Acts 10:1-11 ▼

1 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,

2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the people and prayed to God continually.

3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had come in and said to him, “Cornelius!”

4 And looking intently on him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

5 Now send some men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is also called Peter;

6 he is lodging with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the sea.”

7 And when the angel who was speaking to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants,

8 and after he explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

9 And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

10 But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance

11 and saw heaven opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,