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Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,
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a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually .
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About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!"
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And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord ?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
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"Now dispatch some men to Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter;