"God raised him (Jesus) from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen." (Acts 10:40)

This was Peter's message to the Cornelius family. Cornelius was a Roman centurion. Although he was not Jewish, his heart revered God. One day, an angel appeared to him and said, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter."

Not long before this, Peter had three visions in which a voice asked him to kill and eat animals the Jews considered unclean. When Peter refused, the voice answered, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

Therefore, Peter accepted Cornelius' invitation without hesitation and visited his home.

Indeed, the "witnesses whom God had already chosen" to which Peter referred were the Apostles.

However, all of us who began as Gentiles have also been blessed with the invitation to bear witness to the Risen Christ because in God's eyes, everyone has been made clean.