These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Acts 10
Brit Hadashah 48 verses
- 1 Now a Captain of the Italian Regiment, named Cornelius, was quartered at Caesarea.
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He was religious and -fearing—and so was every member of his household. He was also liberal in his charities to the people, and continually offered prayer to .
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Acts 10:22 Acts 13:16 Acts 13:26 Acts 10:7 Acts 10:35 Daniel 6:26 Acts 13:50 2 Corinthians 9:8-15 Acts 8:2 James 1:5 Ecclesiastes 7:18 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Daniel 6:16 Acts 10:4 Colossians 4:2 Matthew 7:7-8 Daniel 6:20 Psalm 25:5 Psalm 101:6-8 Psalm 102:15 Psalm 25:8-9 Acts 9:36 Luke 7:4-5 Romans 15:26-27 Acts 16:14-15 Job 1:1 Luke 2:25 Luke 18:1 Acts 10:31 Joshua 24:15 Acts 2:5 Psalm 86:3 Isaiah 58:7-8 2 Chronicles 6:33 Genesis 18:19 Revelation 15:4 Job 1:5 Acts 18:8 Psalm 88:1 1 Kings 8:43 Daniel 6:10 Acts 9:11 Acts 22:12 Isaiah 59:19 Psalm 41:1 Proverbs 2:3-5 Psalm 55:17 Acts 9:31 Psalm 119:2 - 3 About three o’clock one afternoon he had a vision, and distinctly saw an of enter his house, who called him by , saying, “Cornelius!”
- 4 Looking steadily at him, and being much alarmed, he said, “What do you want, Sir?” “Your prayers and charities,” he replied, “have gone up and have been recorded before .
- 5 And now send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed .
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He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea.”
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So when the who had been speaking to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a -fearing soldier who was in constant attendance on him,
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and, after telling them everything, he sent them to Jaffa.
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- 9 The next day, while they were still on their journey and were getting near the town, about noon went up on the house-top to pray.
- 10 He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
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The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.
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In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles and birds,
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and a voice came to him which said, “Rise, , kill and eat.”
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- 14 “On no account, Lord,” he replied; “for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure.”
- 15 Again a second time a voice was heard which said, “What has purified, you must not regard as unholy.”
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This was said three times, and immediately the sail was drawn up out of sight.
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While was greatly perplexed as to the meaning of the vision which he had seen, just then the men sent by Cornelius, having by inquiry found out Simon’s house,
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had come to the door and had called the , and were asking, “Is Simon, surnamed , staying here?”
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And was still earnestly thinking over the vision, when the said to him, “Three men are now inquiring for you.
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Rise, go down, and go with them without any misgivings; for it is I who have sent them to you.”
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So went down and said to the men, “I am the Simon you are inquiring for. What is the reason of your coming?”
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Their reply was, “Cornelius, a Captain, an upright and -fearing man, of whom the whole Jewish nation speaks well, has been divinely instructed by a to send for you to come to his house and listen to what you have to say.”
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Acts 11:14 Acts 10:2 John 5:24 Hosea 14:9 Acts 10:33 1 Timothy 3:7 John 17:20 Acts 6:3 Acts 24:15 John 6:68 3 John 1:12 Luke 7:4-5 Mark 8:38 John 6:63 Luke 2:25 John 13:20 Hebrews 11:2 Acts 10:6 Mark 6:20 Luke 23:50 2 Peter 3:2 Habakkuk 2:4 Hebrews 12:23 Acts 22:12 Romans 10:17-18 Romans 1:17 2 Corinthians 5:18 John 17:8 Matthew 1:19 Hebrews 10:38 - 23 Upon hearing this, invited them in, and gave them a lodging. The next day he set out with them, some of the brethren from Jaffa going with him,
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and the day after that they reached Caesarea. There Cornelius was awaiting their arrival, and had invited all his relatives and intimate friends to be present.
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When entered the house, Cornelius met him, and threw himself at his feet to do him homage.
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- 26 But lifted him up. “Stand up,” he said; “I myself also am but a man.”
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So went in and conversed with him, and found a large company assembled.
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- 28 He said to them, “You better than most that a Jew is strictly forbidden to associate with a Gentile or visit him; but has taught me to call no one unholy or unclean.
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So for this reason, when sent for, I came without raising any objection. I therefore ask why you sent for me.”
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“Just at this hour, three days ago,” replied Cornelius, “I was afternoon prayer in my house, when suddenly a man in shining raiment stood in front of me,
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- 31 who said, “’Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been put on record before .
- 32 Send therefore to Jaffa, and invite Simon, surnamed , to come here. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, close to the sea.’
- 33 “Immediately, therefore, I sent to you, and I thank you heartily for having come. That is why all of us are now assembled here in Elohim’s presence, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say.”
- 34 Then began to speak. “I clearly see,” he said, “that makes no distinctions between one man and another;
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but that in every nation those who Him and live good lives are acceptable to Him.
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The Message which He sent to the descendants of , when He announced the Good News of through the —He is Lord of all—that Message you cannot but ;
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Matthew 28:18 Acts 2:36 Revelation 19:16 Revelation 17:14 Philippians 2:11 Psalm 45:6 Daniel 7:13-14 Matthew 10:6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Acts 2:38-39 Hebrews 1:2 Jeremiah 23:5-6 Hosea 1:7 Acts 5:31 Ephesians 4:5-12 Psalm 85:9-10 Hebrews 7:2-3 Matthew 22:44-46 1 Corinthians 15:27 Colossians 1:15-18 Psalm 72:1-3 Revelation 1:5 Luke 24:47 Romans 14:9 Hebrews 13:20 Psalm 72:7 John 3:35-36 Micah 5:2 Hebrews 1:6-12 Psalm 2:6-8 Luke 2:10-14 Isaiah 32:15-17 Isaiah 45:21-25 1 Corinthians 15:47 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Acts 13:32 Acts 11:19 Ephesians 1:20-23 John 5:23-29 1 Peter 3:22 Acts 13:46 Isaiah 9:6 Psalm 24:7-10 Malachi 3:1 Isaiah 55:12 Isaiah 57:19 Matthew 11:27 Revelation 1:18 Romans 10:11-13 Colossians 1:20 Psalm 45:11 Psalm 110:1-2 Isaiah 7:14 Acts 3:25-26 -
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the story, I mean, which has spread through the length and breadth of Judaea, beginning in after the which proclaimed.
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It tells how anointed of with the Holy and with power, so that He went about everywhere doing acts of kindness, and curing all who were being continually oppressed by the Devil—for was with .
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Acts 2:22 John 3:2 Luke 4:18 John 3:34 Isaiah 11:2 Isaiah 61:1-3 Hebrews 1:9 Matthew 12:28 John 6:27 Psalm 45:7 2 Chronicles 17:9 Psalm 2:2 Matthew 4:23-25 1 Peter 5:8 Matthew 9:35 Mark 7:29-30 Luke 4:33-36 John 10:36-38 Mark 3:7-11 Mark 6:54-56 1 John 3:8 Mark 6:6 Mark 1:38-39 John 10:32 Matthew 15:21-31 Luke 7:21-23 Isaiah 42:1 Mark 5:13-15 Luke 7:10-17 Hebrews 2:14-15 Psalm 2:6 Luke 3:22 Luke 9:56 Acts 4:26-27 Matthew 12:15 Luke 9:42 John 16:32 - 39 “And we are witnesses as to all that He did both in the country of the Jews and in . But they even put Him to death, by crucifixion.
- 40 That same raised to life on the third day, and permitted Him to appear unmistakably,
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not to all the people, but to witnesses—men previously chosen by —namely, to us, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
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And He has commanded us to preach to the people and solemnly declare that this is He who has been appointed by to be the Judge of the living and the dead.
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To Him all the Prophets bear witness, and testify that through His all who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of their sins.”
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While was speaking these words, the Holy fell on all who were listening to the Message.
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- 45 And all the Jewish believers who had come with were astonished that on the Gentiles also the of the Holy was poured out.
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For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling the majesty of . Then said,
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“Can any one forbid the use of water, and object to these persons being baptized—men who have received the Holy just as we did?”
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And he directed that they should be baptized in the of the . Then they begged him to remain with them for a time.
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