New Testament in a Year

Cornelius’ and Peter’s Visions

10 Now there was a man at ^(A)Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was ^(B)called the Italian ^[a]cohort, ² a devout man and ^(C)one who feared God with all his household, and ^(D)gave many ^[b]alms to the people and prayed to God continually. ³ About ^(E)the ^[c]ninth hour of the day he clearly saw ^(F)in a vision ^(G)an angel of God who had come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” ⁴ And ^(H)looking intently on him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and ^[d]alms ^(I)have ascended ^(J)as a memorial before God. ⁵ Now send some men to ^(K)Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; ⁶ he is lodging with a tanner named ^(L)Simon, whose house is by the sea.” ⁷ And when the angel who was speaking to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants, ⁸ and after he explained everything to them, he sent them to ^(M)Joppa.

⁹ And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, ^(N)Peter went up on ^(O)the housetop about ^(P)the ^[e]sixth hour to pray. ¹⁰ But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he ^(Q)fell into a trance ¹¹ and *saw ^(R)heaven opened up, and ^[f]an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, ¹² and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the ^[g]sky. ¹³ And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Peter, ^[h]slaughter and eat!” ¹⁴ But Peter said, “By no means, ^(S)Lord, for ^(T)I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.” ¹⁵ Again a voice came to him a second time, “^(U)What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.” ¹⁶ And this happened three times and immediately the ^[i]object was taken up into heaven.

¹⁷ Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in ^[j]mind as to what ^(V)the vision which he had seen might be, behold, ^(W)the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate; ¹⁸ and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there. ¹⁹ And while Peter was reflecting on ^(X)the vision, ^(Y)the Spirit said to him, “Behold, ^[k]three men are looking for you. ²⁰ But rise up, go down and ^(Z)accompany them without taking issue at all, for I have sent them Myself.” ²¹ And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?” ²² And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and ^(AA)God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, ^(AB)was directed by a ^(AC)holy angel to summon you to his house and hear ^[l](AD)a message from you.” ²³ So he invited them in and gave them lodging.

Peter at Caesarea

And on the next day he rose up and went away with them, and ^(AE)some of ^(AF)the brothers from ^(AG)Joppa went with him.