Acts 10:19-33

Acts 10:19-33

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As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
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So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
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“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
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The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
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But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
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As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
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He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
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So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
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Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
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and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
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Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
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So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
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