30. Cornelius answered, “Four days ago I was praying at home. It was at this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man dressed in radiant clothes stood in front of me.
31. He said to me, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and has remembered your gifts to the poor.
32. So send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man whose name is Simon Peter. He’s a guest in the home of Simon, a leatherworker who lives by the sea.’
33. So I sent for you immediately. Thank you for coming. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say.”
34. Then Peter said, “Now I understand that God doesn’t play favorites.
35. Rather, whoever respects God and does what is right is acceptable to him in any nation.
36. God sent his word to the people of Israel and brought them the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is everyone’s Lord.
37. You know what happened throughout Judea. Everything began in Galilee after John spread the news about baptism.
38. You know that God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went everywhere and did good things, such as healing everyone who was under the devil’s power. Jesus did these things because God was with him.
39. We can testify to everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. People hung him on a cross and killed him,
40. but God brought him back to life on the third day. God didn’t show him
41. to all the people. He showed Jesus to witnesses, apostles he had already chosen. We apostles are those men who ate and drank with Jesus after he came back to life.
42. He ordered us to warn the people, ‘God has appointed Jesus to judge the living and the dead.’
43. In addition, all the prophets testify that people who believe in the one named Jesus receive forgiveness for their sins through him.”
44. While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came to everyone who heard his message.
45. All the believers who were circumcised and who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured on people who were not Jewish.
46. They heard these non-Jewish people speaking in other languages and praising God.Then Peter said,