Acts 10:1-13

International Standard Version

Cornelius Has a Vision

10 Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion^[a] in what was known as the Italian Regiment. ² He was a devout man who feared God, as did everyone in his home. He gave many gifts to the poor among the people and always prayed to God.

³ One day, about three in the afternoon,^[b] he had a vision and clearly saw an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

⁴ He stared at the angel^[c] in terror and asked, “What is it, Lord?”

The angel^[d] answered him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have arisen as a reminder^[e] to God. ⁵ Send men now to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. ⁶ He is a guest of Simon, a leatherworker, whose house is by the sea.”

⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius^[f] summoned two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of those who served him regularly. ⁸ He explained everything to them and sent them to Joppa.

Peter Has a Vision

⁹ Around noon^[g] the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray. ¹⁰ He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food^[h] was being prepared, he fell into a trance ¹¹ and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground. ¹² In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

¹³ Then a voice told him,^[i] “Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.”