Acts

彼得和哥尼流

1在凯撒利亚有一个人，名叫哥尼流，是「意大利营」的百夫长。

2他是个虔诚人，他和全家都敬畏 神，多多周济百姓，常常祷告 神。

3有一天，约在申初，他在异象中明明看见 神的一个使者进去，到他那里，说：「哥尼流。」

4哥尼流定睛看他，惊怕说：「主啊，什么事呢？」天使说：「你的祷告和你的周济达到 神面前，已蒙记念了。

5现在你当打发人往约帕去，请那称呼彼得的西门来。

6他住在海边一个硝皮匠西门的家里，房子在海边上。」

7向他说话的天使去后，哥尼流叫了两个家人和常伺候他的一个虔诚兵来，

8把这事都述说给他们听，就打发他们往约帕去。

9第二天，他们行路将近那城。彼得约在午正，上房顶去祷告，

10觉得饿了，想要吃。那家的人正预备饭的时候，彼得魂游象外，

11看见天开了，有一物降下，好像一块大布，系着四角，缒在地上，

12里面有地上各样四足的走兽和昆虫，并天上的飞鸟；

13又有声音向他说：「彼得，起来，宰了吃！」

14彼得却说：「主啊，这是不可的！凡俗物和不洁净的物，我从来没有吃过。」

15第二次有声音向他说：「 神所洁净的，你不可当作俗物。」

16这样一连三次，那物随即收回天上去了。

17彼得心里正在猜疑之间，不知所看见的异象是什么意思。哥尼流所差来的人已经访问到西门的家，站在门外，

18喊着问：「有称呼彼得的西门住在这里没有？」

19彼得还思想那异象的时候，圣灵向他说：「有三个人来找你。

20起来，下去，和他们同往，不要疑惑，因为是我差他们来的。」

21于是彼得下去见那些人，说：「我就是你们所找的人。你们来是为什么缘故？」

22他们说：「百夫长哥尼流是个义人，敬畏 神，为犹太通国所称赞。他蒙一位圣天使所指示，叫他请你到他家里去，听你的话。」

23彼得就请他们进去，住了一宿。 次日，起身和他们同去，还有约帕的几个弟兄同着他去；

24又次日，他们进入凯撒利亚，哥尼流已经请了他的亲属密友等候他们。

25彼得一进去，哥尼流就迎接他，俯伏在他脚前拜他。

26彼得却拉他，说：「你起来，我也是人。」

27彼得和他说着话进去，见有好些人在那里聚集，

28就对他们说：「你们知道，犹太人和别国的人亲近来往本是不合例的，但 神已经指示我，无论什么人都不可看作俗而不洁净的。

29所以我被请的时候，就不推辞而来。现在请问：你们叫我来有什么意思呢？」

30哥尼流说：「前四天，这个时候，我在家中守着申初的祷告，忽然有一个人穿着光明的衣裳，站在我面前，

31说：『哥尼流，你的祷告已蒙垂听，你的周济达到 神面前已蒙记念了。

32你当打发人往约帕去，请那称呼彼得的西门来，他住在海边一个硝皮匠西门的家里。』

33所以我立时打发人去请你。你来了很好；现今我们都在 神面前，要听主所吩咐你的一切话。」

在哥尼流家中讲道

34彼得就开口说：「我真看出 神是不偏待人。

35原来，各国中那敬畏主、行义的人都为主所悦纳。

36神借着耶稣基督（他是万有的主）传和平的福音，将这道赐给以色列人。

37这话在约翰宣传洗礼以后，从加利利起，传遍了犹太。

38神怎样以圣灵和能力膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的。他周流四方，行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人，因为 神与他同在。

39他在犹太人之地，并耶路撒冷所行的一切事，有我们作见证。他们竟把他挂在木头上杀了。

40第三日， 神叫他复活，显现出来；

41不是显现给众人看，乃是显现给 神预先所拣选为他作见证的人看，就是我们这些在他从死里复活以后和他同吃同喝的人。

42他吩咐我们传道给众人，证明他是 神所立定的，要作审判活人、死人的主。

43众先知也为他作见证说：『凡信他的人必因他的名得蒙赦罪。』」

外邦人领受圣灵

44彼得还说这话的时候，圣灵降在一切听道的人身上。

45那些奉割礼、和彼得同来的信徒，见圣灵的恩赐也浇在外邦人身上，就都希奇；

46因听见他们说方言，称赞 神为大。

47于是彼得说：「这些人既受了圣灵，与我们一样，谁能禁止用水给他们施洗呢？」

48就吩咐奉耶稣基督的名给他们施洗。他们又请彼得住了几天。

1And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

2pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

3he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, 'Cornelius;'

4and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

5and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

6this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

7And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

8and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.

9And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

10and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

11and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

12in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

13and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

14And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

15and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

16and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

17And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

18and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

19And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

20but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'

21and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?'

22And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

23Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

24and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

25and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, did bow before [him];

26and Peter raised him, saying, 'Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

27and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

28And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

29therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

30And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and [at] the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

31and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

32send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;

33at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

34And Peter having opened his mouth, said, 'Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

35but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

36the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news — peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

37ye — ye have known; — the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

38Jesus who [is] from Nazareth — how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

39and we — we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, — whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.

40'This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,

41not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God — to us who did eat with [him], and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;

42and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead —

43to this one do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that is believing in him doth receive remission of sins.'

44While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

45and those of the circumcision believing were astonished — as many as came with Peter — because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

46for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

47Then answered Peter, 'The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive — even as also we?'

48he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.