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He saw in a vision clearly, 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 have risen up as 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 lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside; he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."
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And when the angel who spoke unto Cornelius had departed, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from those who waited on him continually.
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And when he had related 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 nigh 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 were making ready he fell into a trance,
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and saw heaven opened and a certain vessel descending unto him as though it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners and let down to the earth,
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wherein were all kinds of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air.
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And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."