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And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
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And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned [of God] by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.
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So he called them in and lodged them. And on the morrow he arose and went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
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And on the morrow they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.
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And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
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But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
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And as he talked with him, he went in, and findeth many come together:
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and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and [yet] unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:
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wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.
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And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
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and saith, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.