Acts 10:1-8 - Cornelius Has A Vision

1 Now in Caesarea there was a man called Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment, 2 a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God. 3 About three o'clock in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, "Cornelius."

4 He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered. 5 You must now send some men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is surnamed Peter; 6 he is staying with Simon a tanner, whose house stands by the sea."

7 When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his menservants and a religiously minded soldier who belonged to his personal retinue, 8 and after describing all the vision to them, he sent them to Joppa.