Acts 10:1-8
CORNELIUS THE CENTURION. The vision of Cornelius:... [ Continue Reading ]
CORNELIUS THE CENTURION. The vision of Cornelius:... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN CAESAREA CALLED CORNELIUS, A CENTURION OF THE BAND CALLED THE ITALIAN BAND,... [ Continue Reading ]
A DEVOUT MAN, AND ONE THAT FEARED GOD WITH ALL HIS HOUSE, WHICH GAVE MUCH ALMS TO THE PEOPLE, AND PRAYED TO GOD ALWAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAW IN A VISION, EVIDENTLY ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR OF THE DAY, AN ANGEL OF GOD COMING IN TO HIM, AND SAYING UNTO HIM, CORNELIUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANTI WHEN HE LOOKED ON HIM, HE WAS AFRAID AND SAID, WHAT IS IT, LORD? AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THY PRAYERS AND THINE ALMS ARE COME UP FOR A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOW SEND MEN TO JOPPA, AND CALL FOR ONE SIMON, WHOSE SURNAME IS PETER;... [ Continue Reading ]
HE LODGETH WITH ONE SIMON, A TANNER, WHOSE HOUSE IS BY THE SEASIDE; HE SHALL TELL THEE WHAT THOU OUGHTEST TO DO.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE ANGEL WHICH SPAKE UNTO CORNELIUS WAS DEPARTED, HE CALLED TWO OF HIS HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS, AND A DEVOUT SOLDIER OF THEM THAT WAITED ON HIM CONTINUALLY;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HAD DECLARED ALL THESE THINGS UNTO THEM, HE SENT THEM TO JOPPA. While Saul, in his own city of Tarsus, was awaiting the time when the Lord would assign definite work among the Gentiles to him, or, as some think, was bringing the Gospel to the province of Cilicia, God was Himself stirring... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE MORROW, AS THEY WENT ON THEIR JOURNEY, AND DREW NIGH UNTO THE CITY, PETER WENT UP UPON THE HOUSETOP TO PRAY ABOUT THE SIXTH HOUR;... [ Continue Reading ]
The vision of Peter:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE BECAME VERY HUNGRY, AND WOULD HAVE EATEN; BUT WHILE THEY MADE READY, HE FELL IN TO A TRANCE,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAW HEAVEN OPENED, AND A CERTAIN VESSEL DESCENDING UNTO HIM, AS IT HAD BEEN A GREAT SHEET KNIT AT THE FOUR CORNERS, AND LET DOWN TO THE EARTH,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREIN WERE ALL MANNER OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS OF THE EARTH, AND WILD BEASTS, AND CREEPING THINGS, AND FOWLS OF THE AIR.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE CAME A VOICE TO HIM, RISE, PETER; KILL, AND EAT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT PETER SAID, NOT SO, LORD; FOR I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANYTHING THAT IS COMMON OR UNCLEAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE VOICE SPAKE UNTO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED, THAT CALL NOT THOU COMMON.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS WAS DONE THRICE; AND THE VESSEL WAS RECEIVED UP AGAIN IN TO HEAVEN. The journey from Caesarea to Joppa may well have taken some nine to ten hours, thus bringing the three messengers into the neighborhood of the southern seaport about noon of the next day. But it was necessary, meanwhile, for th... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW WHILE PETER DOUBTED IN HIMSELF WHAT THIS VISION WHICH HE HAD SEEN SHOULD MEAN, BEHOLD, THE MEN WHICH WERE SENT FROM CORNELIUS HAD MADE ENQUIRY FOR SIMON'S HOUSE, AND STOOD BEFORE THE GATE,... [ Continue Reading ]
The arrival of the messengers:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CALLED, AND ASKED WHETHER SIMON, WHICH WAS SURNAMED PETER, WERE LODGED THERE.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE PETER THOUGHT ON THE VISION, THE SPIRIT SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, THREE MEN SEEK THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE THEREFORE, AND GET THEE DOWN, AND GO WITH THEM, DOUBTING NOTHING; FOR I HAVE SENT THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN PETER WENT DOWN TO THE MEN WHICH WERE SENT UNTO HIM FROM CORNELIUS, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I AM HE WHOM YE SEEK; WHAT IS THE CAUSE WHEREFORE YE ARE COME?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SAID, CORNELIUS, THE CENTURION, A JUST MAN, AND ONE THAT FEARETH GOD, AND OF GOOD REPORT AMONG ALL THE NATION OF THE JEWS, WAS WARNED FROM GOD BY AN HOLY ANGEL TO SEND FOR THEE INTO HIS HOUSE, AND TO HEAR WORDS OF THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CALLED HE THEM IN AND LODGED THEM. The vision which God had sent to Peter troubled, perplexed him, it made him uneasy, uncertain as to what to do next. The general drift of the intended communication he observed, but its application was not clear to him. Did it mean only the abolishing of the c... [ Continue Reading ]
