- 10:1Now there was in Caesarea a certain man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,
- 10:2Devout and one who feared God with all his household, giving many alms to the people and beseeching God continually.
- 10:3He saw clearly in a vision around the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, Cornelius.
- 10:4And he looked intently at him and became terrified and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
- 10:5And now send men to Joppa and send for a certain Simon, who is surnamed Peter;
- 10:6This man is lodging with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
- 10:7And when the angel who was speaking to him went away, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him;
- 10:8And relating all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
- 10:9And on the next day as they were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray around the sixth hour.
- 10:10And he became very hungry and wanted to eat. And while they were preparing, a trance came upon him;
- 10:11And he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down by four corners onto the earth,
- 10:12In which were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of heaven.
- 10:13And a voice came to him: Rise up, Peter; slay and eat!
- 10:14But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common and unclean.
- 10:15And a voice came to him again a second time: The things that God has cleansed, do not make common.
- 10:16And this occurred three times; and immediately the vessel was taken up into heaven.