The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

THer was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius / a captayne of y^• sou∣diers [ A] * 1.1 of Italy / a devoute man / & one y^t feared God w^t all his housholde / which gave moche almes to the people / & prayde God al∣waye. The same man sawe in a vision evy∣dētly aboute y^• nynthe houre of y^• daye an an∣gell of god comynge into him / & sayinge vnto him: Cornelius. When he looked on him / he was afrayde / & sayde: what is it lorde? He say¦de vnto him. Thy prayers and thy almeses ar come vp into remembraunce before God. And now sende men to Ioppa / & call for one Simon named also Peter. He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner / whose housse is by y^• see syde. He shall tell the / what thou oughtest to doo. When the angell which spake vnto Cor¦nelius was departed / he called two of his hou¦sholde servauntes / and a devoute soudier of them that wayted on him / and tolde them all the mater / and sent them to Ioppa.

On the morowe as they wēt on their iorney [ B] & drewe nye vnto the cite / Peter went vp into the toppe of y^• housse to praye / aboute the .vi. houre. Then wexed he an hongred / & wolde have eatē. But whyll they made redy. He fell into a traūce / & sawe heven opened and a cer∣tayne

vessell come doune vnto him / as it had* 1.2 bene a greate shete / knyt at the .iiii. corners / and was let doune to the erth / where in wer all maner of .iiii. foted beastes of the erth & vermen and wormes / & foules of the ayer. [ C] And ther came a voyce to him: ryse Peter / kyll & eate. But Peter sayde: God forbyd Lor∣de / for I have never eaten eny thinge that is comen or vnclene. And the voyce spake vnto him agayne the seconde tyme: what God hath clensed / that make thou not comen. This was done thryse / and the vessell was re¦ceaved vp agayne into heven.

Whyle Peter mused in him selfe what this vision which he had sene meant / beholde / the men which were sent from Cornelius / had made inquirance for Simons housse / and sto∣de before the dore. And called out won & axed whether Simon which was also called Peter were lodged there. Whyll Peter thought on this vision / the sprete sayde vnto him: Behol∣de / men seke the: aryse therfore / get the doune / and goo with them / & doute not. For I have sent them. Peter went doune to y^• men which were sent vnto him from Cornelius / & sayde / Beholde / I am he whom ye seke / what is the [ D] cause wherfore ye are come? And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man / and won that feareth God / and of good repor∣te amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell / to sende for the in∣to his housse / and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in / and lodged them.

And on y^• morowe Peter wēt awaye with them / and certayne brethren from Ioppa ac∣companyed [ D] hym. And the thyrd daye entred they into Cesaria. And Cornelius wayted for them / and had called to gether his kynsmen / and speciall frendes. And as it chaunsed Pe∣ter to come in / Cornelius met hym / & fell dou∣ne at his fete / and worshipped hym. But Pe∣ter toke him vp sayinge: stonde vp: for evyn I my silfe am a mā. And as he talked with him he cam in / and founde many that were come to gether. And hesayde vnto them: Ye dokno we how that yt ys an vnlaw full thynge for a man that is a Iewe / to company or come vn∣to an alient: But god hath shewed me that I shuld not call eny man commen or vnclene: therfore came I vnto you with oute sayēge na ye assone as I was sent for. I axe therfore / for what intent have ye sent for me?

And Cornelius sayde: This daye now .iiii. dayes I fasted / & at the nynthe houre I pray de in my housse: and beholde / a man stode. befo¦re [ E] me in bright clothynge / and sayde: Corneli¦us / thy prayer is hearde / and thyne almes de∣des are had in remembraunce in the sight of God. Sende therfore to Ioppa / and call for Simon which is also called Peter. He is lod∣ged in the housse of one Simon a tanner by the see syde / y^• wich assone as he is come / shall speake vnto y^•. Then sent I for y^• immediatly and thou hast well done for to come. Now are we all here present before god / to heare all thy¦nges y^• are commaunded vnto the of God.

Then Peter opened his mouth & sayde: Of* 1.3 a trueth I perseave / that God is not parciall / but in all people he that feareth him & wor∣keth rightewesnes / is accepted with him.

Ye knowe the preachynge that God sent [ F] vnto the chyldren of Israel / preachinge pea∣ce by Iesus Christe (which is Lorde over all thinges: ✚ Which preachinge was publis∣shed thorow oute all Iewrye / & begāne in Ga¦lile / after the baptyme which Iohn preached / how God had annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost / & with power / which Ie¦sus went aboute doinge good / and healynge all y^• were oppressed of the develles / for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all thinges which he dyd in the londe of the Ie∣wes & at Ierusalem / whom they slew / & hon∣ge on tree. Him God reysed vp y^• thyrde daye / & shewed him openly / not to all the people / but vnto vs witnesses chosyn before of God / which ate & dronke with him / after he arose [ G] from deeth. ✚ And he cōmaunded vs to prea∣che vnto the people and testifie / that it is he that is ordened of God a iudge of quycke and deed. To him geve all the Prophetes wit∣nes / that thorowe his name shall receave re∣mission of synnes all that * 1.4 beleve in him. ⊢

Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes / the holy gost fell on all them which hearde the preachinge. And they of y^• circūcision which beleved / were astonyed / as many as came w^t Peter / because that on the Gentyls also was sheed oute y^• gyfte of the * holy gost. For they

hearde them speake with tonges & magnify God. Then answered Peter: can eny man for∣byd water that these shuld not be baptised / which have receaved the holy goost as well as we? And he cōmaunded them to be bapty sed in the name of the Lorde. ✚ Then prayde they him / to tary a feawe dayes.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Corneli∣us.
• * 1.2

  Peters vision.
• * 1.3

  deu. x. d. ij. pa. xix Iob xxxiiij. sap. vj. b. ecclesiast. xxxv. rom. ij. b. gala. ij. b. ephe. vj. b coll. iij. d. j. pe. j. c.
• * 1.4

  Fayth is the re∣mission of synnes hie. xxxj mich. vij. * The ho¦lye gho∣ost com∣meth wi∣thoute la∣ynge on of hondes.