Acts 10:23-48

23 So he invited them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went away with them, and ¹some of ²the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

24 And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and ³fell down at his feet and ⁴worshiped him.

26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, ⁵“Stand up; I too am a man. ”

27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered.

28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew ⁶to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but ⁷God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.

29 So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me. ”

30 And Cornelius said, ⁸“Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at ⁹the ninth hour, ^[a] and behold, ¹⁰a man stood before me in bright clothing

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, ¹¹your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. ’

33 So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord. ”

Gentiles Hear the Good News

34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that ¹²God ¹³shows no partiality,

35 but ¹⁴in every nation anyone who fears him and ¹⁵does what is right is acceptable to him.

36 As for ¹⁶the word that he sent to Israel, ¹⁷preaching good news of ¹⁸peace through Jesus Christ ( ¹⁹he is Lord of all),

37 you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, ²⁰beginning ²¹from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed:

38 how ²²God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ²³with the Holy Spirit and with ²⁴power. He went about doing good and healing all ²⁵who were oppressed by the devil, ²⁶for God was with him.

39 And ²⁷we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ²⁸They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,

40 but ²⁹God raised him on ³⁰the third day and made him to ³¹appear,

41 ³²not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ³³witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

42 And ³⁴he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify ³⁵that he is the one appointed by God to be judge ³⁶of the living and the dead.

43 ³⁷To him ³⁸all the prophets bear witness that ³⁹everyone who believes in him receives ⁴⁰forgiveness of sins ⁴¹through his name. ”

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

44 While Peter was still saying these things, ⁴²the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.

45 And the believers from among ⁴³the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because ⁴⁴the gift of the Holy Spirit ⁴⁵was poured out even on the Gentiles.

46 For they were hearing them ⁴⁶speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

47 ⁴⁷“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit ⁴⁸just as we have? ”

48 And he ⁴⁹commanded them ⁵⁰to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

Cross References

• 1. 10:23 ver. 45; [ch. 11:12]
• 2. 10:23 See John 21:23
• 3. 10:25 ch. 16:29; Dan. 2:46
• 4. 10:25 See Matt. 8:2
• 5. 10:26 Rev. 19:10; 22:8, 9; [ch. 14:15]
• 6. 10:28 [ch. 11:3; John 4:9; 18:28; Gal. 2:12]
• 7. 10:28 [ver. 35]; See ver. 14, 15
• 8. 10:30 ver. 9, 23, 24
• 9. 10:30 See ch. 3:1
• 10. 10:30 [ch. 1:10]
• 11. 10:31 See ver. 4
• 12. 10:34 [ver. 28; ch. 15:19; Deut. 1:17; Rom. 3:29]; See Deut. 10:17
• 13. 10:34 Prov. 24:23; James 2:1, 9; [Jude 16]
• 14. 10:35 [See ver. 34 above]
• 15. 10:35 Isa. 64:5
• 16. 10:36 ch. 13:26; Ps. 107:20; 147:18, 19
• 17. 10:36 Isa. 52:7; Nah. 1:15; Eph. 2:17
• 18. 10:36 See Luke 2:14
• 19. 10:36 Rom. 10:12; [Rev. 17:14; 19:16]; See ch. 2:36; Matt. 28:18
• 20. 10:37 Luke 24:47
• 21. 10:37 Matt. 4:12; Mark 1:14
• 22. 10:38 [Matt. 3:16; John 1:32, 33]; See ch. 4:26
• 23. 10:38 [ch. 1:2; 2:22; Matt. 12:28; Luke 4:18; Rom. 1:4]
• 24. 10:38 [Luke 6:19]
• 25. 10:38 See Matt. 4:24; Luke 13:16
• 26. 10:38 See John 8:29; 10:38
• 27. 10:39 ver. 41; See ch. 2:32; Luke 24:48
• 28. 10:39 ch. 5:30
• 29. 10:40 See ch. 2:24
• 30. 10:40 See Luke 9:22
• 31. 10:40 ch. 1:3
• 32. 10:41 [John 14:21, 22]
• 33. 10:41 ver. 39
• 34. 10:42 See ch. 1:2
• 35. 10:42 ch. 17:31; 24:25; John 5:22, 27; 2 Cor. 5:10; See Matt. 16:27
• 36. 10:42 2 Tim. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:5; [Rom. 14:9, 10; 1 Thess. 4:15, 17]
• 37. 10:43 ch. 26:22; Rom. 3:21; [Jer. 31:34]
• 38. 10:43 ch. 3:18, 24; Luke 24:27
• 39. 10:43 ch. 11:17; 13:38; 15:9; Rom. 9:33; 10:11; Gal. 3:22
• 40. 10:43 ch. 5:31
• 41. 10:43 ch. 2:38; 4:12; John 20:31; 1 John 2:12
• 42. 10:44 ch. 11:15; 15:8; 1 Thess. 1:5; See ch. 2:4
• 43. 10:45 ver. 23; [ch. 11:2]
• 44. 10:45 See ch. 2:38
• 45. 10:45 See ch. 2:17
• 46. 10:46 See Mark 16:17
• 47. 10:47 ch. 8:36
• 48. 10:47 ch. 2:4; 11:17; 15:8
• 49. 10:48 [1 Cor. 1:14-17]
• 50. 10:48 ch. 2:38; See ch. 8:12, 16

Footnotes

• [a] 10:30 That is, 3 p.m.