Acts 10

New International Version

Cornelius Calls for Peter

10 At Caesarea^(A) there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. ²He and all his family were devout and God-fearing;^(B) he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. ³One day at about three in the afternoon^(C) he had a vision.^(D) He distinctly saw an angel^(E) of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

⁴Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked.

The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering^(F) before God.^(G) ⁵Now send men to Joppa^(H) to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. ⁶He is staying with Simon the tanner,^(I) whose house is by the sea.”

⁷When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. ⁸He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.^(J)

Peter’s Vision^(K)

⁹About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof^(L) to pray. ¹⁰He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.^(M) ¹¹He saw heaven opened^(N) and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ¹²It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. ¹³Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”

¹⁴“Surely not, Lord!”^(O) Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”^(P)

¹⁵The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”^(Q)

¹⁶This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

¹⁷While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision,^(R) the men sent by Cornelius^(S) found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate. ¹⁸They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

¹⁹While Peter was still thinking about the vision,^(T) the Spirit said^(U) to him, “Simon, three^[a] men are looking for you. ²⁰So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”^(V)

²¹Peter went down and said to the men, “I’m the one you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

²²The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man,^(W) who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”^(X) ²³Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.

Peter at Cornelius’s House

The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers^(Y) from Joppa went along.^(Z) ²⁴The following day he arrived in Caesarea.^(AA) Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. ²⁵As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. ²⁶But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”^(AB)

²⁷While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.^(AC) ²⁸He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.^(AD) But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.^(AE) ²⁹So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?”

³⁰Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes^(AF) stood before me ³¹and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. ³²Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.’ ³³So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

³⁴Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism^(AG) ³⁵but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.^(AH) ³⁶You know the message^(AI) God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news^(AJ) of peace^(AK) through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.^(AL) ³⁷You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— ³⁸how God anointed^(AM) Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing^(AN) all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.^(AO)

³⁹“We are witnesses^(AP) of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,^(AQ) ⁴⁰but God raised him from the dead^(AR) on the third day and caused him to be seen. ⁴¹He was not seen by all the people,^(AS) but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate^(AT) and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people^(AU) and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.^(AV) ⁴³All the prophets testify about him^(AW) that everyone^(AX) who believes^(AY) in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”^(AZ)

⁴⁴While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on^(BA) all who heard the message. ⁴⁵The circumcised believers who had come with Peter^(BB) were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out^(BC) even on Gentiles.^(BD) ⁴⁶For they heard them speaking in tongues^[b]^(BE) and praising God.

Then Peter said, ⁴⁷“Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water.^(BF) They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”^(BG) ⁴⁸So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.^(BH) Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

Notas al pie

Acts 10:19 One early manuscript two; other manuscripts do not have the number.
Acts 10:46 Or other languages

Job 3-5

New International Version

Job Speaks

3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.^(A) ²He said:

³“May the day of my birth perish,
    and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’^(B)
⁴That day—may it turn to darkness;
    may God above not care about it;
    may no light shine on it.
⁵May gloom and utter darkness^(C) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.
⁶That night—may thick darkness^(D) seize it;
    may it not be included among the days of the year
    nor be entered in any of the months.
⁷May that night be barren;
    may no shout of joy^(E) be heard in it.
⁸May those who curse days^[a] curse that day,^(F)
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.^(G)
⁹May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,^(H)
¹⁰for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

¹¹“Why did I not perish at birth,
    and die as I came from the womb?^(I)
¹²Why were there knees to receive me^(J)
    and breasts that I might be nursed?
¹³For now I would be lying down^(K) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest^(L)
¹⁴with kings and rulers of the earth,^(M)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,^(N)
¹⁵with princes^(O) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.^(P)
¹⁶Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,^(Q)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?^(R)
¹⁷There the wicked cease from turmoil,^(S)
    and there the weary are at rest.^(T)
¹⁸Captives^(U) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s^(V) shout.^(W)
¹⁹The small and the great are there,^(X)
    and the slaves are freed from their owners.

