Acts 10:34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36 As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), 37 you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, 41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43 To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
This chapter begins with two men having visions from God: Cornelius and Peter. Both were perplexed by the things God was telling them, but both responded in obedience to God's call for them to get together. When Peter arrived, he made the statement above. He was no longer perplexed but understood the import of what God was doing: using him to take the Gospel yet further from Jerusalem to all the nations and peoples of the world. God shows no partiality. It has actually always been that way; we just are slow to recognize it, and slow to take to gospel to the next home, town, or people.
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