Acts 10 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Cornelius's Vision

Act 10:1And there was a certain man in Cesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

Act 10:2pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

Act 10:3he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, 'Cornelius;'

Act 10:4

Act 10:4and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

Act 10:5

Act 10:5and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

Act 10:6

Act 10:6this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

Act 10:7

Act 10:7And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

Act 10:8

Act 10:8and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.

Act 10:9

Act 10:9And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

Act 10:10

Act 10:10and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

Act 10:11

Act 10:11and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

Act 10:12

Act 10:12in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

Act 10:13

Act 10:13and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

Act 10:14

Act 10:14And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

Act 10:15

Act 10:15and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

Act 10:16

Act 10:16and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

Act 10:17

Act 10:17And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

Act 10:18

Act 10:18and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

Act 10:19

Act 10:19And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

Act 10:20

Act 10:20but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'

Act 10:21

Act 10:21and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'

Act 10:22

Act 10:22And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

Act 10:23

Act 10:23Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

Peter at Caesarea

Act 10:24

Act 10:24and on the morrow they did enter into Cesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

Act 10:25

Act 10:25and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at his feet, did bow before him;

Act 10:26

Act 10:26and Peter raised him, saying, 'Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

Act 10:27

Act 10:27and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

Act 10:28

Act 10:28And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

Act 10:29

Act 10:29therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

Act 10:30

Act 10:30And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and at the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

Act 10:31

Act 10:31and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

Act 10:32

Act 10:32send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;

Act 10:33

Act 10:33at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

Gentiles Hear Good News

Act 10:34

Act 10:34And Peter having opened his mouth, said, 'Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

Act 10:35

Act 10:35but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

Act 10:36

Act 10:36the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news -- peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

Act 10:37

Act 10:37ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

Act 10:38

Act 10:38Jesus who is from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

Act 10:39

Act 10:39and we -- we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, -- whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.

Act 10:40

Act 10:40'This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,

Act 10:41

Act 10:41not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God -- to us who did eat with him, and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;

Act 10:42

Act 10:42and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead --

Act 10:43

Act 10:43to this one do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that is believing in him doth receive remission of sins.'

Act 10:44

Act 10:44While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

Act 10:45

Act 10:45and those of the circumcision believing were astonished -- as many as came with Peter -- because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

Act 10:46

Act 10:46for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

Act 10:47

Act 10:47Then answered Peter, 'The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive -- even as also we?'

Act 10:48

Act 10:48he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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