CIL Daily Bible Readings

CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Deuteronomy 22
    Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
    And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
    In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
    Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
    The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
    If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
    But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
    When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
    Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
    Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
    Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
    Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
    If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
    And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
    Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
    And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
    And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
    And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
    And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
    But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
    Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
    If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
    If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
    But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
    But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slaye
    6 min
  • Acts 14,15
    And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
    But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
    Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
    But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
    And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
    They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
    And there they preached the gospel.
    And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
    The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
    Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
    And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
    And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
    Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
    Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
    And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
    Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
    And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
    And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
    Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
    And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
    Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
    And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
    And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
    And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
    And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
    And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
    And there they abode long time with the disciples.
    And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
    When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
    And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentil
    11 min
  • Song 2
    I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
    As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
    He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
    Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
    His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
    I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
    The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
    My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
    For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
    The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
    The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
    Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
    My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
    Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
    3 min
  • Song 1
    The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
    Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
    I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
    Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
    If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
    I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
    Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
    We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
    While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
    A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
    Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
    Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
    The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
    3 min
  • Acts 13
    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
    As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
    And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
    So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
    And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
    And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
    Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
    But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
    Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
    And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
    And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
    Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
    Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
    But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
    And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
    Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
    The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
    And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
    And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
    And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
    And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
    And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
    Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
    When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
    And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
    Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
    And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
    And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
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    9 min
  • Deuteronomy 21
    If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
    Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
    And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
    And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
    And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
    And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
    And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
    Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
    So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
    When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
    And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
    Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
    And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
    And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
    If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
    Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
    But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
    If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
    Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
    And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
    And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
    His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
    5 min
  • Deuteronomy 20
    When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
    And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
    And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
    For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
    And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
    And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
    And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
    And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
    And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
    When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
    And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
    And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
    But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
    Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
    But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
    But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
    That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
    When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
    Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
    4 min
  • Acts 11,12
    And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
    And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
    Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
    But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
    I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
    Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
    And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
    But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
    But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
    And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
    And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
    And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
    And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
    Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
    Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
    Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
    When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
    Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
    And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.
    And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
    Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
    Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
    For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
    Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
    And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
    And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
    Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
    Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
    Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
    And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
    And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; inte
    9 min
  • Ecclesiastes 12
    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
    While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
    And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
    Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
    Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
    The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
    The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
    And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
    For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
    3 min
  • Acts 10
    There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
    A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
    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.
    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.
    And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
    He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
    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;
    And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
    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:
    And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
    And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
    Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
    And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
    But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
    And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
    This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
    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,
    And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
    While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
    Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
    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?
    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.
    Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
    And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
    And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
    But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
    And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
    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.
    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?
    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,
    And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
    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.
    Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that tho
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