The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

and there he foude a certayne man namyd Eneas whych had kepte hys bed viii. yere sicke of the palsie.

Then sayde Peter vnto hym: Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole. Aryse and make thy beed. And he arose immedyatly.

And all that dwelt at lydda and assaron sawe hym and tourned to the lorde.

Ther was at Ioppe a certayne woman (whiche was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called dorcas) the same was full of good workes and almes dedes which she did.

And it chaunsed in those dayes that she was sicke and dyed. When they had wesshed her and layd her in a chamber:

Because Lydda was nye to Ioppa and the disciples had hearde that Peter was there they sent vnto hym desyrynge him that he wolde not be greved to come vnto them.

Peter arose and came with them and when he was come they brought him in to the chamber. And all the wydowes stode roude aboute hym wepynge and shewynge the cotes and garmentes which Dorcas made whill she was with them.

And Peter put the all forth and kneled doune and prayde and turned him to the body and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes and when she sawe Peter she sat vp.

And he gave her the honde and lyft her up and called the sainctes and wydowes and shewed her alyve.

And it was knowne throwout all Ioppa and many beleved on the Lorde.

And it fortuned that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a tanner.

Ther was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of the soudiers of Italy

a devoute man and one that feared God with all his housholde which gave moche almes to the people and prayde God alwaye.

The same man sawe in a vision evydetly aboute the nynthe houre of the daye an angell of god comynge into him and sayinge vnto him: Cornelius.

When he looked on him he was afrayde and sayde: what is it lorde? He sayde vnto him. Thy prayers and thy almeses are come vp into remembraunce before God.

And now sende men to Ioppa and call for one Simon named also Peter.

He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose housse is by the see syde. He shall tell the what thou oughtest to doo.

When the angell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde 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 wet on their iorney and drewe nye vnto the cite Peter went vp into the toppe of the housse to praye aboute the .vi. houre.

Then wexed he an hongred and wolde have eate. But whyll they made redy. He fell into a trauce

and sawe heven opened and a certayne vessell come doune vnto him as it had 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 and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayer.

And ther came a voyce to him: ryse Peter kyll and eate.

But Peter sayde: God forbyd Lorde 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 receaved 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 stode before the dore.

And called out won and axed whether Simon which was also called Peter were lodged there.

Whyll Peter thought on this vision the sprete sayde vnto him: Beholde men seke the:

aryse therfore get the doune and goo with them and doute not. For I have sent them.

Peter went doune to the men which were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde Beholde I am he whom ye seke what is the cause wherfore ye are come?

And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man and won that feareth God and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his housse and to heare wordes of the.

Then called he them in and lodged them. And on the morowe Peter wet awaye with them and certayne brethren from Ioppa accompanyed 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 Peter to come in Cornelius met hym and fell doune at his fete and worshipped hym.

But Peter toke him vp sayinge: stonde vp: for evyn I my silfe am a man.

And as he talked with him he cam in and founde many that were come to gether.

And he sayde vnto them: Ye do knowe how that that ys an vnlawfull thynge for a man that is a Iewe to company or come vnto an alient: But god hath shewed me that I shuld not call eny man commen or vnclene:

therfore came I vnto you with oute sayege naye 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 and at the nynthe houre I prayde in my housse: and beholde a man stode before me in bright clothynge and sayde:

Cornelius thy prayer is hearde and thyne almes dedes are had in remembraunce in the sight of God.

Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for Simon which is also called Peter. He is lodged in the housse of one Simon a tanner by the see syde the wich assone as he is come shall speake vnto the.

Then sent I for the immediatly and thou hast well done for to come. Now are we all here present before god to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto the of God.

Then Peter opened his mouth and sayde: Of a trueth I perseave that God is not parciall

but in all people he that feareth him and worketh rightewesnes is accepted with him.

Ye knowe the preachynge that God sent vnto the chyldren of Israel preachinge peace by Iesus Christe (which is Lorde over all thinges:

Which preachinge was published thorow oute all Iewrye and begane in Galile after the baptyme which Iohn preached

how God had annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and with power which Iesus went aboute doinge good and healynge all that 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 Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they slew and honge on tree.

Him God reysed vp the thyrde daye and shewed him openly

not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosyn before of God which ate and dronke with him after he arose from deeth.

And he commaunded vs to preache 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 witnes that thorowe his name shall receave remission of synnes all that beleve in him.

Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fell on all them which hearde the preachinge.

