1. AND there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of that which is called the Italian band;
2. A religious man, and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and always praying to God.
3. This man saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him: Cornelius.