1. Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
2. a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
3. At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”