Actus Apostolorum

Actus, chapter 10, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 10 Vulgate

   1 Vir autem quidam in Cae sarea nomine Cornelius, cen turio cohortis, quae dicitur Italica,
   2 religiosus et timens Deum cum omni domo sua, faciens eleemosynas multas plebi et deprecans Deum semper,
   3 vidit in visu manifeste quasi hora nona diei angelum Dei introeuntem ad se et dicentem sibi: "Corneli".
   4 At ille intuens eum et timore correptus dixit: "Quid est, domine?". Dixit autem illi: "Orationes tuae et eleemosynae tuae ascenderunt in memoriam in conspectu Dei.
   5 Et nunc mitte viros in Ioppen et accersi Simonem quendam, qui cognominatur Petrus;
   6 hic hospitatur apud Simonem quendam coriarium, cui est domus iuxta mare".
   7 Ut autem discessit angelus, qui loquebatur illi, cum vocasset duos domesticos suos et militem religiosum ex his, qui illi parebant,
   8 et narrasset illis omnia, misit illos in Ioppen.
   9 Postera autem die, iter illis facientibus et appropinquantibus civitati, ascendit Petrus super tectum, ut oraret circa horam sextam.
   10 Et cum esuriret, voluit gustare; parantibus autem eis, cecidit super eum mentis excessus,
   11 et videt caelum apertum et descendens vas quoddam velut linteum magnum quattuor initiis submitti in terram,
   12 in quo erant omnia quadrupedia et serpentia terrae et volatilia caeli.
   13 Et facta est vox ad eum: "Surge, Petre, occide et manduca!".
   14 Ait autem Petrus: "Nequaquam, Domine, quia numquam manducavi omne commune et immundum".
   15 Et vox iterum secundo ad eum: "Quae Deus purificavit, ne tu commune dixeris".
   16 Hoc autem factum est per ter, et statim receptum est vas in caelum.
   17 Et dum intra se haesitaret Petrus quidnam esset visio, quam vidisset, ecce viri, qui missi erant a Cornelio, inquirentes domum Simonis astiterunt ad ianuam
   18 et, cum vocassent, interrogabant si Simon, qui cognominatur Petrus, illic haberet hospitium.
   19 Petro autem cogitante de visione, dixit Spiritus ei: "Ecce viri tres quaerunt te;
   20 surge itaque et descende et vade cum eis nihil dubitans, quia ego misi illos".
   21 Descendens autem Petrus ad viros dixit: "Ecce ego sum, quem quaeritis; quae causa est, propter quam venistis?".
   22 Qui dixerunt: "Cornelius centurio, vir iustus et timens Deum et testimonium habens ab universa gente Iudaeorum, responsum accepit ab angelo sancto accersire te in domum suam et audire verba abs te".
   23 Invitans igitur eos recepit hospitio. Sequenti autem die, surgens profectus est cum eis, et quidam ex fratribus ab Ioppe comitati sunt eum.
   24 Altera autem die introivit Caesaream; Cornelius vero exspectabat illos, convocatis cognatis suis et necessariis amicis.
   25 Et factum est, cum introisset Petrus, obvius ei Cornelius procidens ad pedes adoravit.
   26 Petrus vero levavit eum dicens: "Surge, et ego ipse homo sum".
   27 Et loquens cum illo intravit et invenit multos, qui convenerant;
   28 dixitque ad illos: "Vos scitis quomodo illicitum sit viro Iudaeo coniungi aut accedere ad alienigenam. Et mihi ostendit Deus neminem communem aut immundum dicere hominem;
   29 propter quod sine dubitatione veni accersitus. Interrogo ergo quam ob causam accersistis me".
   30 Et Cornelius ait: "A nudius quarta die usque in hanc horam orans eram hora nona in domo mea, et ecce vir stetit ante me in veste candida
   31 et ait: "Corneli, exaudita est oratio tua, et eleemosynae tuae commemoratae sunt in conspectu Dei.
   32 Mitte ergo in Ioppen et accersi Simonem, qui cognominatur Petrus; hic hospitatur in domo Simonis coriarii iuxta mare".
   33 Confestim igitur misi ad te, et tu bene fecisti veniendo. Nunc ergo omnes nos in conspectu Dei adsumus audire omnia, quaecumque tibi praecepta sunt a Domino".
   34 Aperiens autem Petrus os dixit: "In veritate comperio quoniam non est personarum acceptor Deus,
   35 sed in omni gente, qui timet eum et operatur iustitiam, acceptus est illi.
   36 Verbum misit filiis Israel evangelizans pacem per Iesum Christum; hic est omnium Dominus.
   37 Vos scitis quod factum est verbum per universam Iudaeam incipiens a Galilaea post baptismum, quod praedicavit Ioannes:
   38 Iesum a Nazareth, quomodo unxit eum Deus Spiritu Sancto et virtute, qui pertransivit benefaciendo et sanando omnes oppressos a Diabolo, quoniam Deus erat cum illo.
   39 Et nos testes sumus omnium, quae fecit in regione Iudaeorum et Ierusalem; quem et occiderunt suspendentes in ligno.
   40 Hunc Deus suscitavit tertia die et dedit eum manifestum fieri
   41 non omni populo, sed testibus praeordinatis a Deo, nobis, qui manducavimus et bibimus cum illo postquam resurrexit a mortuis;
   42 et praecepit nobis praedicare populo et testificari quia ipse est, qui constitutus est a Deo iudex vivorum et mortuorum.
   43 Huic omnes Prophetae testimonium perhibent remissionem peccatorum accipere per nomen eius omnes, qui credunt in eum".
   44 Adhuc loquente Petro verba haec, cecidit Spiritus Sanctus super omnes, qui audiebant verbum.
   45 Et obstupuerunt, qui ex circumcisione fideles, qui venerant cum Petro, quia et in nationes gratia Spiritus Sancti effusa est;
   46 audiebant enim illos loquentes linguis et magnificantes Deum. Tunc respondit Petrus:
   47 "Numquid aquam quis prohibere potest, ut non baptizentur hi, qui Spiritum Sanctum acceperunt sicut et nos?".
   48 Et iussit eos in nomine Iesu Christi baptizari. Tunc rogaverunt eum, ut maneret aliquot diebus.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
   2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
   3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
   4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
   5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
   6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
   7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
   8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
   9 ¶ On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
   10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
   11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
   12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
   13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
   14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
   15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
   16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
   17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
   18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
   19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
   20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
   21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
   22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
   23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
   24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
   25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
   26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
   27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
   28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
   29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
   30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
   31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
   32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
   33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
   34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
   35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
   36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
   37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
   38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
   39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
   40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
   41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
   42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
   43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
   44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
   45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
   46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
   47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
   48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.