29. So when you sent for me, I came without asking any questions. May I ask why you sent for me?"
30. Cornelius answered, "Four days ago at this very hour I was in my house praying. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood in front of me.
31. He said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer. He has remembered your gifts to poor people.
32. Send someone to Joppa to get Simon Peter. He is a guest in the home of another Simon, who works with leather. He lives by the sea.'
33. So I sent for you right away. It was good of you to come. Now we are all here. And God is here with us. We are ready to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us."
34. Then Peter began to speak. "I now realize how true it is that God treats everyone the same," he said.
35. "He accepts people from every nation. He accepts all who have respect for him and do what is right.
36. "You know the message God sent to the people of Israel. It is the good news of peace through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.
37. You know what has happened all through Judea. It started in Galilee after John preached about baptism.