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And on the following day they entered Caesare'a. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends.
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When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
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But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am a man."
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And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered;
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and he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit any one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me."
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And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about 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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saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
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Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the seaside.'
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So I sent to you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."
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And Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,