Acts 10:23-28

New International Version

²³ Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.

Peter at Cornelius’s House

The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers^(A) from Joppa went along.^{(B) 24} The following day he arrived in Caesarea.^(C) Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. ²⁵ As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. ²⁶ But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”^(D)

²⁷ While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.^{(E) 28} He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.^(F) But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.^(G)