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There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the company called the Italian,
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a devout
man and one that feared God with all his house, who gave many alms to the people and prayed to God always.
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He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him and saying unto him, Cornelius.
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And when he looked on him, he was afraid and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms {lit. thine acts of mercy} are come up for a memorial before God.
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And now send men to Joppa and call for
one Simon, whose surname is Peter;
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he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side; he shall tell thee what it behooves thee to do.
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And when the angel who spoke unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those that waited on him continually;
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and when he had declared all
these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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On the morrow, as they went on their journey and drew near unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour;
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and he became very hungry and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a rapture of understanding