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Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.