1. Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort,
2. devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God continually.
3. About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”
4. And he stared at him and became terrified and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God.