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At Caesare'a there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
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a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms liberally to the people, and prayed constantly to God.
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About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius."
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And he stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
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And now send men to Joppa, and bring one Simon who is called Peter;
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he is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside."
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When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that waited on him,
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and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.