And they of the circucision which beleved were astonyed as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentyls also was sheed oute the gyfte of the holy gost.

For they hearde them speake with tonges and magnify God. Then answered Peter:

can eny man forbyd water that these shuld not be baptised which have receaved the holy goost as well as we?

And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the Lorde. Then prayde they him to tary a feawe dayes.

And the Apostles and the brethren that were thorowout Iewry harde saye that the hethen had also receaved the worde of God.

And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they of the circumcision reasoned wyth him

sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and atest with them.

Then Peter began and expounded the thinge in order to the sayinge:

I was in the cyte of Ioppa prayinge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certen vessell descende as it had bene a large lynnyn clothe let doune from hevin by the fower corners and it cam to me.

Into the which when I had fastened myn eyes I consydered and sawe fowerfoted beastes of the erth and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayer.

And I herde a voyce sayinge vnto me: aryse Peter sley and eate.

And I sayd: God forbyd lorde for nothinge comen or vnclene hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth.

But the voyce answered me agayne from heven count not thou those thinges come which god hath clensed.

And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.

And beholde immediatly ther were thre men come vnto the housse where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me.

And the sprete sayde vnto me that I shuld go with them with out doutinge. Morover the sixe brethren accompanyed me: and we entred into the mans housse.

And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell in his housse which stod and sayde to him: Send men to Ioppa and call for Symon named also Peter:

he shall tell the wordes wherby both thou and all thyne housse shalbe saved.

And as I begane to preach the holy goost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynninge.

Then came to my remembraunce the wordes of the Lorde how he sayde: Iohn baptised with water but ye shalbe baptysed with the holy goost.

For as moche then as God gave the lyke gyftes as he dyd vnto vs when we beleved on the Lorde Iesus Christ: what was I that I shuld have with stonde God?

when they hearde this they helde their peace and gloryfied God sayinge: then hath God also to the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

They which were scattryd abroade thorow the affliccion that arose aboute Steven walked thorow oute tyll they came vnto Phenices and Cypers and Antioche preachynge the worde to no man but vnto the Iewes only.

Some of them were men of Cypers and Syrene which when they were come into Antioche spake vnto the Grekes and preched the Lorde Iesus.

And the honde of the Lorde was with them and a greate nombre beleved and turned vnto the Lorde.

Tydinges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the congregacion which was in Ierusalem. And they sente forth Barnabas that he shuld go vnto Antioche.

Which when he was come and had sene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of hert they wolde continually cleave vnto the Lorde.

For he was a good man and full of the holy goost and of faythe: and moche people was added vnto the Lorde.

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seke Saul.

And when he had founde him he brought him vnto Antioche. And it chaunsed that a whole yere they had their conversacion with the congregacion there and taught moche people: in so moche that the disciples of Antioche were the fyrst that were called Christen.

In those dayes came Prophetes from Ierusalem vnto Antioche.

And ther stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the sprete that ther shuld be great derth throughoute all the worlde which came to passe in the Emproure Claudius dayes.

Then the disciples every man accordinge to his abilite purposed to sende socoure vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry.

Which thinge they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the hondes of Barnabas and Saul.

In that tyme Herode the kynge stretched forthe his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion.

And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the swerde:

and because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded forther and toke Peter also. Then were the dayes of swete breed.

And when he had caught him he put him in preson and delyvered him to .iiii. quaternions of soudiers to be kepte entendynge after ester to brynge him forth to the people.

Then was Peter kepte in preson. But prayer was made with out ceasynge of the congregacion vnto God for him.

And when Herode wolde have brought him oute vnto the people the same nyght slepte Peter bitwene two soudiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the dore kepte the preson.

And beholde the angell of the Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the lodge. And smote Peter on the syde and steryd him vp sayinge: aryse vp quyckly. And his cheynes fell of from his hondes.

And the angell sayd vnto him: gyrde thy selfe and bynde on thy sandales. And so he dyd. And he sayde vnto him: cast thy mantle aboute the and folowe me.

And he came oute and folowed him and wist not that it was truthe which was done by the angell but thought he had sene a vision.

When they were past the fyrst and the seconde watche they came vnto the yron gate that ledeth vnto the cyte which opened to them by his awne accorde. And they went out and passed thorowe one strete and by and by the angell departed from him.

And when Peter was come to him selfe he sayde: now I knowe of a surety that the Lorde hath sent his angell and hath delyvered me out of the honde of Herode and from all the waytynge for of the people of the Iewes.