<vn='1'><sn="*1161">There</s><sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="435">man</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2542">Caesarea</s><sn="3686">called</s><sn="2883">Cornelius</s>, a <sn="1543">centurion</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4686">band</s><sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="2483">Italian</s> band, </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="2152">devout</s> man, <sn="2532">and</s> one that <sn="5399">feared</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3624">house</s>, <sn="*5037">which</s><sn="4160">gave</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="1654">alms</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1189">prayed</s> to <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1275">always</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>He <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="3705">vision</s><sn="5320">evidently</s><sn="5616">about</s> the <sn="1766">ninth</s><sn="5610">hour</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> an <sn="32">angel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> coming <sn="1525">in</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">saying</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2883">Cornelius</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="3588">he</s><sn="816">looked</s> on <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="*2532">he</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="1719">afraid</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5101">What</s><sn="2076">is</s> it, <sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4675">Thy</s><sn="4335">prayers</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4675">thine</s><sn="1654">alms</s> are come <sn="305">up</s><sn="1519">for</s> a <sn="3422">memorial</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="3992">send</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> call <sn="3343">for</s> one <sn="4613">Simon</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s> surname <sn="1941">is</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3778">He</s><sn="3579">lodgeth</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="5100">one</s><sn="4613">Simon</s> a <sn="1038">tanner</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="3614">house</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3844">by</s> the sea <sn="2281">side</s>: <sn="3778">he</s> shall <sn="2980">tell</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="4571">thou</s><sn="1163">oughtest</s> to <sn="4160">do</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s> which <sn="2980">spake</s> unto <sn="2883">Cornelius</s> was <sn="565">departed</s>, he <sn="5455">called</s><sn="1417">two</s> of <sn="848">his</s> household <sn="3610">servants</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="2152">devout</s><sn="4757">soldier</s> of them that waited on him <sn="4342 846">continually</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s> when he had <sn="1834">declared</s><sn="537">all</s> these things unto <sn="846">them</s>, he <sn="649">sent</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="*1161">On</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1887">morrow</s>, as <sn="1565">they</s> went on their <sn="3596">journey</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> drew <sn="1448">nigh</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4172">city</s>, <sn="4074">Peter</s> went <sn="305">up</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1430">housetop</s> to <sn="4336">pray</s><sn="4012">about</s> the <sn="1623">sixth</s><sn="5610">hour</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="1096">became</s> very <sn="4361">hungry</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2309">would</s> have <sn="1089">eaten</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> while <sn="1565">they</s> made <sn="3903">ready</s>, he <sn="1968">fell</s><sn="1909">into</s><sn="*846">a</s><sn="1611">trance</s>, </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2334">saw</s><sn="3772">heaven</s><sn="455">opened</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="4632">vessel</s><sn="2597">descending</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, as it had <sn="5613">been</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="3607">sheet</s><sn="1210">knit</s> at the <sn="5064">four</s><sn="746">corners</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> let <sn="2524">down</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1722 3739">Wherein</s><sn="5225">were</s> all <sn="3956">manner</s> of fourfooted <sn="5074">beasts</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> wild <sn="2342">beasts</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> creeping <sn="2062">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4071">fowls</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">air</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="1096">came</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="450">Rise</s>, <sn="4074">Peter</s>; <sn="2380">kill</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5315">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2036">said</s>, Not <sn="3365">so</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> I have <sn="3763">never</s><sn="5315">eaten</s> any <sn="3956">thing</s> that is <sn="2839">common</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="169">unclean</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> the <sn="5456">voice</s> spake <sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3825">again</s><sn="*1537">the</s> second <sn="1208">time</s>, <sn="3739">What</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="2511">cleansed</s>, that call not thou <sn="2840 3361 4771">common</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="5124">This</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="*1909">done</s><sn="5151">thrice</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4632">vessel</s> was received <sn="353">up</s><sn="3825">again</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="5613">while</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="1280">doubted</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="5101">what</s> this <sn="3705">vision</s><sn="3739">which</s> he had <sn="1492">seen</s> should <sn="1498 302">mean</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">men</s> which were <sn="649">sent</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2883">Cornelius</s> had made <sn="1331">inquiry</s> for <sn="4613">Simon</s> 's <sn="3614">house</s>, and <sn="2186">stood</s><sn="1909">before</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4440">gate</s>, </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5455">called</s>, and <sn="4441">asked</s><sn="1487">whether</s><sn="4613">Simon</s>, which was <sn="1941">surnamed</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>, were <sn="3579">lodged</s><sn="1759">there</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="450">Arise</s><sn="235">therefore</s>, and get thee <sn="2597">down</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4198">go</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="1252">doubting</s><sn="3367">nothing</s>: <sn="1360">for</s><sn="1473">I</s> have <sn="649">sent</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="4074">Peter</s> went <sn="2597">down</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">men</s> which were <sn="649">sent</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2883">Cornelius</s>; and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s> he <sn="3739">whom</s> ye <sn="2212">seek</s>: <sn="5101">what</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="156">cause</s><sn="1223 3739">wherefore</s> ye are <sn="3918">come</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">they</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2883">Cornelius</s> the <sn="1543">centurion</s>, a <sn="1342">just</s><sn="435">man</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> one that <sn="5399">feareth</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> of good <sn="3140">report</s><sn="5259">among</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">nation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>, was warned from <sn="5537">God</s><sn="5259">by</s> a <sn="40">holy</s><sn="32">angel</s> to send <sn="3343">for</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3624">house</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="191">hear</s><sn="4487">words</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3767">Then</s> called he them <sn="1528 846">in</s>, and <sn="3579">lodged</s> them. <sn="1161">And</s> on <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1887">morrow</s><sn="4074">Peter</s> went <sn="1831">away</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s><sn="4905">accompanied</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s> morrow <sn="1887">after</s> they <sn="1525">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="2542">Caesarea</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="2883">Cornelius</s> waited <sn="2258 4328">for</s><sn="846">them</s>, and had called <sn="4779">together</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4773">kinsmen</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="316">near</s><sn="5384">friends</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="1096">was</s> coming <sn="1525">in</s>, <sn="2883">Cornelius</s><sn="4876">met</s><sn="846">him</s>, and fell <sn="4098">down</s><sn="1909">at</s> his <sn="4228">feet</s>, and <sn="4352">worshipped</s> him. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4074">Peter</s> took him <sn="1453 846">up</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, Stand <sn="450">up</s>; I myself <sn="2504 846">also</s><sn="1510">am</s> a <sn="444">man</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">And</s> as he talked <sn="4926">with</s><sn="846">him</s>, he went <sn="1525">in</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2147">found</s><sn="4183">many</s> that were come <sn="4905">together</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="5346">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="1987">know</s><sn="5613">how</s> that it <sn="2076">is</s> an unlawful <sn="111">thing</s> for a <sn="435">man</s> that is a <sn="2453">Jew</s> to keep <sn="2853">company</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> come <sn="4334">unto</s> one of another <sn="246">nation</s>; <sn="2532">but</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="1166">showed</s><sn="1698">me</s> that I should not <sn="3004">call</s><sn="3367">any</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="2839">common</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="169">unclean</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1352">Therefore</s><sn="2064">came</s> I unto you without <sn="369">gainsaying</s>, as soon as I was sent <sn="3343">for</s>: I <sn="4441">ask</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> for <sn="5101">what</s><sn="3056">intent</s> ye have sent <sn="3343">for</s><sn="3165">me</s>? </v>
<vn='30'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2883">Cornelius</s><sn="5346">said</s>, <sn="5067">Four</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="575">ago</s> I <sn="2252">was</s><sn="3522">fasting</s><sn="3360">until</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="5610">hour</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> at <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1766">ninth</s><sn="5610">hour</s> I <sn="4336">prayed</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3624">house</s>, <sn="2532">and</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, a <sn="435">man</s><sn="2476">stood</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="3450">me</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2986">bright</s><sn="2066">clothing</s>, </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5346">said</s>, <sn="2883">Cornelius</s>, <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4335">prayer</s> is <sn="1522">heard</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4675">thine</s><sn="1654">alms</s> are had in <sn="3415">remembrance</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3992">Send</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> call <sn="3333">hither</s><sn="4613">Simon</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s> surname <sn="1941">is</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>; <sn="3778">he</s> is <sn="3579">lodged</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3614">house</s> of one <sn="4613">Simon</s> a <sn="1038">tanner</s><sn="3844">by</s> the sea <sn="2281">side</s>: <sn="3739">who</s>, when he <sn="3854">cometh</s>, shall <sn="2980">speak</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="1824">Immediately</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> I <sn="3992">sent</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="4571">thee</s>; <sn="5037">and</s><sn="4771">thou</s> hast <sn="2573">well</s><sn="4160">done</s> that thou art <sn="3854">come</s>. <sn="3568">Now</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> are we all here <sn="3918 2249 3956">present</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="2316">God</s>, to <sn="191">hear</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> that are <sn="4367">commanded</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="455">opened</s> his <sn="4750">mouth</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1909">Of</s> a <sn="225">truth</s> I <sn="2638">perceive</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">no</s> respecter of <sn="4381">persons</s>: </v>
<vn='35'><sn="235">But</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="1484">nation</s> he that <sn="5399">feareth</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2038">worketh</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1184">accepted</s> with <sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="3056">word</s><sn="3739">which</s> God <sn="649">sent</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="2097">preaching</s><sn="1515">peace</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: ( <sn="3778">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> of <sn="3956">all</s>:) </v>
<vn='37'>That <sn="4487">word</s>, I say, <sn="5210">ye</s><sn="1492">know</s>, which was <sn="1096">published</s><sn="2596">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="2449">Judea</s>, and <sn="756">began</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="3326">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="908">baptism</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="2784">preached</s>; </v>
<vn='38'><sn="5613">How</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="5548">anointed</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="3478">Nazareth</s> with the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="2532">and</s> with <sn="1411">power</s>: <sn="3739">who</s> went <sn="1330">about</s> doing <sn="2109">good</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2390">healing</s><sn="3956">all</s> that were <sn="2616">oppressed</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2070">are</s><sn="3144">witnesses</s> of all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="4160">did</s><sn="5037">both</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5561">land</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="3739">whom</s> they <sn="337">slew</s> and <sn="2910">hanged</s><sn="1909">on</s> a <sn="3586">tree</s>: </v>
<vn='41'><sn="3756">Not</s> to <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="235">but</s> unto <sn="3144">witnesses</s> chosen <sn="4401">before</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, even to <sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="3748">who</s> did <sn="4906">eat</s><sn="2532">and</s> drink <sn="4844">with</s><sn="846">him</s> after <sn="846">he</s><sn="450">rose</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='42'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3853">commanded</s><sn="2254">us</s> to <sn="2784">preach</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="1263">testify</s><sn="3754">that</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="846">he</s> which was <sn="3724">ordained</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s> to be the <sn="2923">Judge</s> of <sn="2198">quick</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3498">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>To <sn="5129">him</s> give all the prophets <sn="3140 3956 3588 4396">witness</s>, that <sn="1223">through</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3686">name</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="846">him</s> shall <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="859">remission</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>While <sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2089">yet</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="5023">these</s><sn="4487">words</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="1968">fell</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="3956">all</s> them which <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>. </v>
<vn='45'><sn="2532">And</s> they of the circumcision which <sn="4103 1537 4061">believed</s> were <sn="1839">astonished</s>, as many <sn="3745">as</s> came <sn="4905">with</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> that <sn="1909">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s><sn="2532">also</s> was poured <sn="1632">out</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1431">gift</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>. </v>
<vn='46'><sn="1063">For</s> they <sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="2980">speak</s> with <sn="1100">tongues</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3170">magnify</s><sn="2316">God</s>. <sn="5119">Then</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>, </v>
<vn='47'><sn="1410">Can</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="2967">forbid</s><sn="5204">water</s>, that <sn="5128">these</s> should <sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="907">baptized</s>, <sn="3748">which</s> have <sn="2983">received</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> as well <sn="2531 2532">as</s><sn="2249">we</s>? </v>
<vn='48'><sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="4367">commanded</s><sn="846">them</s> to be <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. <sn="5119">Then</s><sn="2065">prayed</s> they <sn="846">him</s> to <sn="1961">tarry</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="2250">days</s>. </v>