OrthJBC - Acts - 10

10:1  Now a certain ish in Caesarea by name Cornelius, a centurion from what was called the Italian cohort,

10:2  a devout man, a yire Elohim, as was all his bais, who practiced much tzedakah for the benefit of Am Yisroel, and davened to Hashem continually.

10:3  Cornelius clearly saw in a chazon (vision) lav davka (approximately) at the ninth hour of the day (three o'clock in the afternoon) a malach Hashem having come to him and having said to him, "Cornelius!" [Tehillim 55:17]

10:4  And having looked intently at him and having become afraid, Cornelius said, "What is it, Adon?" The malach said to him, "Your tefillos and your giving tzedakah have ascended as a zekaron (memorial offering) before Hashem. [Tehillim 20:3]

10:5  "Now dispatch some anashim to Yafo and send for a certain Shimon who is also called Kefa.

10:6  "This one is staying with a certain Shimon, a tanner, whose bais is by the sea."

10:7  And, when the malach speaking to him had departed, Cornelius summoned shnayim of his household avadim and a devout chaiyal (soldier) from among the ones in his service,

10:8  and, having explained everything to them, sent them to Yafo.

10:9  Now on the next day, as these were traveling and drawing near to Yafo, around the sixth hour (noon), Kefa went up on to the roof to daven (pray).

10:10  And Kefa became hungry, and was wanting to have a meal; but while they were preparing it, Kefa fell into a trance;

10:11  and he sees Shomayim having been opened, and a certain object descending like a large linen cloth lowered by four corners upon haAretz.

10:12  In this were all the four-footed animals and remesh haAdamah and Of haShomayim (birds of heaven).

10:13  And there came a kol (voice) to him, "Get up, Kefa, kill and eat!"

10:14  But Kefa said, "Chalilah li, Adonoi! For I have never eaten basar pigulim (unclean meat)." [Vayikra 11:4-8, 13-20; 20-25; Devarim 14:3-20; Yechezkel 4:14]

10:15  And the kol came to Kefa again for a second time, "What Hashem made tahor (clean), you should no longer regard as tameh (unclean)." [Bereshis 9:3]

10:16  And this happened shloshah pe'amim; and immediately the object was taken up into Shomayim.

10:17  Now, while Kefa was greatly perplexed within himself as to what the chazon which he saw might be, hinei, the anashim, who had been sent by Cornelius, and who had, by inquiring, found the bais of Shimon, stood at the gate;

10:18  and, calling out, they were asking if Shimon, the one called Kefa, is staying here.

10:19  And while Kefa was reflecting on the chazon, the Ruach Hakodesh said to him, "Hinei, shloshah anashim are looking for you.

10:20  "But get up and go downstairs and accompany them without apprehensions, for I myself have sent them."

10:21  And Kefa went downstairs to the anashim and said, "Hinei, I am the one whom you are seeking; for what reason did you come?"

10:22  And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an ish tzaddik, and a yire Elohim with a shem tov with all the Am HaYehudim, was directed by a malach kadosh to summon you to his bais and to hear a message from you."

10:23  Therefore, having invited them in, Kefa gave them hachnosas orchim (hospitality, lodging). And on the next day Kefa got up and went away with them, and some of the Achim b'Moshiach from Yafo accompanied him.

10:24  And on the next day, Moshiach's Shliach Shimon Kefa entered into Caesarea, and Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his krovey mishpokhot (relatives) and close friends.

10:25  Now when it came about that Kefa entered, Cornelius met him, falling at his feet to pay him reverence. [Daniel 7:14; 3:18]

10:26  Kefa made him stand up, saying, "Get up. I myself am an ish also" (i.e. only a man, one of the behar, common people).

10:27  And as he conversed with Cornelius, Kefa entered and finds many having assembled,

10:28  and he said to them, "You have da'as that it is asur (prohibited) for an ish Yehudi to associate with or to approach a nokhri (foreigner). And yet to me Hashem showed to call no one sheketz (abomination) or tameh (unclean).

10:29  "Therefore, also, when summoned, I came, raising no objections. And so I ask for what reason you summoned me?"

10:30  Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was davening in my bais at the ninth hour, and, hinei, an ish stood before me in shining malbush (clothing),

10:31  "and he says, `Cornelius, your tefillah was heard and your tzedakah are remembered before Hashem.

10:32  `Therefore, send to Yafo and summon Shimon who is called Kefa. He is staying in the bais of Shimon the tanner by the sea.'

10:33  "At once I sent for you and you did well having come. Now, therefore, we all are present before Hashem to hear all the things that have been commanded to you by Adonoi." SHIMON KEFA SPEAKS IN CORNELIUS' HOUSE

10:34  And opening his mouth, Kefa said, "Omein, I have binah that Hashem is not one to show masso panim (partiality), [Devarim 10:17; Divrey Hayamim Bais 19:7; Iyov 34:19]

10:35  "but in every nation the ones who have yirat Shomayim and work Tzedek [Daniel 9:25] are acceptable to him.

10:36  "The dvar which he sent to the Bnei Yisroel, preaching shalom through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua (Hu Adon Kol!) [Yeshayah 52:7; Tehillim 107:20; 147:18 TARGUM HASHIVIM]

10:37  "--you know the thing which took place throughout all Yehudah, having begun from the Galil after the tevilah of teshuvah which Yochanan preached,

10:38  "You know Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua from Natzeret, how Hashem anointed him with the Ruach Hakodesh and with ko'ach (power), and how he went about doing mitzvot and giving refu'ah shlemah to all the ones being oppressed by Samael (the devil) because Hashem was with him. [Yeshayah 61:1]

10:39  "We are edim (witnesses) of all things which he did both in the countryside of Yehudah and in Yerushalayim. And they also put him to death, having hung him on an aitz (tree). [Devarim 21:22]

10:40  "This one Hashem made to stand up alive again on the Yom HaShlishi and granted to him to be visible,

10:41  "not to Klal Yisroel, but to edim which had been chosen beforehand by Hashem, that is, to us who ate and drank together with him at Tish after his Techiyas HaMesim.

10:42  "Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave mitzvah to us to preach to the people and to bear solemn edut (testimony) that this one is the one having been appointed by Hashem as shofet (judge) of haChayyim and haMesim.

10:43  "To this one all the Nevi'im (prophets) bear witness that through ha-Shem of him [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua] everyone who has emunah in him has selicha (forgiveness) of chatta'im (averos, sins)." [Yeshayah 53:11] NON-JEWS RECEIVE THE TEVILAH IN THE RUACH HAKODESH

10:44  While Kefa was still speaking these words, the Ruach Hakodesh fell upon all the ones hearing the dvar.

10:45  And the Messianic Jews who had come with Kefa were mishpoyel (standing in awe) that also upon the Goyim the matnat HaRuach Hakodesh has been poured out.

10:46  For they were hearing them speaking in leshonot and exalting Hashem. Then Kefa answered,

10:47  "Surely no one can refuse the mikveh mayim for these to be given Moshiach's tevilah of teshuvah who have received the tevilah in the Ruach Hakodesh just as we did, can he?" [Acts 2:4]

10:48  And Kefa gave orders for them to be given Moshiach's tevilah of teshuvah in the Shem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. Then they asked him to remain some yamim.