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Now a certain man in Caesarea by name Cornelius, a centurion
of a cohort being called Italian, 2 devout and fearing God with all the household
of him, doing alms many to the people and petitioning God continually 3 saw
in a vision clearly as it were around hour ninth of the day, an angel of
God entering to him and saying to him: Cornelius. 4 And he gazing at him
and terrified becoming said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: The
prayers of thee and the alms of thee went up for a memorial before God 5
And now send men to Joppa and summon Simon one who is surnamed Peter: 6
this man is lodged with one Simon a tanner, to whom is a house by the sea.
7 and as went away the angel speaking to him, calling two of the household
and soldier a devout of the ones waiting on him, 8 and explaining all
things to them sent the to Joppa. 9 And on the morrow journeying those and
to the city drawing near went up Peter onto the roof to pray about
hour sixth. 10 And he because hungry
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and
wished to taste and preparing them there came on him an ecstasy 11 and he
beholds the heaven having been opened and coming down a certain vessel like
sheet a great, b four corners being let down onto the earth, 12 in which
were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and birds of the heaven.
13 And there came a voice to him: Rise up, Peter, slay and eat. 4 But Peter
said: Not at all, Lord, because never did I eat everything common and
unclean. 15 And a voice again a second time came to him: What things
God cleansed thou not treat as unclean. 16 And this occurred on
three occasions and immediately was taken up the vessel into heaven. 17 Now
as in himself was doubting Peter what might be the vision which he saw,
beyond the men having been sent by Cornelius asking for the house of Simon
stood of at the porch, 18 and calling inquired if Simon being surnamed
Peter here is lodged. 19 And Peter pondering about the vision said the
Spirit: Behold men two seek thee; 20 but rising up go down, and go with
them nothing
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doubting,
because I have sent them. 21 And going down Peter to the man said: 22 And
they said: Cornelius a centurion, a man just and fearing God and being witnessed
to by all the nations of the Jews, was warned by angel a holy to summon
thee to the house of him and to hear words from thee. 23 Calling in
therefore them he lodged And on the morrow rising up he went forth with
them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. 24 And on the
morrow he entered into Caesarea; and
Cornelius was awaiting them having called together the relatives of him and
the intimate friends. 25 Now when it came to pass the to enter Peter,
meeting him Cornelius falling as the feet worshipped. 26 But Peter raised
him saying: Stand up; also I myself a man am. 27 And taking with him he
entered, and finds having come together many. 28 and said to them: Ye
understand how unlawful it is for a man a Jew to adhere or to approach a foreigner;
and to me God showed not any common or unclean to call man; 29 Wherefore
indeed unquestioningly I came being summoned.
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