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10There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
²A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
³He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
⁴And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
⁵And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
⁶He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
⁷And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
⁸And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
⁹On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
¹⁰And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
¹¹And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
¹²Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
¹³And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
¹⁴But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
¹⁵And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
¹⁶This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
¹⁷Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
³⁴Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
³⁵But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.