The meeting of Peter and Cornelius:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MORROW AFTER THEY ENTERED IN TO CAESAREA. AND CORNELIUS WAITED FOR THEM, AND HAD CALLED TOGETHER HIS KINSMEN AND NEAR FRIENDS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS PETER WAS COMING IN, CORNELIUS MET HIM, AND FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, AND WORSHIPED HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT PETER TOOK HIM UP, SAYING, STAND UP; I MYSELF ALSO AM A MAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS HE TALKED WITH HIM, HE WENT IN AND FOUND MANY THAT WERE COME TOGETHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO' THEM, YE KNOW HOW THAT IT IS AN UNLAWFUL THING FOR A MAN THAT IS A JEW TO KEEP COMPANY, OR COME UNTO ONE OF ANOTHER NATION; BUT GOD HATH SHOWED ME THAT I SHOULD NOT CALL ANY MAN COMMON OR UNCLEAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE CAME I UNTO YOU WITHOUT GAINSAYING, AS SOON AS I WAS SENT FOR. I ASK THEREFORE FOR WHAT INTENT YE HAVE SENT FOR ME. It was not possible for Peter to leave Joppa at once, principally because he wanted some of the brethren from Joppa to accompany him on this trip. But the next morning the me... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CORNELIUS SAID, FOUR DAYS AGO I WAS FASTING UNTIL THIS HOUR; AND AT THE NINTH HOUR I PRAYED IN MY HOUSE, AND, BEHOLD, A MAN STOOD BEFORE ME IN BRIGHT CLOTHING... [ Continue Reading ]
The explanation of Cornelius:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAID, CORNELIUS, THY PRAYER IS HEARD, AND THINE ALMS ARE HAD IN REMEMBRANCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEND THEREFORE TO JOPPA, AND CALL HITHER SIMON, WHOSE SURNAME IS PETER; HE IS LODGED IN THE HOUSE OF ONE SIMON, A TANNER, BY THE SEASIDE; WHO, WHEN HE COMETH, SHALL SPEAK UNTO THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMEDIATELY THEREFORE I SENT TO THEE; AND THOU HAST WELL DONE THAT THOU ART COME. NOW THEREFORE ARE WE ALL HERE PRESENT BEFORE GOD TO HEAR ALL THINGS THAT ARE COMMANDED THEE OF GOD. It was doubtless with deepest emotion that Peter entered into the door of a Gentile's house, and Cornelius was no less... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN PETER OPENED HIS MOUTH AND SAID, OF A TRUTH I PERCEIVE THAT GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS;... [ Continue Reading ]
The first part of Peter's sermon:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IN EVERY NATION HE THAT FEARETH HIM AND WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ACCEPTED WITH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD WHICH GOD SENT UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, PREACHING PEACE BY JESUS CHRIST: (HE IS LORD OF ALL:)... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WORD, I SAY, YE KNOW, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA, AND BEGAN FROM GALILEE, AFTER THE BAPTISM WHICH JOHN PREACHED;... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND WITH POWER; WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD, AND HEALING ALL THAT WERE OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL; FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM. Under such ideal conditions, with an attentive, eager audience, it must have been an unusual pleasure to preach the Gospel. And Pe... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS AND IN JERUSALEM; WHOM THEY SLEW AND HANGED ON A TREE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The last part of Peter's sermon:... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM GOD RAISED UP THE THIRD DAY, AND SHOWED HIM OPENLY,... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT UNTO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE OF GOD, EVEN TO US, WHO DID EAT AND DRINK WITH HIM AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE COMMANDED US TO PREACH UNTO THE PEOPLE, AND TO TESTIFY THAT IT IS HE WHICH WAS ORDAINED OF GOD TO BE THE JUDGE OF QUICK AND DEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS THAT THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM, SHALL RECEIVE REMISSION OF SINS. To the facts which these men of Caesarea knew, and which they had always viewed in a somewhat detached, objective way, as concerning the Jews only, Peter now adds the weight of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE PETER YET SPAKE THESE WORDS, THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON ALL THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The effect of the sermon:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY OF THE CIRCUMCISION WHICH BELIEVED WERE ASTONISHED, AS MANY AS CAME WITH PETER, BECAUSE THAT ON THE GENTILES ALSO WAS POURED OUT THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY HEARD THEM SPEAK WITH TONGUES AND MAGNIFY GOD. THEN ANSWERED PETER,... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN ANY MAN FORBID WATER THAT THESE SHOULD NOT BE BAPTIZED WHICH HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST AS WELL AS WE?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE COMMANDED THEM TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. THEN PRAYED THEY HIM TO TARRY CERTAIN DAYS. The Lord, in this instance, had evidently planned to give an unusual demonstration of His power. For as Peter was still uttering the last impressive words of his discourse, the Holy Spirit fell... [ Continue Reading ]