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There was a certain man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],
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[A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
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He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
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And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms are come up for 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 sea-side: he will tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
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And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;