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There was a certain man in Caesarea 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, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

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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 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 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 shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

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And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually

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And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.