\subsection{Acts 10}
\VS{1} Now a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, centurion of the cohort 
called Italian, 
\VS{2} devout and fearing God with all his house, doing many 
mercies to the people and requesting of God always, 
\VS{3} saw manifestly in 
[a] dream [about] the ninth hour\footnote{about 3 p.m.} of the day [an] angel of God having come to him and having said: Cornelius. 
\VS{4} So having looked 
intently and having become fearful he said: What is it, Lord? He said to 
him: Your prayers and your mercies have gone up for [a] memorial before God. 
\VS{5} And now send men to Joppa and send for a certain Simon who is called 
Peter. 
\VS{6} This [one] is staying with a certain Simon [the] tanner, who is in [a] 
house by the sea. 
\VS{7} Now as the angel speaking to him departed, having 
called two of the devout house-domestics\footnote{OIKETHS: the root in this word is ``house'; neither the root for ``servant' nor ``slave' is present in this word. The intent is a 'house-domestic', as in ``house-servant' or ``house-slave'} and soldiers adhering to him, 
\VS{8} and having described everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. 
\VS{9} Now 
on the morrow, while those [men] were journeying and drawing near to the city, 
Peter went up on the roof to pray around the sixth hour. 
\VS{10} Now be 
became hungry and he wanted to eat. But while he was preparing, [a] trance came 
to pass upon him, 
\VS{11} and he beheld heaven having opened, and some 
object coming down like [a] great linen sheet, with four corners being let down 
upon the earth, 
\VS{12} in which were every four-footed [thing] and reptile of the 
earth and bird of heaven. 
\VS{13} And [a] voice came to pass to him: Having 
arisen, Peter, kill and eat. 
\VS{14} But Peter said: By no means, Lord, for 
I have never eaten everything common\footnote{or ``impure''} and unclean. 
\VS{15} And [the] voice [came] again [a] second time to him: What God has cleansed do not 
be considering common\footnote{or ``impure''}. 
\VS{16} Now this came to pass 
[a] third time, and straightway the linen sheet was taken up into heaven. 
\VS{17} Now as Peter was greatly perplexed in himself what the vision which 
he saw might be, behold the men sent by Cornelius, having asked for the 
house of Simon, stood at the gateway, 
\VS{18} and having called, they 
inquired if Simon called Peter stays here. 
\VS{19} Now while Peter was 
pondering concerning the dream, the spirit said: Behold 
three\footnote{``three" \papyrus{74}\sinaiticus{}\hesychian{} \vulgate{}; ``two" B; ``some" D \koine{} } men seeking you 
\VS{20} So having arisen go down, and be going with them not 
hesitating, for I have sent them. 
\VS{21} So Peter having come down to the 
men said: Behold I am whom you seek; what is the reason for which you are 
present? 
\VS{22} So they said: Cornelius [the] centurion, [a] man just and fearing 
God, having been witnessed by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by 
[an] angel of the Lord to summon you to his house and to hear words from you. 
\VS{23} Having invited them in, therefore, he stayed. But on the morrow, 
having arisen, he went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went 
with him. 
\VS{24} So on the morrow they came to Caesarea; now Cornelius was 
awaiting\footnote{or ``looking for,'' ``expecting''} them, having called 
together his relatives and his close friends. 
\VS{25} Now as it came to pass 
[that] Peter came in, having met him, Cornelius having fallen at his feet 
worshipped [him]. 
\VS{26} But Peter raised him saying: Arise, for I myself am [a] 
man. 
\VS{27} And conversing with him he came in, and he finds many come 
together, 
\VS{28} and he said to them: You stood since it is unlawful for 
[a] Jewish man to be associating or to be coming to [a] heathen; but God has shown 
me to be saying no man common\footnote{or ``impure''} and unclean. 
\VS{29} 
Therefore I also came, undeniably summoned. I inquire, therefore, for what 
reason you summoned me. 
\VS{30} And Cornelius said: From [the] fourth day until 
this hour I was praying the ninth [hour] in my house, and behold [a] man stood before 
me in radiant apparel, 
\VS{31} and he said: Cornelius, your prayer has been 
heard\footnote{or ``obeyed''} and your mercies remembered before God. 
\VS{32} Send therefore to Joppa and summon Simon who is called Peter; this 
[one] stays in the house of Simon [the] tanner by [the] sea. 
\VS{33} Immediately therefore 
I sent to you, and you having done well [are] arrived. Now therefore are we all 
present before God to hear everything commanded to you by the Lord. 
\VS{34} 
So Peter having opened his mouth said: In truth do I understand that God is 
not [a] shower-of-partiality, 
\VS{35} but in every nation the [one] fearing him and 
working justice is acceptable to him. 
\VS{36} The word which he sent to the 
sons [of] Israel, good-newsing peace through Jesus Christ, this [one] is Lord of all. 
\VS{37} You know [that] word having come throughout [the] whole of Judea, beginning 
from Galilee after the baptism which John proclaimed, 
\VS{38} how God 
anointed Jesus the [one] from Nazareth with [the] Holy Spirit and power, who went 
[about] well-doing and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with 
him. 
\VS{39} And we [are] witnesses of everything which he did both in the region 
of Judea and [in] Jerusalem, whom they did away with, having hung [him] on [the] tree. 
\VS{40} God raised this [one] on the third day and gave to him to become visible, 
\VS{41} Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-appointed by God, who 
ate and drank with him after he was raised from [the] dead. 
\VS{42} And he 
commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify\footnote{or ``warn''} 
[that] this is the [one] appointed by God [to be] judge of [the] zoe-living\fnZoe{} and [the] dead. 
\VS{43} To this 
[one] all the prophets witnessed, [that] all those believing in him receive 
allowance\footnote{or ``forgiveness''} of sins through his name. 
\VS{44} While Peter was speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those 
hearing [his] word. 
\VS{45} And the believers of the circumcision, as many as 
were gathered with Peter, were astonished, that the gift of the Holy Spirit 
is poured out upon the nations also. 
\VS{46} For they were hearing them 
speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter answered: 
\VS{47} Who is 
able to hinder the water that these not be baptized, whom the Holy Spirit 
has received like us also? 
\VS{48} So he commanded them to be baptized in 
the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked\fnErotao{} him to abide [there] several days.
