25. As Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet he made obeisance and paid worshipful reverence to him.
26. But Peter raised him up, saying, Get up; I myself am also a man.
27. And as [Peter] spoke with him, he entered the house and found a large group of persons assembled;
28. And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.