1. Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Cohort called the Italica,
2. devout and God-fearing along with his whole household, who used to give alms generously to the Jewish people and pray to God constantly.
3. One afternoon about three o’clock, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come in to him and say to him, “Cornelius.”
4. He looked intently at him and, seized with fear, said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God.