Κορνήλιος

“and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.”

“While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.”

“The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.”

“As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.”

“At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.”

“One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!””

““Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.””