26. But Kĕpha raised him up, saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.”
27. And talking with him, he went in and found many who had come together.
28. And he said to them, “You know that a Yehuḏite man is not allowed to associate with, or go to one of another race. But Elohim has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29. “That is why I came without hesitation when I was sent for. So I ask, why have you sent for me?”
30. And Cornelius said, “Four days ago I was fasting until this hour. And at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and see, a man stood before me in shining garments,
31. and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your kind deeds were remembered before Elohim.
32. ‘Now send to Yapho and call Shim‛on here, who is also called Kĕpha. He is staying in the house of Shim‛on, a leather-tanner, by the sea. When he comes, he shall speak to you.’
33. “So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before Elohim, to hear all that you have been commanded by Elohim.”
34. And opening his mouth, Kĕpha said, “Truly I see that Elohim shows no partiality,
35. but in every nation, he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
36. “He sent the word to the children of Yisra’ĕl, bringing the Good News: peace through יהושע Messiah! He is Master of all.
37. “You know what word came to be throughout all Yehuḏah, beginning from Galil after the immersion which Yoḥanan proclaimed: