Acts 10 (NET)

Acts 10:1¹Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:1Acts 8:40Matt 27:27Acts 27:43Matt 8:5-13Acts 25:1John 18:3Matt 27:54Acts 22:25Acts 23:33

Acts 10:2²He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:7-8Acts 10:4Acts 10:22Acts 10:35Acts 13:16Acts 10:7Acts 8:2Isa 58:7-8Acts 13:26Acts 18:8

Acts 10:3³About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:20-21Acts 3:1Acts 5:19Acts 10:17Acts 10:19Acts 10:30Acts 9:10Acts 9:4Acts 11:13Acts 12:7-11

Acts 10:4⁴Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, “What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 4:6Heb 6:10Acts 10:31Mal 3:16Ps 141:2Rev 8:4Heb 13:16Luke 1:12-13Phil 4:18Dan 10:11

Acts 10:5⁵Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:32Acts 15:7Acts 16:9Acts 9:36Acts 9:38John 1:42Mark 3:16

Acts 10:6⁶This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:43Acts 11:13-14Acts 9:6Eph 4:8-12John 7:17Rom 10:14-17

Acts 10:7⁷When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 14:6-7Judg 7:10Luke 3:14Matt 8:9-10Phlm 1:161 Tim 6:2Acts 10:1-2Gen 24:1-10Gen 24:52

Acts 10:8⁸and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:33Acts 26:19Acts 9:36Eccl 9:10Gal 1:16Ps 119:59-60

Acts 10:9⁹About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 1:5Ps 55:171 Sam 9:25Acts 10:8-32Acts 11:5-14Acts 6:4Dan 6:10Jer 19:13Jer 32:29Mark 1:35

Acts 10:10¹⁰He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:172 Cor 12:2-4Ezek 11:24Ezek 40:2Ezek 8:1-3Matt 12:1-3Matt 21:18Matt 4:2Num 24:16Num 24:4

Acts 10:11¹¹He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 3:6John 1:51Rom 16:25-26Acts 7:56Col 3:11Eph 1:10Ezek 1:1Gal 2:15Gal 3:28Gen 49:10

Acts 10:12¹²In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 7:8-91 Cor 6:9-11Isa 11:6-9Isa 65:25John 7:37

Acts 10:13¹³Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:31-34Jer 35:2-5Acts 10:10

Acts 10:14¹⁴But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 20:25Ezek 4:14Dan 1:8Deut 14:1-29Lev 11:1-25Acts 10:28Acts 9:5Exod 10:11Ezek 44:31Luke 1:60

Acts 10:15¹⁵The voice spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:25Matt 15:11Titus 1:15Mark 7:191 Tim 4:3-5Rom 14:14Acts 10:28Acts 11:9Acts 15:20Acts 15:9

Acts 10:16¹⁶This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 41:32John 21:172 Cor 13:1

Acts 10:17¹⁷Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:11Acts 10:3Acts 10:7-19Acts 2:12Acts 25:20Acts 5:24Acts 9:43John 13:12

Acts 10:18¹⁸They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:5-6Acts 11:11

Acts 10:19¹⁹While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:29Acts 11:12Acts 13:2Acts 21:41 Cor 12:111 Tim 4:1John 16:13Acts 16:6-7

Acts 10:20²⁰But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:7-9Zech 2:9-11Acts 13:4Acts 8:26Acts 9:15Acts 9:17Isa 48:16Mark 16:15

Acts 10:21²¹So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:29John 1:38-39Mark 10:51John 18:4-8

Acts 10:22²²They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:143 John 1:12Acts 10:2Acts 22:121 Tim 3:72 Cor 5:182 Pet 3:2Acts 10:33Acts 10:6Acts 24:15

Acts 10:23²³So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:45Acts 11:121 Pet 4:9Heb 13:22 Cor 8:21Acts 10:29Acts 10:33Acts 9:38Acts 9:42Eccl 9:10

Acts 10:24²⁴The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:40Isa 2:3John 1:1-3John 1:41-49John 4:28-29Luke 5:29Mark 5:19-20Matt 9:9-10Mic 4:2Zech 3:10

Acts 10:25²⁵So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:10Rev 22:8-9Dan 2:46Matt 8:2Acts 14:11-13Dan 2:30Matt 14:33

