Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
25And it happened that, when Peter had entered, Cornelius went to meet him. And falling before his feet, he reverenced. 26Yet truly, Peter, lifting him up, said: “Rise up, for I also am only a man.” 27And speaking with him, he entered, and he found many who had gathered together. 28And he said to them: “You know how abominable it would be for a Jewish man to be joined with, or to be added to, a foreign people. But God has revealed to me to call no man common or unclean. 29Because of this and without doubt, I came when summoned. Therefore, I ask you, for what reason have you summoned me?” 30And Cornelius said: “It is now the fourth day, to this very hour, since I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in a white vestment, and he said: 31‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your almsgiving has been remembered in the sight of God. 32Therefore, send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. This man is a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, near the sea.’ 33And so, I promptly sent for you. And you have done well in coming here. Therefore, all of us are now present in your sight to hear all the things that were taught to you by the Lord.” 34Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons. 35But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him. 36God sent the Word to the sons of Israel, announcing the peace through Jesus Christ, for he is the Lord of all. 37You know that the Word has been made known throughout all Judea. For beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached, 38Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, traveled around doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil. For God was with him. 39And we are witnesses of all that he did in the region of Judea and in Jerusalem, he whom they killed by hanging him on a tree. 40God raised him up on the third day and permitted him to be made manifest, 41not to all the people, but to the witnesses preordained by God, to those of us who ate and drank with him after he rose again from the dead. 42And he instructed us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the One who was appointed by God to be the judge of the living and of the dead. 43To him all the Prophets offer testimony that through his name all who believe in him receive the remission of sins.” 44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell over all of those who were listening to the Word. 45And the faithful of the circumcision, who had arrived with Peter, were astonished that the grace of the Holy Spirit was also poured out upon the Gentiles. 46For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. 47Then Peter responded, “How could anyone prohibit water, so that those who have received the Holy Spirit would not be baptized, just as we also have been?” 48And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for some days.