MODERN LITERAL VERSION

10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the cohort called the Italian cohort,
10:2 a devout man, who feared God with all his house and doing much charity for the people and always besought of God.
10:3 He saw openly in a vision, as it was approximately the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in to him and saying to him, Cornelius.
10:4 And having stared at him and becoming fearful, he said, What is it, Lord?
And he said to him, Your prayers and your charity have gone up *for a memorial before God.
10:5 And now send men to Joppa and send for Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
10:6 He is lodging with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is beside the sea. {F} He will tell you what you ought to do.
10:7 And when the messenger who spoke to Cornelius had went away, he summoned two of his domestic servants and a devout soldier of those persevering with him;
10:8 and having described all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
{40 AD. Joppa.}

10:9 Now on the next-day, as they were traveling and drew near to the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, around the sixth hour.
10:10 And he became very hungry and wished to eat, but as they were preparing the food, a trance fell upon him.
10:11 And he views the heaven opened and a certain vessel coming down, like a great sheet bound and dropping down by four edges upon the earth;
10:12 in which were* all kinds of four footed mammals and beasts and reptiles of the earth and birds of the heaven.
10:13 And there came* a voice to him, Stand up Peter; sacrifice and eat.

10:14 But Peter said, Not-so, Lord, because I have never* eaten anything that is common and unclean.

10:15 And a voice came to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, you, do not make common.
10:16 And this happened three times and again the vessel was received up into heaven.

10:17 Now as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might be. And behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood by the gate,
10:18 and summoning, they inquired if Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging here.
10:19 And as Peter was contemplating concerning the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men are seeking you.
10:20 But now, stand up and go down and go with them, making no distinction, because I have sent them.

10:21 And Peter went down to the men {F} who were sent from Cornelius to him and said, Behold, I am he whom you* are seeking. What is the cause through which you* are here?

10:22 And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God and is well testified of by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely-warned by a holy messenger to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.
10:23 So he invited them in and lodged them.
{40 AD. Caesarea.}
And on the next-day Peter came out and went together with them and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
10:24 And on the next-day they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and his intimate friends.
10:25 And when it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down upon his feet, and worshiped him.
10:26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, Stand up; I myself am also a man.
10:27 And while conversing with him, he went in and finds many gathered together.
10:28 And he said to them, You* yourselves know how it is an illegal thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or to come to a heathen, and yet God showed to me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
10:29 Hence also, undeniably I came when I was sent for. Therefore I am inquiring, for what reason did you* send for me?

10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days till this hour, I was fasting and praying in the ninth hour in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
10:31 and says, Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charity is remembered in the sight of God.
10:32 Therefore send to Joppa, and call to you Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. When he comes; he will speak to you.
10:33 Therefore promptly I sent for you, and having come, you did well. Therefore now we are all here in the sight of God, to hear all things which have been commanded to you from God.
{Examples of those who were saved in the New Testament: Acts 2:14-42; 8:5-13; 8:30-39; 9:17-18, 22:6-16, 26:12-18; 10:34-48; 16:13-15; 16:25-34; 18:8; 19:1-7.}

10:34 And Peter opened his mouth and said, In truth, I comprehended that God is not one who shows-partiality
10:35 but in every nation, he who fears him and is working righteousness, is acceptable to him.
10:36 The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming the good-news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).
10:37 You* know, the word concerning Jesus which happened throughout all of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion* that John preached.
10:38 Jesus who was from Nazareth; how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through out the land working good* and healing all who were oppressed by the Devil, because God was with him.
10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem– whom they also assassinated, hanging him upon a tree.
10:40 God raised him up on the third day and gave him to become manifest,
10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses that were assigned before by God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose* up from the dead.
10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who has been determined by God, Judge of the living and the dead.
10:43 To him all the prophets are testifying, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins.

10:44 While Peter still spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.
10:45 And the believing ones out of the circumcision, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out upon the Gentiles.
10:46 For* they heard them speak in foreign languages and extolling God.
Then Peter answered,
10:47 Is anyone able to forbid the water, that these people should not be immersed*, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
10:48 And he commanded them to be immersed* in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they requested him to remain a few days.
{Footnotes: Acts 10:6, 21 These sections of wording are not found in the majority of manuscripts.}