29. That’s why I didn’t argue when your men asked me to come here. Now, please tell me why you sent for me.”
30. Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was praying in my house. It was at this same time—three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly there was someone standing before me wearing bright, shiny clothes.
31. He said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and has seen your gifts to the poor. He remembers you and all you have done.
32. So send some men to the city of Joppa and tell Simon Peter to come. He is staying with another man named Simon, a leatherworker who has a house beside the sea.’
33. So I sent for you immediately. It was very good of you to come here. Now we are all here before God to hear everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”
34. Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that God does not consider some people to be better than others.
35. He accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right. It is not important what nation they come from.
36. God has spoken to the people of Israel. He sent them the Good News that peace has come through Jesus Christ, the Lord of all people.
37. “You know what has happened all over Judea. It began in Galilee after John told the people they needed to be baptized.
38. You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Messiah by giving him the Holy Spirit and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good for people. He healed those who were ruled by the devil, showing that God was with him.
39. “We saw all that Jesus did in Judea and in Jerusalem. But he was killed. They put him on a cross made of wood.