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Now there was a man at ^(a)Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was ^(b)called the Italian ^[a]cohort,

a devout man and ^(c)one who feared God with all his household, and ^(d)gave many ^[b]alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

About ^(e)the ^[c]ninth hour of the day he clearly saw ^(f)in a vision ^(g)an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!"

And ^(h)fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and ^[d]alms ⁽ⁱ⁾have ascended ^(j)as a memorial before God.

Now dispatch some men to ^(k)Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter;

he is staying with a tanner named ^(l)Simon, whose house is by the sea."

When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his ^[e]servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants,

and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to ^(m)Joppa.