The Story of Cornelius and Peter | Acts 10

This is the story of Cornelius the Roman Centurion and the Apostle Peter, found in Acts 10.

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” 4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.” 7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.

Peter’s Vision
9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” 14 “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” 15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” 16 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. 17 While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate. 18 They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there. 19 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Simon, three[a] men are looking for you. 20 So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”
21 Peter went down and said to the men, “I’m the one you’re looking for. Why have you come?”22 The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.” 23 Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.

“We don’t want church as usual, we want church supernatural!”
“You draw near to him and he drawers near to you. He’ll draw near to you in a Fresh way!”
”God has a Fresh awakening for your life!”
”He wants to use you to awaken others!”
”Mind, body and soul you’re an awakener”
”God saves you to use you!”
”We look to heaven to determine who we are”
”Your soul can’t be filled from the outside, it’s can only be filled from above “
”Jesus came to choose you”
”He’s doing a new thing in your life”
”God is shouting from heaven that he has called you”
”God desires all mankind to be saved”
”Your prayer might the answer to someone else’s need!”

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[kjbrocky]

He wasn't talking about food at all, he used it as a metaphor for Peter's understanding. God didn't just suddenly change His mind on one part of the Law. It's very clear in Acts 11.

[paraklesis]

Amen, very Profound!
I refuse to be hungry for the usual!
My Mindset is different, My eyes are fixed on Jesus!

[jocklog]

Wow - we should never admire or adore people, but I feel compelled to acknowledge this guy's TREMENDOUS gift for TEACHING!!! I don't know what other gifts he has been bestowed with, but most definitely TEACHING WITH PASSION and excellent communication skills is one of those TREMENDOUS GIFTS FROM GOD MOST HIGH!!! AMEN!!!

[vjl]

'This vision conveyed to Peter both reproof and instruction. It revealed to him the purpose of God—that by the death of Christ the Gentiles should be made fellow heirs with the Jews to the blessings of salvation. As yet none of the disciples had preached the gospel to the Gentiles. In their minds the middle wall of partition, broken down by the death of Christ, still existed, and their labors had been confined to the Jews, for they had looked upon the Gentiles as excluded from the blessings of the gospel. Now the Lord was seeking to teach Peter the world-wide extent of the divine plan.'

[EddieDiaz]

This is fire. Amen and God thank you Lord for breaking the barriers!

[prashidhashrestha]

Thank you so much... clearly understandable! God bless

[christiane.g.]

what an inspiring scene in Acts that was at the household of Cornelius

[manilabry]

Acts is basically the extension of the Kingdom Program being offered to Israel so CHRIST can setup His Kingdom on Earth & this explains the Parable of the Fig Tree where CHRIST was searching for fruit during His "3 Year" Ministry & found none but He gave it an
"extra season" which is what ACTS is about; the Extension of the Kingdom Offer.🙏🏼❤✌🏼

[susanvallarino]

YOU GOT IT RIGHT CHILD OF GOD! MAY HE CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU+ALL YOU DO!

[jedediyahaaronyisrael]

This is one of the scriptures some Christians use to justify eating pork and some others.

[PreetiSingh-ttby]

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[emilyrivas]

Amazingly beautiful.... God is good... I pray to God that he gives me the strength and wisdom to talk to my friend Adriane about the word of God.:)

[QueenCityFilmsComm]

I have to be honest and say that it’s a little hard for me to get a grasp of all the emotionalism and music produced to stir up the people . With all of that being said it was a very nice exposition! Definitely edifying for the saints and glorying to God! Amen!

[mkl]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (November 28), Acts 10:34-47 was the basis our Sunday School Lesson of the Day. It was entitled "Good News for All." The hymn, "Christ for the World We Sing, " is a good hymn to compliment this Scripture, regardless of denomination.

[truehope]

God wasn't talking about food at all!
If He was, Peter would have called for a feast with those foods, but he didn't.
Peter continued to NEVER eat those foods.
Peter's ONLY actions from this encounter with God is about men, food is nowhere in the mix.
If it were about food, that would have been an HUGE change for them and it would have been a HUGE deal that was written about as much as Salvation for the Gentiles is written about

[robertnieten]

I believe two really interesting points in Peter's vision:
1) Three times God made a point of telling Peter, " What God "hath" cleansed callest not common"."Hath" is past tense.
2)There is only one way that Cornelius and those in his household could have been made " clean" enough to have recieved the Holy Spirit as the result of Peter's words before being baptized in Jesus name.
That is by recieving the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins administered by John the Baptist. Peter mentioned John to the gentiles in such a way that indicated that they already knew who he was and from Caesarea to the Jordan where John was baptizing would have only been a days journey for them.
I believe also the Peter's vision from God was not only preparing him to go preached to the gentiles but to Cornelus' house specifically because we never read of Peter ever approaching other gentiles with the gospel message

[eggsbacon]

Correction. He is called St. Cornelius❤

[praisehimful]

Did you say Peter went to Cornelius? If you did, that’s not correct. Cornelius went to Peter. Peter was staying with Simon the tanner and that’s where Cornelius found Peter.

[nickross]

the scene at Cornelius WAS inspiring for sure. but thats just what it is. a fictcious scene meant to inspire just like this sermon. listen to the music, this guys voice. hearing this i wish it was true. thisshits well designed.

[barryblackwood]

Jeremiah 31:31-33. God's word stands.
Cornelius wasn't unclean he was a God Fearer which meant he did NOT live like a gentile of his time AT ALL. No idolatry or unclean meats. Just not permitted Temple worship though believing in God alone. Cornelius was keeping JUDAISM'S prayer times & some ways of the Circumcised population of Jews which meant he had access to a synagogue to be taught more of the word of God just like in ACTS 15 council. God said this man was clean because Cornelius believed God's Words. Jesus is God's Words made flesh.
JUDAISM did not accept fully a person like Cornelius until he became a proselyte & that entailed making a vow to keep both oral & written Torah. Oral Torah is traditions of men which may or may not be in alignment with the Law God gave to Moses. Jesus opposed the Pharisees & Sadducees when their traditions broke God's Law given to Moses.
Cornelius didn't take on the burden of "Circumcision"which was being a slave to men's doctrines that ruled JUDAISM. Jesus opposed those commands of traditions & always upheld His Father's commands.
Proselytes were twice as worthy of hell because they came to know of God which removed them from hell & then went promptly straight back to hell by following the commandments of men to again break God's Laws when they now had access to know the Law of Moses by attending synagogue.


Go to the Lost sheep of the HOUSE Of Israel.
Those who believe God by faith are obedient just like Abraham Gen 6:25.
Blessings.
BTW the prophets have a section about jackals & ostriches being considered clean ( presentable to God) in future times ..that is about gentiles.