New International Reader's Version

Acts 10:20-26 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

20. Get up and go downstairs. Don't let anything keep you from going with them. I have sent them."

21. Peter went down and spoke to the men. "I'm the one you're looking for," he said. "Why have you come?"

22. The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius, the Roman commander. He is a good man who worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. A holy angel told him to invite you to his house. Cornelius wants to hear what you have to say."

23. Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests. The next day Peter went with the three men. Some of the believers from Joppa went along.

24. The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them. He had called together his relatives and close friends.

25. When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him. As a sign of respect, he fell at Peter's feet.

26. But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said. "I am only a man myself."