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And there was a certain man in Cesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,
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pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,
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he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;'
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and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, `What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, `Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,
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and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
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this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
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And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,
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and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.
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And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,
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and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,
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and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,