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Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],
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a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
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He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
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And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.
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And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:
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he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
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And when the angel that spake unto him was departed, he called two of his household-servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
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and having rehearsed all things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour: