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Acts 10 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Acts chapter 10. Now there was a man at Caesarea
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  named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian
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  cohort, A devout man, and one who feared God with all his
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  household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to
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  God continually. About the ninth hour of the day
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  he clearly saw in a vision an Angel of God who had just come
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  in and said to him, Cornelius, in fixing his gaze on him and
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  being much alarmed, he said, What is it, Lord?
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  And he said to him, Your prayers and alms have ascended as a
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  memorial before God. Now dispatch some men to Joppa
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  and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter.
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  He's staying with a Tanner named Simon whose house is by the sea.
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  When the Angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned 2
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  of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his
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  personal attendants. And after he'd explained
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  everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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  On the next day, as they were on their way in approaching the
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  city, Peter went up on the housetop about the 6th hour to
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  pray, but he became hungry and was desiring to eat.
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  But while they were making preparations he fell into a
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  trance, and he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a
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  great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,
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  and there were in it all kinds of four footed animals and
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  crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.
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  A voice came to him. Get up, Peter, kill and eat.
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  But Peter said, by no means Lord, for I have never eaten
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  anything unholy and unclean. Again a voice came to him a
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  second time. What God has cleansed no longer
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  consider unholy. This happened three times, and
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  immediately the object was taken up into the sky.
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  Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the
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  vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been
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  sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon's house,
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  appeared at the gate, and calling out, they were asking
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  whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there.
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  While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the spirit said to
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  him, Behold, three men are looking for you, but get up, go
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  downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have
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  sent them myself. Peter went down to the men and
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  said, Behold, I am the one you were looking for, what is the
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  reason for which you have come? They said, Cornelius Centurion,
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  A righteous and God fearing man, well spoken of by the entire
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  nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy Angel to sin,
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  for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.
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  So he invited them in and gave them lodging, and on the next
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  day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren
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  from Joppa accompanied him. On the following day he entered
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  Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for
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  them, and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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  When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and
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  worshipped him. But Peter raised him up, saying,
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  Stand up, I too am just a man. As he talked with him, he
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  entered and found many people assembled, and he said to them,
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  You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to
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  associate with a foreigner or to visit him.
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  And yet God has shown me that I shall not call any man unholy or
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  unclean. This is why I came without even
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  raising any objection when I was sent for.
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  So I ask, for what reason you have sent for me?
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  Cornelius said, Four days ago this hour I was praying in my
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  house during the 9th hour, and behold, a man stood before me in
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  shining garments, and he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been
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  heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
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  Therefore send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called
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  Peter to come to you. He is staying at the House of
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  Simon the Tanner by the sea. So I sent for you immediately
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  and you have been kind enough to come.
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  Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all
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  that you have been commanded by the Lord.
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  Opening his mouth, Peter said, I most certainly understand now
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  that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation
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  the man who fears him and does what is right is welcome to him.
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  The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace
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  through Jesus Christ, He is Lord of all.
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  You yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all
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  Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John
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  proclaimed. You know of Jesus of Nazareth,
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  how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and
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  how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed
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  by the devil. For God was with him.
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  We are witnesses of all the things He did, both in the land
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  of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by
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  hanging Him on a cross. God raised Him up on the third
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  day and granted that He become visible not to all the people,
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  but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to
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  us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.
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  And He ordered us to preach to the people and solemnly to
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  testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as
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  Judge of the living and the dead of Him.
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  All the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone
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  who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.
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  While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit
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  fell upon all those who were listening to the message.
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  All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed
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  because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on
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  the Gentiles also, for they were hearing them speaking with
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  tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered, Surely no
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  one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have
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  received the Holy Spirit as we did.
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  Can he? And he ordered them to be
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  baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, and they asked him to
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  stay on for a few days.