32 Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon who is also called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner,[a] by the sea. 33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come.[b] So now we all are present before God to hear all the things that have been commanded to you by the Lord.”

34 So Peter opened his[c] mouth and[d] said, “In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:32 Or “of Simon Berseus”; most modern English versions treat the word as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), but the word may actually be a surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”)
  2. Acts 10:33 Literally “have done rightly coming”
  3. Acts 10:34 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Acts 10:34 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“opened”) has been translated as a finite verb

32 Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.’ 33 So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism(A)

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