You made it to Part 4! So glad. These few verses are setting the stage. And retelling the vision too. Awesome.
Help us really believe it, Lord. Save us too.
Acts 10 in the Amplified Bible
Peter at Caesarea
Please read Acts 10:23b-33
The next day Peter got up and left with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him. 24On the following day he [and the others] entered Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25When Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet and [h]worshiped him. 26But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am only a man.” 27As Peter talked with him, he entered [the house] and found a large group of people assembled. 28He said to them, “You know that it is unlawful for a Jewish man to associate with or befriend a Gentile, or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I am not to call anyone common or [ceremonially] unclean. 29Therefore when I was sent for, I came without raising an objection. So I ask for what reason have you sent for me?
Vision Report
30Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour (3:00-4:00 p.m.); and a man [dressed] in bright, dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me, 31and he said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God [so that He is about to help you]. 32Therefore send word to Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you. He is staying at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.’ 33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to listen to everything that you have been instructed by the Lord [to say].”
Footnotes
- [h] Worshiped – Acts 10:25 Or prostrated himself in reverence.
Peter said, ‘for what reason have you sent for me?
Cornelius answered, ‘we are all here present before God to listen to everything that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.’
May we be so ready to hear.