Acts 10:31-41

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

32 'Therefore send to ¹Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is staying at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.'

33 "So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."

Gentiles Hear Good News

34 ²Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly * understand now that ³God is not one to show partiality,

35 but ⁴in every nation the man who ⁵fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.

36 "The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, ⁶preaching ⁷peace through Jesus Christ (He is ⁸Lord of all )-

37 you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.

38 "You know of ⁹Jesus of Nazareth, how God ¹⁰anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, ¹¹and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for ¹²God was with Him.

39 "We are ¹³witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also ¹⁴put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.

40 "¹⁵God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible,

41 ¹⁶not to all the people, but to ¹⁷witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us ¹⁸who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

Cross References

• 1. John 4:9; John 18:28; Acts 11:3
• 2. Matthew 5:2
• 3. Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25; 1 Peter 1:17
• 4. Acts 10:28
• 5. Acts 10:2
• 6. Acts 13:32
• 7. Luke 1:79; Luke 2:14; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:17
• 8. Matthew 28:18; Acts 2:36; Romans 10:12
• 9. Acts 2:22
• 10. Acts 4:26
• 11. Matthew 4:23
• 12. John 3:2
• 13. Luke 24:48; Acts 10:41
• 14. Acts 5:30
• 15. Acts 2:24
• 16. John 14:19, 22; John 15:27
• 17. Luke 24:48; Acts 10:39
• 18. Luke 24:43; Acts 1:4 mg

Footnotes

• [a] Or "deeds of charity"
• [b] Lit "done well in coming"
• [c] Or "reverences"
• [d] Lit "works righteousness"
• [e] Or "the gospel of peace"
• [f] Or "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth"
• [g] Lit "who went"
• [h] Or "countryside"
• [i] Lit "wood"