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Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,
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and on the morrow they did enter into Cesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,
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and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, did bow before [him];
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and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;'
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and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.
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And he said unto them, `Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;
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therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'
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And Cornelius said, `Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and [at] the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;
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send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;
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at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'