Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me

They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”