37You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of baptism.

Act 10:38

Act 10:38And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Act 10:39

Act 10:39“And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,[fn]

Act 10:40

Act 10:40but God raised him to life on the third day. Then God allowed him to appear,

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Act 10:41not to the general public,[fn] but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Act 10:42

Act 10:42And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead.

Act 10:43

Act 10:43He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”

The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit

Act 10:44

Act 10:44Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.

Act 10:45

Act 10:45The Jewish believers[fn] who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.

Act 10:46

Act 10:46For they heard them speaking in other tongues[fn] and praising God.
Then Peter asked,

Act 10:47

Act 10:47“Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”

Act 10:48

Act 10:48So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterward Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days.

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NLT Footnotes

(10:1)

Greek a centurion; similarly in 10:22.

(10:14)

Greek anything common and unclean.

(10:39)

Greek on a tree.

(10:41)

Greek the people.

(10:45)

Greek The faithful ones of the circumcision.

(10:46)

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