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Then Peter went down to the men who were sent unto him from Cornelius and said, "Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause for which ye have come?"
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And they said, "Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one who feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house and to hear words from thee."
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Then Peter called them in and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
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And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
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And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
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But Peter took 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 found many who had come together.
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And he said unto them, "Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company with or to come unto one of another nation. But God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying as soon as I was sent for. I ask therefore, with what intent ye have sent for me?"
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And Cornelius said, "Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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and said, `Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms have been remembered in the sight of God.