Cornelius Has a Vision

10 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named[a] Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort, devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God continually.[b] About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him and became terrified and[c] said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God. And now, send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is also called Peter. This man is staying as a guest with a certain Simon, a tanner,[d] whose house is by the sea.” And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him, and after he[e] had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:1 Literally “by name”
  2. Acts 10:2 Literally “through everything”
  3. Acts 10:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“became”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 10:6 Or “with a certain Simon Berseus”; most modern English versions treat the word as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), but the word may actually be a surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”)
  5. Acts 10:8 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had explained”) which is understood as temporal