Acts 10:1-22 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Acts 10:1-22

Cornelius’ and Peter’s Visions

Now there was a man at ^aCaesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was ^bcalled the Italian ¹cohort, 2 a devout man and ^aone who feared God with all his household, and ^bgave many ¹alms to the people and prayed to God continually. 3 About ^athe ¹ninth hour of the day he clearly saw ^bin a vision ^can angel of God who had come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4 And ^alooking intently on him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and ¹alms ^bhave ascended ^cas a memorial before God. 5 Now send some men to ^aJoppa and summon a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; 6 he is lodging with a tanner named ^aSimon, 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 ^aJoppa.
9 And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, ^aPeter went up on ^bthe housetop about ^cthe ¹sixth hour to pray. 10 But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he ^afell into a trance 11 and *saw ^aheaven opened up, and ¹an 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 ¹sky. 13 And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Peter, ¹slaughter and eat!” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, ^aLord, for ^bI have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.” 15 Again a voice came to him a second time, “^aWhat God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.” 16 And this happened three times and immediately the ¹object was taken up into heaven.
17 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in ¹mind as to what ^athe vision which he had seen might be, behold, ^bthe 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 ^athe vision, ^bthe Spirit said to him, “Behold, ¹three men are looking for you. 20 But rise up, go down and ^aaccompany 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 ^aGod-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, ^bwas directed by a ^choly angel to summon you to his house and hear ¹^da message from you.”