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and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.
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Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, whose surname is Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. When he comes, he will speak to you.'
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So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God."
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Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
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But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
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The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ--He is Lord of all--
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that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
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how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
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And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
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Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly,
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not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.