Acts 10:26²⁶But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:10Rev 22:8-9Acts 14:14-15Matt 4:10Isa 42:8Isa 48:132 Thess 2:3-4Rev 13:8

Acts 10:27²⁷Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 2:12Acts 10:24John 4:351 Cor 16:9Acts 14:27Col 4:3

Acts 10:28²⁸He said to them, “You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:9Eph 3:6-7Gal 2:12-14Acts 11:9Isa 65:5John 18:28John 4:27Acts 10:34-35Acts 11:2-3Acts 15:8-9

Acts 10:29²⁹Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:601 Pet 3:15Acts 10:19-20

Acts 10:30³⁰Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before meCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:3Dan 9:20-21Neh 9:1-3Ezra 9:4-5Acts 1:10Acts 10:23-24Luke 24:4Mark 16:6Matt 28:3Acts 10:7-9

Acts 10:31³¹and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:4Dan 9:23Luke 1:13Dan 10:12Isa 38:5Rev 8:3-4Lev 2:9Rev 5:8Lev 2:2Lev 5:12

Acts 10:32³²Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 10:33³³Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:14Jas 1:191 Cor 3:181 Pet 2:1-21 Thess 2:132 Chr 30:12Acts 17:11-12Acts 28:28Deut 5:25-29Jas 1:21

Acts 10:34³⁴Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 2:112 Chr 19:7Deut 10:17Col 3:25Job 34:191 Pet 1:17Eph 6:9Luke 20:21Jas 2:9Col 3:11

Acts 10:35³⁵but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:29Acts 10:2Rom 10:12-13Acts 15:9Col 3:112 Cor 7:1Eccl 12:13Isa 56:3-8Heb 11:4-6Prov 1:7

Acts 10:36³⁶You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:36Matt 28:18Rev 17:141 Cor 15:271 Pet 3:22Rev 1:182 Cor 5:18-21Eph 1:20-23Eph 2:13-18Eph 4:5-12

Acts 10:37³⁷you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:14Acts 2:22Acts 28:22Acts 1:22Acts 13:24-25Acts 26:26John 4:1-3Luke 23:5Mark 1:1-5Mark 1:14-15

Acts 10:38³⁸with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:18Acts 2:22Isa 61:1-3Isa 11:2John 3:34Heb 1:9Ps 45:7John 3:2Matt 12:28Isa 42:1

Acts 10:39³⁹We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:48Acts 1:8Acts 10:411 Pet 2:24Acts 2:32Acts 1:22Acts 13:27-29Acts 13:31Acts 2:23-24Acts 3:14-15

Acts 10:40⁴⁰but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:21Acts 13:30-311 Cor 15:3-42 Cor 4:14Acts 2:241 Cor 15:12-20Acts 17:31Heb 13:20Matt 28:1-2Rom 1:4

Acts 10:41⁴¹not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 14:22Acts 10:39Acts 1:2-3Acts 13:31John 14:17John 21:13Acts 1:22John 15:16John 20:1-21Luke 24:30

Acts 10:42⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:101 Pet 4:52 Tim 4:1Rom 14:9-10Acts 17:31Matt 28:19-20Rev 20:11-15Rev 22:12Acts 1:2Acts 4:19-20

Acts 10:43⁴³About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 13:1Acts 2:38Isa 53:11Jer 31:34Rom 10:11Acts 13:38-39John 3:14-171 Pet 1:11Mal 4:2Rom 5:1

Acts 10:44⁴⁴While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:15Acts 19:6Acts 15:8Acts 4:31Acts 2:2-4Acts 8:15-17

Acts 10:45⁴⁵The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:23Acts 2:38Col 2:13-14Gal 3:13-14Acts 11:15-18Acts 2:33Eph 2:11Gal 2:15Acts 11:3Eph 3:5-8

Acts 10:46⁴⁶for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:6Acts 2:4Mark 16:171 Cor 14:20-25Acts 2:11

Acts 10:47⁴⁷“No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:36Acts 11:15-17Rom 10:12Acts 15:8-9Gen 17:24-26Acts 2:4Acts 8:12Rom 4:11

Acts 10:48⁴⁸So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:38Acts 8:16Gal 3:271 Cor 1:13-17Acts 19:5Acts 8:12John 4:2John 4:40Acts 16:15