²⁰“Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,^(Y)
²¹to those who long for death that does not come,^(Z)
    who search for it more than for hidden treasure,^(AA)
²²who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?^(AB)
²³Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,^(AC)
    whom God has hedged in?^(AD)
²⁴For sighing^(AE) has become my daily food;^(AF)
    my groans^(AG) pour out like water.^(AH)
²⁵What I feared has come upon me;
    what I dreaded^(AI) has happened to me.^(AJ)
²⁶I have no peace,^(AK) no quietness;
    I have no rest,^(AL) but only turmoil.”^(AM)

Eliphaz

4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite^(AN) replied:

²“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
    But who can keep from speaking?^(AO)
³Think how you have instructed many,^(AP)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.^(AQ)
⁴Your words have supported those who stumbled;^(AR)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.^(AS)
⁵But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;^(AT)
    it strikes^(AU) you, and you are dismayed.^(AV)
⁶Should not your piety be your confidence^(AW)
    and your blameless^(AX) ways your hope?

⁷“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?^(AY)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?^(AZ)
⁸As I have observed,^(BA) those who plow evil^(BB)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.^(BC)
⁹At the breath of God^(BD) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.^(BE)
¹⁰The lions may roar^(BF) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions^(BG) are broken.^(BH)
¹¹The lion perishes for lack of prey,^(BI)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.^(BJ)

¹²“A word^(BK) was secretly brought to me,
    my ears caught a whisper^(BL) of it.^(BM)
¹³Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people,^(BN)
¹⁴fear and trembling^(BO) seized me
    and made all my bones shake.^(BP)
¹⁵A spirit glided past my face,
    and the hair on my body stood on end.^(BQ)
¹⁶It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:^(BR)
¹⁷‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?^(BS)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?^(BT)
¹⁸If God places no trust in his servants,^(BU)
    if he charges his angels with error,^(BV)
¹⁹how much more those who live in houses of clay,^(BW)
    whose foundations^(BX) are in the dust,^(BY)
    who are crushed^(BZ) more readily than a moth!^(CA)
²⁰Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.^(CB)
²¹Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,^(CC)
    so that they die^(CD) without wisdom?’^(CE)

5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?^(CF)
    To which of the holy ones^(CG) will you turn?
²Resentment^(CH) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.^(CI)
³I myself have seen^(CJ) a fool taking root,^(CK)
    but suddenly^(CL) his house was cursed.^(CM)
⁴His children^(CN) are far from safety,^(CO)
    crushed in court^(CP) without a defender.^(CQ)
⁵The hungry consume his harvest,^(CR)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
⁶For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.^(CS)
⁷Yet man is born to trouble^(CT)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

⁸“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.^(CU)
⁹He performs wonders^(CV) that cannot be fathomed,^(CW)
    miracles that cannot be counted.^(CX)
¹⁰He provides rain for the earth;^(CY)
    he sends water on the countryside.^(CZ)
¹¹The lowly he sets on high,^(DA)
    and those who mourn^(DB) are lifted^(DC) to safety.
¹²He thwarts the plans^(DD) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(DE)
¹³He catches the wise^(DF) in their craftiness,^(DG)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(DH)
¹⁴Darkness^(DI) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(DJ)
¹⁵He saves the needy^(DK) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.^(DL)
¹⁶So the poor^(DM) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.^(DN)

¹⁷“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;^(DO)
    so do not despise the discipline^(DP) of the Almighty.^[b]^(DQ)
¹⁸For he wounds, but he also binds up;^(DR)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.^(DS)
¹⁹From six calamities he will rescue^(DT) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.^(DU)
²⁰In famine^(DV) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.^(DW)
²¹You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,^(DX)
    and need not fear^(DY) when destruction comes.^(DZ)
²²You will laugh^(EA) at destruction and famine,^(EB)
    and need not fear the wild animals.^(EC)
²³For you will have a covenant^(ED) with the stones^(EE) of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.^(EF)
²⁴You will know that your tent is secure;^(EG)
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.^(EH)
²⁵You will know that your children will be many,^(EI)
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.^(EJ)
²⁶You will come to the grave in full vigor,^(EK)
    like sheaves gathered in season.^(EL)