Peter Teaches Cornelius

10 At Caesarea [^Ca coastal city, 25 miles south of Mount Carmel; a center of Roman government for Palestine] there was a man named Cornelius, ·an officer [^La centurion; ^Can officer in charge of about a hundred soldiers] in the Italian ·group of the Roman army [^Lcohort; regiment; ^Ca cohort was about six hundred soldiers]. ² Cornelius was a ·religious [pious; godly] man. He and all ·the other people who lived in his house [his household] ·worshiped the true God [^Lfeared God; ^C“God-fearers” were Gentiles who worshiped the one true God of Israel]. He gave much of his money to ·the poor [or the Jewish people; ^Lthe people] and prayed to God often. ³ ·One afternoon about three o’clock [^LAbout the ninth hour of the day], Cornelius clearly saw a vision. An angel of God came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

⁴ Cornelius stared at the angel. He ·became afraid [was terrified] and said, “What do you want, ·Lord [or sir]?”

The angel said, “·God has heard your prayers. He has seen that you give to the poor, and he remembers you [^LYour prayers and your alms have gone up to God as a memorial/memorial offering]. ⁵ Send some men now to Joppa [9:36] to bring back a man named Simon who is also called Peter. ⁶ He is staying [as a guest] with a man, ·also named Simon, who is a tanner [or named Simon Byrseus; 9:43] and has a house beside the sea.” ⁷ When the angel who spoke to Cornelius left, Cornelius called two of his ·servants [household slaves/servants] and a soldier, a ·religious [devout; pious; godly] man who ·worked for him [or was on his staff; or was loyal to him]. ⁸ Cornelius explained everything to them and sent them to Joppa.