Acts 10:23-33

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²³ So Peter invited them in and lodged them overnight.

The next day he went with them, accompanied by some other believers from Joppa.

²⁴ They arrived in Caesarea the following day, and Cornelius was waiting for him and had called together his relatives and close friends to meet Peter. ²⁵ As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell to the floor before him in worship.

²⁶ But Peter said, “Stand up! I’m not a god!”

²⁷ So he got up, and they talked together for a while and then went in where the others were assembled.

²⁸ Peter told them, “You know it is against the Jewish laws for me to come into a Gentile home like this. But God has shown me in a vision that I should never think of anyone as inferior. ²⁹ So I came as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me what you want.”

³⁰ Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying as usual at this time of the afternoon, when suddenly a man was standing before me clothed in a radiant robe! ³¹ He told me, ‘Cornelius, your prayers are heard and your charities have been noticed by God! ³² Now send some men to Joppa and summon Simon Peter, who is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner, down by the shore.’ ³³ So I sent for you at once, and you have done well to come so soon. Now here we are, waiting before the Lord, anxious to hear what he has told you to tell us!”