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A devout man, and one that fearedGodwithallhishouse,whichgavemuchalms to the people,andprayed to Godalway.
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He sawin a visionevidentlyabout the ninthhour of the day an angel of God coming intohim,andsaying unto him,Cornelius.
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And when he looked on him, he wasafraid,andsaid, What is it, Lord?And he said unto him,Thyprayersandthinealms are come upfor a memorialbeforeGod.
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AndnowsendmentoJoppa,and call for one Simon,whose surname isPeter:
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HelodgethwithoneSimon a tanner,whosehouseisby the sea side:he shall telltheewhatthououghtest to do.
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Andwhen the angelwhichspake unto Cornelius was departed, he calledtwo of his household servants,and a devoutsoldier of them that waited onhimcontinually;
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And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sentthemtoJoppa.
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On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city,Peter went upupon the housetop to prayabout the sixthhour:
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And he became very hungry,andwould have eaten: but while they made ready, hefellinto a trance,
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Andsawheavenopened, and a certainvesseldescendinguntohim,as it had been a greatsheetknit at the fourcorners,and let downto the earth:
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Wherein*were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth,and wild beasts,and creeping things,andfowls of the air.