After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

Then, fearing we might run aground in some rocky place, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.

This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have obligated themselves with a vow.